[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36349-36350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11796]


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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


Notice of Upcoming Request for Information; National Plan for 
Civil Earth Observations

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

ACTION: Notice of upcoming request for information.

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SUMMARY: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 
notifies the Earth Observations community that a draft of the 
congressionally-mandated National Plan for Civil Earth Observations 
(hereinafter ``National Plan'') will be released for a short national 
review period via a subsequent Federal Register notice in Summer 2023. 
This notice serves to prepare the community for the upcoming request 
for information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ezinne Uzo-Okoro; tel: 202-456-4010.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The third National Plan is being developed 
by the U.S. Group on Earth Observations, a team of interagency experts. 
It will explore opportunities for the entire U.S. Earth Observation 
Enterprise--a wide variety of stakeholders, including Federal 
departments and agencies, national laboratories, academia, non-profits, 
the private sector, think tanks, and state/local/Tribal governments--to 
better leverage Earth Observations to address key societal challenges 
and trends of the coming decade.
    More coordinated and effective uses of Earth Observations will 
improve the United States' capability to understand, monitor, and 
forecast changes to the Earth system, which will enhance the Earth 
Observation Enterprise ability to achieve key objectives (e.g., 
greenhouse gas emissions reductions). Beyond examining key thematic 
areas for which Earth Observations can be better leveraged to achieve 
desired future states, the third National Plan will also provide 
recommendations for near- and mid-term actions needed to enable the 
achievement of those objectives, along with discussion of technical and 
non-technical cross-cutting issues that transcend thematic areas.
    The first National Plan for Civil Earth Observations was released 
in 2014 as a supplement to the 2014 Presidential Budget Request. It was 
written in response to a need identified by the 2013 National Strategy 
for Civil Earth Observations, and by section 702 of the NASA 
Authorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-267). The first National Plan's 
objective was to enable better coordination of Earth Observation data 
collection, management, use, and associated investment across Federal 
departments and agencies. The 2013 National Strategy recommended that 
the National Plan be updated every three years to guide policy and 
budget decision-making using the latest information. The second 
National Plan (summary, full) was released in 2019 and extended the 
vision for collaboration and coordination beyond the Federal Government 
to include the larger Earth Observation Enterprise.

    Dated: May 30, 2023.
Stacy Murphy,
Deputy Chief Operations Officer/Security Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-11796 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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