SBAAG - Roles and Responsibilities
Group members represent individuals working at the development level with
input from key MO and state level positions for the development, production, and
dissemination of soil survey data and information. Advisors and liaisons
represent a cross-section of agency business areas and their soil information
needs.
Membership
Executive Sponsor – Director, Soil Survey Division, provides perspective on
the overall vision for soil survey program needs.
Rotating Members – Rotating members are changed every two to three years.
These include a State Soil Scientist, an MLRA Soil Survey Region (MO) Leader,
and a Soil Data Quality Specialist.
Permanent Members – Provide connectivity to other groups, look for emerging
issues that affect soil business, and identify opportunities to pool and
leverage resources. The makeup of this group is relatively static and responds
to evolving national soil resource management needs. SBAAG permanent members
include individuals from the National Soil Survey Center (NSSC), National
Cartographic and Geospatial Center (NCGC), National Information Technology
Center (NITC), and National Geospatial Development Center (NGDC).
Advisors – The Director of the SSD and the Chief Information Officer (CIO)
for the Information Technology Division provide perspective on the information
system development and direction for the agency, as it pertains to soil survey
business needs. The Director for the National Soil Survey Center provides
perspective on the overall management of the soil survey program.
Ad Hoc Advisory Members – These members are named as needed and can include
the following: MLRA Project Leader, Resource Soil Scientist, NASIS User Group,
NSSC Forester, NSSC Range Scientist, NSSC Agronomist, NCGC Remote Sensing
Laboratories, Soil Marketing Advisory Group, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), and others.
Authorities
SBAAG is authorized to advise the Director of the Soil Survey Division on
issues and opportunities that pertain to successful delivery of the Soil Survey
Program. In carrying out its duties, the group may develop questionnaires,
contact cooperators, manage a travel allocation, establish Ad Hoc work groups
within SBAAG, or recommend formation of outside task forces that have
specialized technical capabilities.
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