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 29-30, 2008
• Minutes, November 8-9, 2007

2. OPP DIRECTOR'S REPORT

• Professional Scientific Societies Letter to President Bush, concerning science agency FY09 funding
• Budget overview
  • OPP FY 2009 Budget Request
  • OPP FY 2008 Budget Request

3. COMMITTEE OF VISITORS (COV) Materials

• COV Transmittal Letter, November 2007
• Committee of Visitors Letter, May 2008
  
  
• Antarctic Sciences COV
• FY 2007 Antarctic COV Report
• Antarctic Sciences Division draft response to COV recommendations — revised October 2007
  
  
• Arctic Science COV
• FY 2007 Arctic COV Report
• Arctic Sciences Division draft response to COV recommendations
  
  
• Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics Division
  • Committee of Visitors Report on the Polar Research Support Section (Review period 2001,2002, and 2003)
  • OPP Response to the Committee of Visitors Report

4. BACKGROUND MATERIAL

• Professional Scientific Societies Letter to President Bush, concerning science agency FY09 funding
• Arctic Observing Network (AON): Toward a U.S. Contribution to Pan-Arctic Observing (NSF 08-42)
• Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)
• Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008
• Women, Minoirities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
• Research and Development:: Essential Foundation for U.S. Competitiveness in a Global Economy
• NSF dedicates New South Pole Station (NSF press release 08-006)
• PTR Report, FY 2008
• Commodities and Currencies Report

 

Last updated: 22 October 2008

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