Agency Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Coordinators
The Agency Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Coordinators are a group of federal employees designated by their agency leaders to be the point people for advancing crowdsourcing and citizen science. The need for these Coordinators was articulated in a September 2015 memo from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to the heads of federal departments and agencies.
What the Agency Coordinators Do
Today, these coordinators are:
- Working with GSA to maintain and improve the citizen science and crowdsourcing catalog for all such projects across the U.S. government;
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Collaborating to increase interagency coordination and to participate in future policy-development discussions on this subject; and
- Working together to encourage public awareness of and participation in citizen science and crowdsourcing efforts.
- As coordinators, these individuals advocate for citizen science and crowdsourcing where possible, and provide a support network and mentoring for each other and their respective agencies for future projects.
Coordinator List Below Updated on 09/27/2024
| Department | Agency with Links to Agency Projects | Agency Coordinators |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | USFS | Michelle Tamez |
| Department of Agriculture | USDA | Peggy Biga |
| Department of Commerce | USCB | Barbara A. Downs, Lorena Molina-Irizarry |
| Department of Commerce | NIST | Heather Evans |
| Department of Commerce | NOAA | Laura Oremland, John McLaughlin |
| Department of Defense | DOD | To be named |
| Department of Education | DoEd | Chris Birch |
| Department of Energy | DOE | Carly Robinson |
| Department of Health and Human Services | CDC | Diana Bartlett |
| Department of Health and Human Services | FDA | Elaine Johanson, Amber Griffin |
| Department of Health and Human Services | HHS | Kristen Honey |
| Department of Health and Human Services | NIH | Jennifer Couch |
| Department of Homeland Security | DHS | Kathleen Kenyon, Kimberly Stephens, Katherine Picchione |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | HUD | Christopher Bourne |
| Department of the Interior | BLM | Frederick Klasner, Rachel Sowards Thompson |
| Department of the Interior | FWS | To Be Named |
| Department of the Interior | NPS | Tim Watkins |
| Department of the Interior | USGS | Sophia B. Liu |
| Department of Justice | FBI | To Be Named |
| Department of State | DOS | Adam Shapiro |
| Department of State | USAID | Njemile Davis |
| Environmental Protection Agency | EPA | Jules Vastine |
| Federal Communications Commission | FCC | Alex Simmons |
| Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency | IARPA | To Be Named |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | Marc Kuchner |
| Library of Congress | LoC | Lauren Algee |
| National Archives and Records Administration | NARA | Andrew Wilson, Suzanne Isaacs |
| National Science Foundation | NSF | Ellen McCallie |
| Smithsonian Institution | SI | Amy Marino |
Please email citizenscience@gsa.gov if you would like to be put in contact with one of these Coordinators.