<div dir="ltr">[NOTE IMMINENT deadline for comments]<div><br></div><div><div>The National Science and Technology Council has announced its intent to update the National Space Weather Strategy. A Request for Information (RFI) has been published in the Federal Register that seeks input from the public on ways to improve Federal government coordination of programs and activities to enhance national preparedness to space weather events. SWPC encourages all interested parties to review the RFI and provide feedback. The RFI can be accessed at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/20/2018-08336/developing-an-update-to-the-national-space-weather-strategy">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/20/2018-08336/developing-an-update-to-the-national-space-weather-strategy</a></div><div><br></div><div>Comments are due by May 16, 2018.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">----</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">Philip Erickson, Ph.D.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">Atmospheric Sciences Group</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">MIT Haystack Observatory</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">Westford, MA  01886  USA</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">email: </span><a href="mailto:pje@haystack.mit.edu" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal" target="_blank">pje@haystack.mit.edu</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">WWW: </span><a href="http://www.haystack.mit.edu/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal" target="_blank">http://www.haystack.mit.edu</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">voice: +1 617 715 5769</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">fax:   +1 781 981 5766</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal">Public key: </span><a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x54878872" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:normal" target="_blank">http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x54878872</a><br></div></div></div>
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