The interagency GIS Steering Committee adopted a revised mission statement for the DC GIS program at the June 12th, 2008 meeting.  The mission statement is a result of the DC GIS Strategic Planning process that began in late 2007.   The continued planning process, sponsored by the Federal Geographic Data Committee's Fifty States Initiative, involve various workshops attended by a diverse cross-section of internal and external stakeholders.   

The mission of the DC Geographic Information System (DC GIS) is to improve the quality and lower the cost of services provided by the DC Government, through the District's collective investment and effective application of geospatial data and systems.  Furthermore, DC GIS will reach beyond the DC Government by continuing to make DC GIS data freely and publicly available to the fullest extent possible in consideration of privacy and security.