Description:
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.