The FCE Information Management group consists of one full-time Information Manager, Linda Powell, and one full-time Project Manager, Mike Rugge. Linda and Mike provide continuity to the FCE LTER project's IMS as they have held their positions with the project since its inception in May 2000. Linda has a Master's degree in Geology and has a strong background in GIS, remote sensing and system administration. Mike Rugge has a Master's degree in plant biology and specializes in web development and GIS. Both Linda and Mike serve as database and system administrators and Mike serves as the project programmer. Overlap between the IMS group's critical tasks allows collaboration on computer system administration issues and with the FCE webserver and Oracle10g Database design issues, content and implementations.