Notice2024-11827
Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG)
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Published
May 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Pursuant to the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) Act of and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Space Weather Interagency Working Group (interagency working group), requests nominations for membership on the SWAG.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46866-46867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11827]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XV200]
Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Space Weather
Advisory Group (SWAG)
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation of nominations for membership.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Promoting Research and Observations of Space
Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) Act of and
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Space Weather
Interagency Working Group (interagency working group), requests
nominations for membership on the SWAG.
DATES: Nominations should be sent to the web address specified below
and must be received on or before June 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nominations and applications should be submitted
electronically to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SWAG, NOAA, Amy
Macpherson via email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a6b677324676b697a626f787965644a64656b6b246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d2c203463202c2e3d25283f3e22230d23222c2c632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Macpherson, DFO, SWAG, and
Acting National Space Weather Program Manager, National Weather
Service, NOAA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#accdc1d582c1cdcfdcc4c9dedfc3c2ecc2c3cdcd82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07666a7e296a6664776f6275746869476968666629606871">[email protected]</span></a> and William Murtagh, Program
Coordinator, Space Weather Prediction Center, NOAA, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0d7c9ccccc9c1cd8ecdd5d2d4c1c7c8e0cecfc1c18ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6b1afaaaaafa7abe8abb3b4b2a7a1ae86a8a9a7a7e8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Authority
Establishment of the SWAG implements a statutory requirement of the
PROSWIFT Act 2020 (Pub. L. 116-181), 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq. The SWAG
is governed by the FACA, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of advisory committees. The mission
of the SWAG is to receive advice from the academic community, the
commercial space weather sector, and nongovernmental space weather end
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users to advise the Space Weather Interagency Working Group
(interagency working group) established by the National Science and
Technology Council pursuant to 51 U.S.C. 60601(c). Duties include
advising the interagency working group on the following: facilitating
advances in the space weather enterprise of the United States;
improving the ability of the United States to prepare for, mitigate,
respond to, and recover from space weather phenomena; enabling the
coordination and facilitation of research to operations and operations
to research, as described in section 60604(d) of title 51, United
States Code; and developing and implementing the integrated strategy
under 51 U.S.C. 60601(c), including subsequent updates and
reevaluations. The SWAG shall also conduct a recurring, comprehensive
survey of the needs of users of space weather products to identify the
space weather research, observations, forecasting, prediction, and
modeling advances required to improve space weather products, as
required by 51 U.S.C. 60601(d)(3).
II. Structure
The SWAG shall consist of not more than 15 members, including a
chair, of whom: 5 members shall be representatives of the academic
community; 5 members shall be representatives of the commercial space
weather sector; and 5 members shall be nongovernmental representatives
of the space weather end-user community. Members will be chosen to
provide an appropriate range of views that represent the span of the
space weather community and end-user sectors. Members shall serve in a
representative capacity; they are, therefore, not Special Government
Employees. As such, members are not subject to the ethics rules
applicable to Government employees, except that they must not misuse
Government resources or their affiliation with the Committee for
personal purposes. All members of the SWAG will be appointed by the
interagency working group for a 3-year term, with one member appointed
by NOAA as the Chair. Members may not serve on the SWAG for more than
two consecutive terms. A member of the SWAG may not serve as the Chair
of the SWAG for more than two terms, regardless of whether the terms
are consecutive. The SWAG will meet approximately three times each
year, which may be conducted in person or by teleconference, webinar,
or other means. Additional meetings may be called as appropriate, with
approval by the Administrator of NOAA. Members are reimbursed for
actual and reasonable travel in accordance with Federal per diem
expenses incurred in performing such duties but will not be reimbursed
for their time. As a Federal Advisory Committee, the SWAG's membership
is required to be balanced in terms of viewpoints represented and the
functions to be performed as well as appointments shall be made without
discrimination on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual
orientation, disability, or cultural, religious, or socioeconomic
status.
III. Nominations
Interested persons may nominate themselves or third parties. An
application is required to be considered for SWAG membership,
regardless of whether a person is nominated by a third party or self-
nominated. The application package must include: (1) the nominee's full
name, title, institutional affiliation, and contact information; (2)
identification of the nominee's area(s) of industry perspective--
academia, commercial service provider, or end-user; (3) a short
description of his/her qualifications relative to the kinds of advice
being solicited by NOAA in this Notice; and (4) a current resume
(maximum length four pages). All nomination information should be
provided in a single, complete package, and should be sent to the
Designated Federal Officer of the SWAG at the electronic address
provided above.
Dated: May 23, 2024.
Michael Farrar,
Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National
Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-11827 Filed 5-29-24; 8:45 am]
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