The project achieved its primary goals and milestones during FY2011, which included data retrieval from 44 subrecipients and providing an online, interoperable network serving geothermal relevant data. Nearly all subrecipients have completed at least one data set and submitted data into the network. The digital catalog for the system is functional and includes over 30,000 entries representing hundreds of thousands of data points, map records, and documents. Statements of Work for the second project year were received and reviewed by the project Science Advisory Board in a joint meeting taking place at the Utah Geological Survey in Salt Lake City, Utah. Additional external subject matter experts were invited and participated in the review. Board members completed a review of current data input prior to approving the statements of work. The majority of Year 2 Statements of Work have been approved, with the remainder nearing completion. The Management Advisory Board has communicated frequently, with the project Principal Investigators providing updates, including a presentation at the Association of American State Geologist’s Annual Meeting in Dubuque, Iowa.

The project achieved its primary goals and milestones during FY2010, including completing contracts with 45 subcontractors representing geothermally-relevant data resources in all 50 states. Statements of Work for the first project year have been received, reviewed by the project Science Advisory Board, and approved for 20 of the subcontractors, with the remainder nearing completion. The management and financial team was assembled at AZGS and put into full operational mode. The Management and Science Advisory Boards were established and have been carrying out their duties successfully. The Technical Advisory Board was established but not fully implemented pending resolution of significant changes in the Boise State University NGDS project. Supplemental funding of $4.1 million for new data acquisition was budgeted and proposals solicited from project participants for competitive awarding of funds. The technical team developed a document repository implemented with the Drupal content management system, and available for project partners to use, implemented an online Metadata Wizard tool to create USGIN-conformant metadata for the BSU NGDS project, prepared an implementation plan for the 3 regional IT hubs, and made significant progress on implementing a catalog service for registration and discovery of data available to the NGDS.