[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49331-49332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21577]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NIDIS 
Executive Council Meeting

AGENCY: Climate Program Office (CPO), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) 
Program Office will hold an organizational meeting of the NIDIS 
Executive Council on October 24, 2017.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 24, 2017 from 9:00 
a.m. EST to 4:00 p.m. EST. These times and the agenda topics described 
below are subject to change.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Association of 
Counties, 660 North Capitol St. NW., Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veva Deheza, NIDIS Executive Director, 
David Skaggs Research Center, Room GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 
80305. Email: [email protected]; or visit the NIDIS Web site at 
www.drought.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Status: This meeting will be open to public participation. 
Individuals interested in attending should register at https://cpaess.ucar.edu/meetings/2017/fall-2017-nidis-executive-council-meeting. Please refer to this Web page for the most up-to-date meeting 
times and agenda. Seating at the meeting will be available on a first-
come, first-served basis.
    Special Accommodations: This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for special accommodations may be 
directed no later than 12:00 p.m. on October 18, 2017, to Elizabeth 
Ossowski, Program Coordinator, David Skaggs Research Center, Room 
GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305; Email: 
[email protected].
    Matters To Be Considered: The meeting will include the following 
topics: (1) NIDIS implementation updates and 2017--2018 priorities, (2) 
Executive Council member updates and 2017--2018 priorities, (3) Federal 
coordination around drought early warning, (4) Sub-seasonal to seasonal 
prediction, (5) Private sector and non-governmental partner engagement, 
and (6) open discussion on advancing the goals of the NIDIS Public Law 
and Reauthorization.
    The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) was 
established by Public Law 109-430 on December 20, 2006, and 
reauthorized by Public Law 113-86 on March 6, 2014, with a mandate to 
provide an effective drought early warning system for the United 
States; coordinate, and integrate as practicable, Federal research in 
support of a drought early warning system; and build upon existing 
forecasting and assessment programs and partnerships. See 15 U.S.C. 
313d. The Public Law also calls for consultation with ``relevant 
Federal, regional, State, tribal, and local government agencies, 
research institutions, and the private sector'' in the development of 
NIDIS. 15 U.S.C. 313d(c). The NIDIS Executive Council provides the 
NIDIS Program Office with an opportunity to engage in individual 
consultation with senior resource officials from NIDIS's Federal 
partners, as well as leaders from state and local government, academia,

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nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.

    Dated: September 28, 2017.
David Holst,
Acting Chief Financial Officer/CAO, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-21577 Filed 10-23-17; 11:15 am]
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