[Federal Register: November 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 224)]
[Notices]
[Page 67935]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Civil Implementation Working Group--U.S. Commercial Remote
Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP)
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: Open meeting of the CRSSP Implementation Working Group (IWG)
to present and discuss progress and plans for assessing near-term civil
requirements for remote sensing data.
DATE/TIME OF MEETING: December 14, 2004, 9-12 a.m.
PLACE: Visitors Center, USGS Headquarters, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Reston, VA 20192.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries and notice of intent to
attend the meeting may be addressed to: Greg Snyder, CRSSP IWG Chair,
USGS National Center Center MS 517, Reston VA 22091, gsnyder@usgs.gov
or 703-648-5169.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of Public Meeting
This public meeting provides a forum for the remote sensing
industry and other interested participants to be briefed on the
progress and plans of the CRSSP near-term requirements collection and
evaluation process and to discuss ways to improve its effectiveness.
Background
On April 25, 2003, the president signed the U.S. Commercial Remote
Sensing Space Policy. The fundamental goal of this policy is to advance
and protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by
maintaining the nation's leadership in remote sensing space activities,
and by sustaining and enhancing the U.S. remote sensing industry. Doing
so will also foster economic growth, contribute to environmental
stewardship, and enable scientific and technological excellence. In
support of this goal, the United States Government is directed to:
Rely to the maximum practical extent on U.S. commercial
remote sensing space capabilities for filling imagery and geospatial
needs for military, intelligence, foreign policy, and homeland
security, and civil users;
Focus United States Government remote sensing space
systems on meeting needs that can not be effectively, affordably, and
reliably satisfied by commercial providers because of economic factors,
civil mission needs, national security concerns, or foreign policy
concerns;
Develop a long-term, sustainable relationship between the
United States Government and the U.S. commercial remote sensing space
industry;
Provide a timely and responsive regulatory environment for
licensing the operations and exports of commercial remote sensing space
systems; and
Enable U.S. industry to compete successfully as a provider
of remote sensing space capabilities for foreign governments and
foreign commercial users, while ensuring appropriate measures are
implemented to protect national security and foreign policy.
The specific directives to civil agencies included:
Determine which needs for imagery and geospatial products
and services can be reliably met by commercial remote sensing space
capabilities;
Communicate current and projected needs to the commercial
remote sensing space industry.
The policy also directs civil agencies to craft a plan for policy
implementation. The plan, agreed to in December 2003, calls for shared
responsibilities among civil agencies, close coordination with the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the formation of two
groups; a senior steering committee (SSC) for policy guidance and an
interagency policy implementation working group (IWG) for operational
support. The USGS administers these two groups and serves as the lead
civil agency. The policy also identifies goals beyond the scope of the
implementation plan that are being addressed by other interagency
groups.
Proposed Agenda
The meeting will begin with presentations to provide an update on
the CRSSP civil near-term requirements-collection process and planned
reporting capabilities, followed by discussions of how to provide
meaningful requirements information for industry planning and business
decisions. Representatives from the CRSSP IWG will present the goals,
accomplishments, plans and potential enhancements to the process.
Meeting Access
Directions to the USGS National Center can be accessed at http://www.usgs.gov/major_sites.html.
After arriving at USGS follow signs to
Visitors Parking and proceed to the Visitors Entrance. You will be
required to show valid picture identification as you enter. A guard
will point you to the Visitors Center.
Robert A. Lidwin,
Chief of Staff, USGS Geography Discipline.
[FR Doc. 04-25745 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]