The Metadata Working Group established under the auspices of the Federal Geographic Data Committee promotes and coordinates geospatial metadata activities among FGDC member agencies in support of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The Metadata Working Group promotes awareness among FGDC member agencies of the metadata dimension to geospatial data; to facilitate the evolution and revision of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM); and to establish a mechanism for the coordination, development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial metadata among FGDC member agencies.

• Charter
• Membership
• Workplans: FY 2009 | FY 2008 | FY 2007
• Reports: 2011 Report [PDF] |  2010 Report [PPT]
• ISO Metadata Editor Review
• Preparing for International Metadata – North American Profile of ISO 19115: Geographic Information - Metadata [PDF]
• State Metadata and Training Points of Contact [PDF]
• FGDC 2011 Metadata Summit 

Teleconference Presentations

•   December 2012 [PDF]
• September 2012 [PDF]
• 2012 - March 2012 [PDF].  Presentations by 2011 CAP Awardees Central Florida GIS Workshop, Inc. [PDF] and Northern Arizona University Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research [PDF]. You can download  [MP4, 16.1MB] the recording of the meeting. | June 2012 [PDF] | Presentation [PDF] from the ESRI Metadata Special Interest Group Meeting on July 25, 2012.
• 2011 - March 2011 [PDF] | June 2011 [PDF]  | October 2011 [PDF] | December 2011 / Metadata Summit Follow-up Webinar [PPT].  You can also download  [MP4, 49MB] the recording of the webinar. 
• 2010 - June 2010 [PPT] | March 2010 [PPT] & FAA AGIS Presentation [PDF]
• 2009 - December 2009 [PPT] | September 2009 [PPT] | July 2009 [PPT] | March 2009 [PPT]
• 2008 - December 2008 [PPT] & NSDI CAP presentation [PPT] | July 2008 [PPT] and Stakeholder Guidelines [DOC] | February 2008 [PPT]
• Presentation Archive