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

• Published date: 13 March 2024
• Record Number: 2024-05284
• Citation: 89 FR 18394
• Court: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
• Section: Notices

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)

[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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