CONGRESSIONALLY EARMARKED PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER BY GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (GMU) OF FAIRFAX, VA. THE VIRGINA ACCESS MIDDLE ATLANTIC GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION CONSORTIUM (MAGIC) IS A CONSORTIUM OF MIDDLE-ATLANTIC UNIVERSITIES WORKING TO DEVELOP A REMOTE SENSING, APPLICATIONS-ORIENTED, GEOSPATIAL/TEMPORAL DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM. MAGIC IS IN PHASE IV DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED REMOTE SENSING AND GIS DATA, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GOAL IS TO PROMOTE THE USAGE OF NASA EARTH SCIENCE DATA FOR BY BROAD COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY AT THE REGIONAL STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. TO THIS END, THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY THRUSTS: DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE APPLICATIONS THAT SERVE THE NEEDS OF REGIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL END-USERS AND THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH NASA S EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; AND, THE DISSEMINATION OF DATA THROUGH INTEROPERABLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, THAT COUPLE TO NASA S SYSTEMS AND PROMOTE OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS AND STANDARDS.