CEDAR email: Federal Register Notice Published announcing the establishment of the Space Weather Advisory Group

[Jennifer Meehan - NOAA Federal]

We are pleased to share the publication of the Federal Register Notice
announcing the establishment of the Space Weather Advisory Group and call
for membership nominations. Please find the information below:

Pursuant to the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to
Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) Act of 2020 and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the Administrator of NOAA, with the Space
Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Interagency Working
Group (IWG), announces the establishment of the Space Weather Advisory
Group (SWAG). The SWAG was established for the purpose of receiving advice
from the academic community, the commercial space weather sector, and end
users of space-weather information to inform the activities of the National
Science and Technology Council SWORM-IWG to enhance national preparedness
for space weather events. The announcement also seeks nominations for 15
individuals to be appointed by the SWORM-IWG as members of the SWAG. The
official announcement and call for membership nominations can be found at:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/06/2021-09530/establishment-of-the-space-weather-advisory-group-and-solicitation-of-nominations-for-membership

Interested persons may nominate themselves or third parties on or before
May 30, 2021. For further information contact the SWAG Designated Federal
Officer, Dr. Jennifer (Jinni) Meehan, National Weather Service, NOAA, at
jennifer.meehan at noaa.gov, 301-427-9798, and William Murtagh, Space Weather
Prediction Center, NOAA, at william.murtagh at noaa.gov or 303-497-7492.


Thank you,

Jinni

*Dr. Jennifer Meehan*
National Space Weather Program Manager
Pronouns: she, her, hers


Analyze, Forecast, and Support Office

National Weather Service Headquarters

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department of Commerce

Silver Spring, MD


weather.gov/space

Office: 301-427-9798
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