Assessment Committee National Space Weather Program

1. Assessment CommitteeNational Space Weather Program Committee of six “outside” members appointed by the Council on Space Weather of the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM) • OFCM • NSWP • Assessment Committee

2. National Space Weather Program Administrative Structure Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology Space Weather Program Council Committee for Space Weather Implementation Plan Update CCMC and RPCs Int’l Activities Coordination with LWS Metrics Research Competitions Space Architect Transition Plan Other

3. Background on OFCM Historical Perspective OFCM Public Law 87-843 (1963) • Accountable to Congress and OMB • Coordinate agency budgets • Report budgets and activities in annual Federal Plan 1963 DOC Administrative Order 1964 OFCM formed in Jan 1964 1979 GAO Study Revitalizes OFCM

4. OFCM Mission • To ensure the effective use of federal meteorological resources by leading the systematic coordination of operational weather requirements, services, and supporting research, among the federal agencies • High-level focus on: • Needs and Requirements • Issues and Problems • Studies, Reports, Plans, and Handbooks • Crosscut Reviews, Assessments, and Analyses

5. Independent agencies: Departments of: • Environmental Protection Agency • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • National Science Foundation • National Transportation Safety Board • Nuclear Regulatory Commission • Agriculture • Commerce • Defense • Energy • Homeland Security • Science & Technology • FEMA • Coast Guard • Interior • State • Transportation Executive Office of the President: • Office of Management and Budget • Office of Science and Technology Policy OFCM Partners

6. Aviation Weather Climate Analysis, Monitoring and Services Cooperative Research Environmental Services Environmental Support to Homeland Security Information Technology and Communications Modeling and Prediction Observing Capabilities Space Weather Weather Information for Surface Transportation Key OFCM Focus Areas: Agency Priorities

7. National Space Weather Program Administrative Structure Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology Space Weather Program Council Committee for Space Weather Implementation Plan Update CCMC and RPCs Int’l Activities Coordination with LWS Metrics Research Competitions Space Architect Transition Plan Other

8. National Space Weather Program (NSWP) (www.nswp.gov) Organized Following Information Meeting at NSF in 1994 Produced Strategic Plan in 1995 Produced First Implementation Plan in about 1995-1996 – Produced in Collaboration with, and Active Participation of, Community Second Implementation Plan in 2000

9. Most Recent NSWP Implementation Plan • Produced by Committee for Space Weather (cochairs: NSF, DOD and NOAA) working on regular basis • Completed July 2000

10. NSWP Committee Charge The purpose of the review of the NSWP is “to quantify and document the progress toward meeting the NSWP stated goals in observations, research, modeling, transition of research to operations, and education and outreach; to see if the program is still on target and moving in the direction pointed to by the Strategic Plan; to determine whether the strategic goals should be adjusted at this time based on emerging/evolving requirements; and to suggest a way ahead which will form a basis for a new strategic plan covering the next 10 years”.

11. Members, NSWP Assessment Committee • Louis J. Lanzerotti, Chair (NJIT and Lucent Technologies) • Daniel N. Baker (University of Colorado) • Delores J. Knipp (U.S. Air Force Academy) • Tammy Jernigan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) • Ray A. Williamson (George Washington University) • S. Pete Worden (University of Arizona) • Robert J. Rizza, Executive Secretary (U.S. Air Force)

12. NSWP Assessment Committee Fact-Finding • July 7-8, 2005 • Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (James Harrison) • NOAA (Ernie Hildner, Director, NOAA Space Environment Center; Manager, NOAA • Space Weather Program) • NSF (Rich Behnke) • NASA (Dick Fisher) • DoD (Col. Harold Elkin) • Sept 15, 2005 • NPOESS Briefing/Discussion (Lt Col Mike Bonadonna) • CCMC: (Mike Hesse, NASA) • Research to Ops Challenges (Ron Birk) • Status of Present Assets, Future Plans (Chuck Holmes, NASA) • Navy Interview (Herb Gursky, NRL) • Navy Interview (Bob McCoy, ONR) • Dec 12-14, 2005 • Earth-to-Sun (Tom Bogdan) • USGS (Jeff Love) • NOAA's Space Weather Contributions (Ron Zwickl) • NGDC's Space Weather Data (Eric Kihn) • SEC Recommendations (Howard Singer; Terry Onsager)

13. NSWP Assessment Committee Fact-Finding • Dec 13-14, 2005 • STRATCOM -Cease Report (LCDR Mike Rocheleau) • Small Space Sensors (M. Geoff McHarg, AF Academy) • AFWA • Space Tech Branch (Maj Tim Nobis) • Space WOC Mission Briefs (Maj Don Harper) • AFWA Value of Weather Services V1 • AFWA Value of Weather Services V2 • AFWA Partnerships (Maj Tim Nobis) • Dec 19-20, 2005 • GOES-R PORD (Space Environment In-Situ Suite) • GOES-R PORD (Solar Imaging Suite) • GOES-R PORD (Solar Coronagraph) • GOES-R (Ben Diedrich ) • FAA: User Needs Report • NGATS 2025 Concept Exec Summary • FAA-ICAO Brief (Genene Fisher, AMS) • JPDO Forecasting IPT Brief (Genene Fisher, AMS)

14. The Community Coordinated Modeling Center: A Bridge Between Space Weather Research and Operations