The intersections between Ronald Reagan and the surveying and mapping community are many; MAPPS joins in mourning the passing of our 40th President.

MAPPS joins all Americans and freedom-loving people around the world in mourning the passing of our fortieth president. The intersections between Ronald Reagan and the surveying and mapping community are many.

MAPPS worked with the Reagan White House on the issue of government competition. In 1987, Mr. Reagan create the first-ever (and to date, only) Office of Privatization in the Executive Office of the President. The Office conducted a study of Federal mapping activities for more than six months. When the last Reagan budget was sent to Congress prior to Inauguration Day in January, 1989, that budget included the following initiative: