The State Government GIS Users Committee (SGUC) provides the perspective of state government employees to the Council. The Chair of the SGUC, who is appointed by the GICC Chair, is a voting member of the Council. The SGUC is guided by an Executive Committee that represents cabinet and council-of-state departments.
All state employees are welcome to participate in the SGUC, whether or not they currently use geographic information systems in their workplace. To sign up for the SGUC list serv (news, announcements, peer-to-peer problem solving), click
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Mission: To provide the collective voice of the leaders in the state government GIS community to influence and inform the utilization of geospatial resources.
Vision: State agencies in North Carolina will fully utilize geospatial information in support of each agency’s mission.
The current Chair is
John Farley (919.707.2151).
Staff support is provided by
Jeff Brown (919.754.6584).
State Government Enterprise License Agreement for GIS Software, 2010-2015
In 2010 SGUC participated in the negotiation led by the Office of Information Technology Services in establishing a new State Government ESRI Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). The agreement replaces the five year ELA originally signed in 2005. the new ELA includes a Master Purchase Agreement for local governments. The term of the agreement is for five years. For details, see here.