USGS employees question the move

Headlines today read as follows...  Denver USGS employees question Siderelis's motives  - This from the "Rolla Daily News"...  An internal USGS committee will be assigned to review the decision to consolidate the mapping program in Denver. Recall  the USGS announced in mid-September plans to locate the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center in Denver, Colo., closing centers in Rolla, Reston, Va., and Menlo Park, Calif.  See http://www.therolladailynews.com/articles/2005/10/27/news/doc435fe5c9a6af0436317066.txt

National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) Move to Denver on hold

In a memo from USGS acting Director Leahy, the following details concerning the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center were released in a memo... "Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh has requested that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put a hold on the implementation to locate the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado.  Assistant Secretary Limbaugh directed a review of the decision process in light of questions raised about that process.  Therefore, I am directing that no further actions be taken to implement the location decision and the A-76 competitive sourcing study pending the outcome of this review.   See http://www.usgs.gov