Briefing Book Materials, May 18 - 19, 2006
(PowerPoint Presentations and links to non-government web sites will open in a new window.)

1. INTRODUCTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• List of Office Advisory Committee members
• OPP staff directory
  • Office of Polar Programs front office
  • Division of Antarctic Sciences
  • Division of Arctic Sciences
  • Office Polar Environment, Health and Safety
  • Division of Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics
• Agenda, May 18-19, 2006
• Minutes, October 2005 meeting

2. OPP DIRECTOR'S REPORT

• Personnel Changes
  • OPP organization chart (PDF format, 15 Kb)
• Budget overview
  • OPP FY 2006 budget
  • OPP FY 2007 budget
  • South Pole Station Modernization
    • South Pole Special Report (NSF Office of Legislative and Public Affairs)
  • IceCube
  • International Polar Year
  • Letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce highlights support for $6.02 billion NSF budget (The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News, Number 58: May 10, 2006)
• Antarctic Treaty activities concerning tourism
  • Measure 4 (2004): Insurance and Contingency Planning for Tourism and Non- Governmental Activities in the Antarctic Treaty Area
  • Measure 1 (2005): Annex VI to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty: Liability Arising From Environmental Emergencies

3. INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) UPDATES

• FY 2006 activities
  • NSF International Polar Year 2006 solicitation (NSF 06-534)

4. ARCTIC OBSERVING NETWORK

• Study of Environmental Arctic Change: Plans for Implementation
  During the International Polar Year and Beyond: This report serves as a reference point for immediate planning for the International Polar Year and for an Arctic Observing Network and also provides a perspective on SEARCH beyond the immediate needs and priorities.
  

5. NSF STRATEGIC PLAN

• NSF Strategic Plan FY 2006 – 2011 (This document is password protected.)

6. NSF FUTURE BUDGET PLANNING

• NAS/NRC report: Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (Executive Summary; PDF format, 292 Kb)
• The American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI):
  • American Competitiveness Initiative — Leading the World in Innovation (Domestic Policy Council; Office of Science and Technology Policy, February 2006)
  • White House ACI web page: http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/aci/

7. REPORT FROM THE NEW NSF OFFICE OF CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE

• Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science FoundationBlue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure
  • Executive Summary
  • Report
  • Appendices:
    • Appendix A: More About What Is Cyberinfrastructure
    • Appendix B: Analysis of Web Survey Results (6.24 MB)
    • Appendix C: More on Organizational Issues
    • Appendix D: Names and Affiliation of Those Giving Testimony to the Panel
    • Appendix E: Charge to the Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Infrastructure

8. IPY AGENCY-WIDE PLANNING

• U.S. IPY Interagency web site

9. POLAR ICEBREAKING

• National Science Foundation Request for Information No. DCCA-060024
  • Icebreaking Services to Assist Re-supply of McMurdo Station, Antarctica (RFI No. DCCA-060024) (PDF format, 145 Kb)
    • Fuel Tanker Offload Summary, 2002 - 2006 (Excel spreadsheet)
    • USAP Dry Charter Vessel Requirements (Excel spreadsheet)
  • RFI DCCA-060024 second notice (PDF format, 33 Kb)
• Polar Icebreaker Roles and U.S. Future Needs: A Preliminary Assessment (2005); Polar Research Board (PRB), Marine Board (MB)
• Report of the Subcommittee on USAP Resupply, Draft, 10 August 2005 (OPP OAC Subcommittee report)
  • Full report with appendices (PDF format, 1.5 Mb)
  • Report without appendices (PDF format, 1.4 Mb)
  • Appendices only (PDF format, 400 Kb)

10. COMMITTEE OF VISITORS

• NSF Committee of Visitors home page
• OPP Committee of Visitors and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Reports page

11. INITIAL REPORT FROM ES&H SECTION

• Non-native Species in the Antarctic Workshop
  • Workshop home page with links to workshop presentations

12. CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING OF ICE SHEETS (CRESIS)

• Center web site:
  http://www.cresis.ku.edu/flashindex.htm
• Knowledge Transfer at CRESIS:
  http://www.cresis.ku.edu/KnowledgeIndex.htm

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