[Sdi-northamerica] Brooks Act Litigation: What Geospatial Practitioners Need to Know

[Kate Lance]

http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2383&trv=1
Brooks Act Litigation: What Geospatial Practitioners Need to Know
On February 2nd of this year, the Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) and Council on Federal Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services (COFPAES) will face the United States of America in Federal Court. The litigation seeks to change how the Brooks Act, a law concerning how federal contractors are selected in the procurement process, is implemented with regard to “mapping” services. The outcome may change how procurements are done at some federal agencies.... (e.g., future federal mapping could need to be procured through licensed architects, engineers, surveyors and mappers, pursuant to applicable state law).
 
MAPPS would like to see the federal government classify all mapping, more or less, as the practice of surveying under the auspices of engineering.
 
An Amicus Brief against this law suit has been submitted by the URISA Board, Association of American Geographers (AAG), GIS Certification Institute (GISCI), Geospatial Information Technology Association (GITA) and the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). 
http://www.urisa.org/files/2007_01_24_Amicus_Brief_COMPLETE.pdf


 
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