John Palatiello

John M. Palatiello

John M. Palatiello is president of John M. Palatiello & Associates, a public affairs consulting firm based in Reston, Virginia. JMP&A has provided public relations, government relations, association management, strategic planning, marketing, and consulting services to private firms, associations, and government agencies with an emphasis on the architectural, engineering, geospatial, surveying, mapping, GIS, information technology, construction, transportation and infrastructure sectors since 1987. For more information, visit www.jmpa.us.

POLICY POINTS

Land Surveying Policy Points: President Trump Signs Digital Coast Act into Law

The legislation elevates a digital mapping project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration into a fully authorized program.

John M. Palatiello

April 14, 2021

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The surveying profession scored a major victory when President Trump signed S. 1069, the Digital Coast Act.

POLICY POINTS

President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Has Something for Land Surveyors

However, its expanse may be its Achilles’ heel.

John M. Palatiello

April 13, 2021

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Included in the plan is $100 billion for workforce development, which may assist in attracting the next generation of land surveying professionals and technicians.

Geospatial Data Act Includes Contracting and Privacy Issues

John M. Palatiello

May 15, 2019

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The Geospatial Data Act, as enacted, seeks to improve the coordination and use of geospatial data by the federal government.

Subsidence Survey Would Aid in Climate Controversy

John M. Palatiello

January 14, 2019

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Having won control of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), will ask the Democrat caucus to create a select committee on climate change similar to a former panel behind the failed effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation when her party last held a Congressional majority in 2009-2010.

The Surveyor and Data Privacy

John M. Palatiello

August 28, 2018

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There has long been an intersection between GIS data and privacy, but recent revelations about Facebook, the work the firm Cambridge Analytics did for the 2016 Trump campaign, and other news reports about data disclosures involving large numbers of individuals should cause surveyors and other geospatial professionals to evaluate their data policies.

Executive Order Will Drive Demand for Surveying and Mapping

John M. Palatiello

January 4, 2018

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Lost among many pre-holiday activities, including President Trump signing the tax bill into law, was the President's issuance of an Executive Order on Critical Minerals on December 21.

Guest Column: Why Surveying Businesses Must Join MAPPS

To truly get ahead today, surveyors need the networking and other opportunities that MAPPS membership provides

John M. Palatiello

July 30, 2015

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Surveyors who are principals, owners or partners in private-practice firms wear two hats — professional and business executive.

Another View: It's Time Our Nation Wakes Up!

John M. Palatiello

May 25, 2015

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The United States is a world economic power in spite of its surveying and mapping, not because of it. That's the conclusion of former Wyoming governor Jim Geringer.

Funding Bills Highlight Need for Data Sharing

Congress should focus on geospatial data sharing between federal, state and local governments and the private sector to save money.

John M. Palatiello

July 1, 2013

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Over the summer, the U.S. Congress will be feverishly working on appropriations bills for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Appropriations bills are the funding sources for the government and provide the money for agencies to execute programs and contracts.

John M. Palatiello

June 1, 2012

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H.R. 4233, the Map It Once, Use It Many Times Act, is a bill before Congress that would restore the USGS to its position as the pre-eminent civil federal mapping agency.