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, November 10, 2010
• Draft Minutes, May 21-22, 2010

2. OPP DIRECTOR'S REPORT

• Director's presentation (PDF format, 147 kBytes)
• FY2011 Budget Request

3. U.S. ANTARCTIC PROGRAM REVIEW

• Review of the US Antarctic Program: Future Science Opportunities in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Statement of Task (PDF format, 17 kBytes)
• National Research Council: Call for Nominations (PDF format, 23 kBytes)
• U.S. Antarctic Program Seminal Documents
• OPP-supported Workshops
  • Workshops Relevant to NSF Support of Polar Research — This is a web page with a description of the list and links to the list. (Link directly to the Excel file at
    https://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/opp_advisory/workshops2004.xls)

4. UPDATE ON ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC PRIME SUPPORT CONTRACT COMPETITIONS

• Arctic Bullets (PDF format, 49 kBytes)
• Antarctic Bullets (PDF format, 88 kBytes)

5. 2009 COMMITTEES OF VISITORS REPORTS AND RESPONSES

• FY2009 COV Report for Antarctic Insfrastructure and Logistics/Polar Environmental, Health and Safety (PDF format, 130 kBytes)
• FY2009 Antarctic Sciences COV Report (PDF format, 270 kBytes)
• FY2009 Arctic Sciences COV Report (PDF format, 474 kBytes)
  
  
• 2009 Committee of Visitor Reports: Office Advisory Committee
  recommendations (PDF format, 53 kBytes)
  
  
• Memorandum from OPP Office Director to the Chairman of the Advisory Committee (PDF format, 210 kBytes)
• OPP's response to the COV recommendations (PDF format, 2,453 kBytes)

6. PLANNING TOWARD A FUTURE POLAR RESEARCH VESSEL

• Access to the Polar Oceans: Vessel Capabilities to meet National Research Needs (PDF format, 1,317 kBytes)
• UNOLS letter (PDF format, 27 kBytes)
• Next Generational Polar Research Vessel Forum
• Antarctic Oceanography Planning Workshop
• Antarctic Marine Geology and Geophysics Planning Workshop
  Final Report

7. OPP STAFFING ISSUES

• Recruiting Issues – Rotators and Federal Career Employees (PDF format, 46 kBytes)

8. NATIONAL OCEAN COUNCIL

• National Ocean Policy Priorities in the Arctic (PDF format, 145 kBytes)
• Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force; July 19, 2010 (PDF format, 3,522 kBytes)
• The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force web page
  

9. STATUTORY ASSESSMENTS REQUIREMENTS: ALASKA RESEARCH

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (Text)
• A citizens guide to NEPA (PDF format)
  
  
• National Historic Preservation Act of 1996 (NHPA)
• NHPA Wikipedia entry
  
  
• Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)
• ESA Wikipedia entry

10. FY2010 CRI AND FY2011 SEES

• Climate Change Education (CCE): Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) Program, Phase I (Solicitation: NSF 10-542)
• Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction using Earth System Models (EaSM) (Solicitation: NSF 10-554)
• Dimensions of Biodiversity (Solicitation: NSF 10-548)
• Ocean Acidification (Solicitation: NSF 10-530)
• Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) (Solicitation: NSF 10-524)
  
  
• Climate Research Investments Overview (PDF format, 163 kBytes)
• Climate Change Education Partnership Program (PDF format, 437 kBytes)
• NSF-Wide Investments (Excerpt from the FY 2011 NSF Budget Request)
  
  
• Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability: SEES Portfolio (PDF format, 927 kBytes)

 

Last updated: 10 November 2010

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