[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32064-32065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11108]


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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


Call for Public Comment on the Draft U.S. Global Change Research 
Program (USGCRP) Decadal Strategic Plan, 2022-2031

AGENCY: Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

SUMMARY: The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), in 
collaboration with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), 
requests comment from the public on its draft Decadal Strategic Plan.

DATES: Interested persons and organizations are invited to submit 
comments before 11:59 p.m. ET, 15 July 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the USGCRP R&C System 
(https://review.globalchange.gov) by the deadline. Due to time 
constraints, mailed paper submissions will not be accepted. The review 
system will be taken off-line at close of the review window, so there 
will be no means to submit late comments.
    Instructions: Response to this notice is voluntary. Responses to 
this notice may be used by the government for program planning on a 
non-attribution basis. OSTP therefore requests that no business 
proprietary information or copyrighted information be submitted in 
response to this notice. Please note that the U.S. Government will not 
pay for response preparation, or for the use of any information 
contained in the response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct technical questions to David 
Dokken (Senior Program Officer) at [email protected]. Process concerns 
should be addressed to Michael Kuperberg (USGCRP Executive Director) at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the implementation phase of USGCRP's

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previous plan winding down (https://downloads.globalchange.gov/strategic-plan/2012/usgcrp-strategic-plan-2012.pdf), work began on a 
successor in the spring of 2021. The National Science and Technology 
Council provided USGCRP with guidance to produce a plan that was short 
(30 pages) and accessible to an informed lay reader. In pursuit of a 
high-level, non-technical narrative, over the past year, inputs were 
solicited from USGCRP member agencies and interagency working groups, 
as well as external organizations such as the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Listening sessions were 
conducted within the Federal community and via NASEM external outreach 
on the Program's behalf. Public comment on a draft prospectus was 
sought (22 November 2021-11 January 2022) to determine if the overall 
vision resonated with intended audiences and if the identified 
strategic pillars adequately established near-term priorities while 
providing the flexibility to address longer term challenges. The draft 
narrative is now being provided both to the public and to NASEM to seek 
input.
    USGCRP seeks feedback on program priorities and accompanying 
narrative in the strategic pillar sections. Respondents should consider 
(i) ideas on emerging, large-scale scientific questions related to 
global change and/or response, especially those where interagency 
collaboration will be critical; (ii) specific information on how 
science is or is not being used to inform societal response to climate 
change, and why; and (iii) knowledge gaps and obstacles to implementing 
scientific tools or knowledge.
    Individuals wishing to participate in the public review of the 
draft 2022-2031 USGCRP Strategic Plan are encouraged to register via 
the USGCRP Review and Comment (R&C) System (https://review.globalchange.gov). The document and instructions are available 
from 20 May to 15 July 2022.
    The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates 
research across 13 Federal agencies to understand the human-induced and 
natural processes that influence the total Earth system--the 
atmosphere, land, water, ecosystems, and people. USGCRP was established 
by Presidential Initiative in 1989 and mandated by Congress in the 
Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990 (Sec 104, Pub. L. 101-606; 
https://www.globalchange.gov/about/legal-mandate). The GCRA calls for a 
10-year plan with periodic updates. More detail on USGCRP strategic 
planning processes to date can be found at https://www.globalchange.gov/engage/process-products/strategic-planning. USGCRP 
builds on a foundation of Federal investments in research and 
development to ensure that America leads in basic and applied global 
change research.
    The draft Plan was prepared and vetted by Federal agency officials 
comprising the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR), which 
provides overall direction and executive oversight of the Program. 
SGCR, whose membership includes representatives of scientific and 
implementing agencies, is a standing body of the Committee on 
Environment, a component of the National Science and Technology 
Council.

    Dated: May 19, 2022.
Stacy Murphy,
Operations Manager.
[FR Doc. 2022-11108 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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