[Federal Register: September 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 183)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

 
National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory 
Committee; Committee Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the National Satellite Land 
Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA) Advisory Committee will meet at 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems 
(EROS) Data Center (EDC) near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Committee, 
comprised of 15 members from academia, industry, government, 
information science, natural science, social science, and policy/law, 
will provide the USGS, EDC management with advice and consultation on 
defining and accomplishing the NSLRSDA's archiving and access goals to 
carry out the requirements of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act; on 
priorities of the NSLRSDA's tasks; and, on issues of archiving, data 
management, science, policy, and public-private partnerships.
    Topics to be reviewed and discussed by the Committee include 
determining the content of and upgrading the basic data set as 
identified by the Congress; metadata content and accessibility; product 
characteristics, availability, and delivery; and, archiving, data 
access, and distribution policies.

DATES: October 20-22, 1999, commencing at 8:30 a.m. October 20 and 
adjourning at 12 noon on October 22.

CONTACT: Mr. Thomas M. Holm, Acting Chief, Data Services Branch, U.S. 
Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57198 
at (605) 594-6142 or email at holm@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings of the National Satellite Land 
Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory Committee are open to the public. 
Previous Committee meeting minutes are available for public review at 
http://edc.usgs.gov/programs/nslrsda/advcomm.html.

    Dated: September 15, 1999.
Ernest B. Brunson,
Acting Associate Chief of Operations, National Mapping Division.
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