[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18394-18395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05284]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space, 
Formerly the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended (FACA), the Department of Commerce has 
renewed and renamed the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing 
(ACCRES) as the Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space (ACES), 
determining this action to be in the public interest in connection with 
the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law. ACCRES was

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renewed and renamed as ACES on March 4, 2024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was first established in May 
2002 to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere on matters relating to the U.S. commercial remote sensing 
industry and NOAA's activities to carry out the responsibilities of the 
Department of Commerce set forth in the National and Commercial Space 
Programs Act of 2010 (the Act), title 51 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. (formerly 
the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, 15 U.S.C. 5621-5625).
    ACES will have a fairly balanced membership consisting of no more 
than 25 members serving in a representative or Special Government 
Employee capacity. The members should represent a variety of space 
policy, engineering, technical, science, legal, and finance 
professionals with significant expertise in the commercial space 
industry. Each candidate member shall be recommended by the Director of 
NOAA's Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and shall be appointed by the 
Under Secretary or the OSC Director, generally for a term of two years 
and serve at the discretion of the Under Secretary or OSC Director.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, and in 
compliance with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Copies of the Committee's revised Charter have been filed with the 
appropriate committees of the Congress and with the Library of 
Congress.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Y. Kim, Chief of Staff, NOAA 
Office of Space Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 68015, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202-482-6125; email 
[email protected].

Michael C. Morgan,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction.
[FR Doc. 2024-05284 Filed 3-12-24; 8:45 am]
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