Federal Geodetic Control Committee

Overview
The Federal Geodetic Control Committee (FGCC) was chartered on December 11, 1968, and a Federal Coordinator for Geodetic Control and Related Surveys was appointed April 4, 1969. The FGCC Circular No. 1, "Exchange of Information," dated October 16, 1972, prescribes reporting procedures for the committee (vice Exhibit C of Circular A-16) (Federal Geodetic Control Committee 1972). The Federal Coordinator for Geodetic Control and Related Surveys, Department of Commerce, is responsible for coordinating, planning, and executing national geodetic control surveys and related survey activities of Federal agencies, financed in whole or in part by Federal funds.

The Executive Directive (Bureau of the Budget 1967: p.2) states:

(1) The geodetic control needs of Government agencies and the public at large are met in the most expeditious and economical manner possible with available resources; and

(2) all surveying activities financed in whole or in part by Federal funds contribute to the National Networks of Geodetic Control when it is practicable and economical to do so. The Federal Geodetic Control Committee assists and advises the Federal Coordinator for Geodetic Control and Related Surveys.