A Presidential executive order on a federal strategy to ensure
secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals, issued December 20, 2017, includes
the assertion that the USA is limited by a lack of comprehensive,
machine-readable data concerning topographical, geological, and geophysical
surveys. Among several actions, the order calls for a plan to improve the
topographic, geologic, and geophysical mapping of the United States and make
the resulting data and metadata electronically accessible.
DOI Secretary Ryan Zinke followed up with a secretarial
order, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological
and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also to
begin work on identifying domestic sources for critical minerals.
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