Government Computer News reports (Where GIS gets lost) that while almost 70% of United States government agencies are using some form of GIS, most agencies have developed their GIS data independently which often creates compatibility issues when using data from other agencies. Currently, there is no uniform standard for data creation and sharing among the various local, state and federal agencies that create and have a need to use other agency data. The article quotes Dan Ponte from the USGS: “Even within our own organization, being able to get information easily from one data system into another is not a simple task. We haven’t really cracked that nut.” GCN also has a sidebar article: Toronto police struggle with GIS’ success.