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Idaho Geologic Survey seeks permanent database manager amid grant funding uncertainty
Summary
The Idaho Geologic Survey asked the Joint Finance Committee to fund a database manager position that had been supported by expiring grants; the director warned losing the role would harm the agency’s data preservation and matching capacity.
Kevin Campbell of the Legislative Services Office presented the Idaho Geologic Survey (IGS) budget and said IGS is the state’s lead agency for collecting and disseminating geologic and mineral data. Campbell said IGS had 12.47 authorized FTP and on the sampling date had several vacancies.
IGS Director Claudio Berti told the committee the database manager position has been historically grant funded and that grant funding is running out. “The work that this position does is fundamental to our agency,” Berti said. He warned that if the position lost support the survey’s operations would be in a…
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