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USGS Geographic Names Acquisition Plan Objectives for FY17 from The National Map - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior - The annual Geographic Names acquisition plan is to collect geographic name data over the United States and its territories through the Board on Geographic Names processes. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names is a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government. The Board comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands. Sharing its responsibilities with the Secretary of the Interior, the Board promulgates official geographic feature names with locative attributes... Types: Citation; Tags: BGN, Board on Geographic Names, Cultural Resources Theme, GNIS, Geographic Names, All tags... Location, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Society, acquisition plan, administrative, cemetery, cultural, feature ID, gazetteer, geographic, historical, hydrography, information, landform, name, place, populated place, structure, system, toponym, toponymic, toponymy, transportation, variant name, Fewer tags