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The link below doesn't spell out all of the changes in the new tax law, but at least the information in the following link should be of interest to Surveyors that are small business owners. It may even cause them to speak with their accountants sooner rather than later on this topic.
https://sba.thehartford.com/finance/how-to-really-make-sure-youre-not-overpaying-on-small-business-taxes/?cmp=EMC-SC-SBA-23435984
NSPS
For the first time is quite a few years, the Student Competition was conducted entirely “onsite”. Teams representing 12 schools (11 4-yr. and 1 2-yr.) gathered in Las Vegas a few days ahead of the 2018 NSPS Spring Business meetings. On the first day the teams were transported to a plot of BLM (thanks to BLM for support) land to perform the assigned field work. Much lower than normal temperatures, and a strong wind blowing off the mountains, gave the team members a good concept of the elements often encountered in performing field work. Computations and map preparation were conducted on day two, with presentations before a panel of judges on day three. See the attached Press Release for more details.
NSPS is pleased to announce that, beginning with the 2018 competition, the First Place award will be named in honor of Mike and Anne Besch (University of Akron). They were largely responsible for the initiation and continued success of the student competition. Sadly, we lost Mike not too long ago; however, Anne is still active and accompanied the Akron team this year. She is seated second from the left in the “teams” photo included in the attachment hereto.
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Joseph M. Dolan, P.L.S. - NSPS Past President
Curious about that heading?
When I was NSPS President in 2006, Lisa Isom, owner of Assurance Risk Managers (ARM), worked with NSPS to establish the NSPS Insurance Program. Any organization you belong to should provide you as an individual and business with benefits. NSPS certainly provides a wide range of programs and benefits. I think that from a financial viewpoint the NSPS Insurance Program is the premier benefit available to all of you.
Since I was instrumental in establishing the Insurance Program, I thought that I should participate in it. I asked Lisa to give me a quote on my entire insurance package. The quote came back and I was shocked. The premium for everything was in excess of $10,000.00 lower than what I was paying. The companies that Lisa quoted were all top of the line. I was impressed.
Now I am Irish, however the decision to switch to the NSPS Program did not require much thought! Putting that much money in my pocket even made sense to me! Whenever I spoke about the program, it seemed that closing with the above title was a natural concluding phrase. It still is today. In the coming months I will be telling you about the various aspects and types of policies available through the program.
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NSPS
The Joint Government Affairs Committee (JGAC) Chairman Pat Smith of briefed the NSPS Board last week in Las Vegas featuring an update on Federal issues with a focus on infrastructure, the Geospatial Data Act, and licensing. Smith also alerted the Board regarding the upcoming NSPS Day on the Hill planned for April 11. In preparation of the NSPS Day on the Hill, John M. Palatiello & Associate, Inc., will be holding training webinars on the three issues (Infrastructure, Geospatial Data Act, and Private Sector Utilization) to be taken to Hill by NSPS members with two sessions scheduled for 1:30pm EST on both March 26 and March 29.
NSPS
The NSPS annual General Membership meeting, Committee meetings, and the NSPS Board of Directors met February 20-22 in Las Vegas, NV. A summary has been provided by NSPS Secretary Tim Burch.
Pictured are Emily Pierce (WI) and Joanne Williamson (HI) who were named Key Directors for the 2017 Fall business meetings.
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NSPS
Join host Curt Sumner for a conversation with Gary Kent on a number of topics affecting the Surveying profession. As NSPS News & Views readers are aware, Gary is an expert on a number of surveying issues and provides continuing education courses across the United States.
To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour. Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.
NSPS
The Department of the Interior recently issued a notice indicating the Secretary of the Interior has renewed the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) and the next meeting is scheduled from April 3-4, 2018 in Washington, DC. Comments regarding the renewal of this Committee must be submitted not later than March 7, 2018. The NGAC provides advice and recommendations to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), through the FGDC Chair, related to the management of Federal geospatial programs, the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), and the implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A–16 and Executive Order 12906. The NGAC will review and comment upon geospatial policy and management issues and will provide a forum to convey views representative of non-Federal partners in the geospatial community.
Learn more about NSW: http://nsps.site-ym.com/?page=NSW
NSPS
NSPS lobbyist John "JB" Byrd recently met with Lance Gooden (R), a candidate for an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas to be created by the retirement of Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), the current Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services. The primary in the 5th Congressional District is set for March 6, 2018. Currently serving his 3rd term as a State Representative, Lance has also worked as an insurance broker for energy and energy-related companies.
By Michael J. Pallamary, The American Surveyor
 One of the best ways for an organization to advance is to have a unified voice, one that represents a broad spectrum of interests, common to all members. The medical profession learned this a long time ago with the universal adoption of the Hippocratic Oath. In the United States, this concept evolved into the canons of the American Medical Association. Why is it then that when you tell people you are a land surveyor, they look at you cross-eyed and ask, "What do you do?"
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No matter what the future holds, prepare to meet challenges head on. Future-proof your resume by becoming a Certified Survey Technician (CST). This unique four-level certification program indicates official recognition by NSPS that a person can perform surveying tasks at a specific technical level.
Show what you can do! Decide between the field or office track. Visit www.nsps.us.com for details.
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Did you know that the CST Program is recognized by the Department of Labor?
GPS World
The military is always looking at new techniques and technology for deriving position and, it seems, every few years signals of opportunity becomes fashionable again.
In broad terms, SOOP refers to the use of any signals for navigation, which are not normally intended for navigation. This might mean TV or radio broadcast signals, cellular network signals, or anything else you can receive.
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Inside GNSS
Mike Rogers, a key lawmaker in military space policy, appears willing to stick with the current program to build a more capable and cyber-secure GPS ground system despite his profound frustration with schedule delays and cost overruns and a recently revealed report from MITRE Corp. suggesting it be dropped.
The Next Generation Operational Control System being developed by Raytheon is essential for the Air Force to be able to fully utilize the capabilities of the GPS III and GPS IIIF satellites.
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QGIS 3 is a new wave of open source GIS. Not only is it extremely quick and efficient, allowing you to use almost every type of geospatial data you can throw at it, but it also includes a 3D renderer and ways to export your creations straight to the web. And let's not forget the HUGE amount of tools it comes with out of the box.
But it has only been out a couple of days and is missing the good old "Quick Map Tools" which we have all become accustomed to.
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BBN
Geospatial big data is a massive chunk of spatial dataset that cannot be processed using standard computer systems. We explore the challenges and opportunities surrounding the growth of geospatial big data further in this article.
Geospatial data consists of information used to describe geographical units to computer systems. Because geographies are very complex in real life, it requires an enormous size of data to define geography accurately on a software application.
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