[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81448-81449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25798]


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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


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

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

ACTION: Notice of Request for Information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 
requests public inputs to inform the development of the congressionally 
mandated National Plan for Civil Earth Observations (hereinafter ``2023 
National Plan''). This notice, which includes a draft of the 2023 
National Plan, seeks information to achieve a future vision for 
continued United States global leadership in enabling and leveraging 
civil Earth Observations to increase access to Earth data, and address 
global changes. This notice serves as the follow-on Request for 
Information referenced in a Federal Register Notice titled ``Notice of 
Upcoming Request for Information; National Plan for Civil Earth 
Observations''.

DATES: Interested persons and organizations are invited to submit 
comments on or before 5 p.m. ET, December 31, 2023 to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Due to time constraints, mailed paper submissions will not 
be accepted, and electronic submissions received after the deadline may 
not be taken into consideration.
    Interested individuals and organizations should submit comments 
electronically via regulations.gov (Docket : OSTP-2023-XXXX). 
Due to time constraints, mailed paper submissions will not be accepted, 
and electronic submissions received after the deadline cannot be 
ensured to be incorporated or taken into consideration.
    Instructions: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov 
to submit your comments electronically. Information on how to use 
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under ``FAQ'' (https://www.regulations.gov/faq).
    Privacy Note: OSTP's policy is to make all comments received from

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members of the public available for public viewing in their entirety on 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 
commenters should be careful to include in their comments only 
information that they wish to make publicly available. OSTP requests 
that no proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally 
identifiable information be submitted in response to this RFI.
    Information obtained from this RFI may be used by the Government on 
a non-attribution basis for planning and strategy development. OSTP 
will not respond to individual submissions. A response to this RFI will 
not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project 
or ideas discussed. This RFI is not accepting applications for 
financial assistance or financial incentives.
    Responses containing references, studies, research, and other 
empirical data that are not widely published should include copies of 
or electronic links to the referenced materials. Responses from minors, 
or responses containing profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other 
inappropriate language or content will not be considered.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice are subject to the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Responses to this RFI may be posted 
without change online. Please note that the United States Government 
will not pay for response preparation, or for the use of any 
information contained in a response.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6617, OSTP is 
soliciting public input through an RFI to obtain feedback from a wide 
variety of stakeholders, including individuals, industry, academia, 
research laboratories, nonprofits, and think tanks. OSTP is 
specifically interested in public input to inform the development and 
release of the 2023 National Plan to better leverage Earth Observations 
for addressing key societal challenges and trends of the coming decade. 
The first draft of the 2023 National Plan is included for public input.

    Dated: November 16, 2023.
Stacy Murphy,
Deputy Chief Operations Officer/Security Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-25798 Filed 11-21-23; 8:45 am]
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