# Presentation: 524828

## Assessment CommitteeNational 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

## Administrative Structure 

**Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology**

**Space Weather Program Council**

**Committee for Space Weather**

**Implementation Plan Update**

**Research Competitions**

**CCMC and RPCs**

**Metrics**

**Space Architect Transition Plan**

**Int’l Activities**

**Coordination with LWS**

**Other**

***National Space Weather Program***
***Administrative Structure****** ***

## Background on OFCM

**DOC Administrative Order**

**OFCM formed in Jan 1964**

**1963**

**1964**

**Accountable to Congress and OMB**
**Coordinate agency budgets**
**Report budgets and activities in annual Federal Plan**

- OFCM

- Historical Perspective

**GAO Study Revitalizes OFCM**

**1979**

**Notes:**
OFCM WAS CREATED DUE TO CONCERN IN EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND CONGRESS OVER THE PROLIFERATION OF METEOROLOGICAL PROGRAMS IN THE FED GOV’T

THIS CONCERN WAS FIRST EXPRESSED IN THE FORM OF A STUDY REQUESTED BY CONGRESS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND THEN WITHIN THE WORDING OF PUBLIC LAW 87-843 WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REQUESTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, INFORMATION ABOUT MET PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES

IN RESPONSE TO THESE CONCERNS THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, NOW OMB, ISSUED CIRCULAR A-62 WHICH AUTHORIZED DOC TO ...

SUBSEQUENTLY, IN 1964, DOC ISSUED THEIR IMPLEMENTATIOIN PLAN AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

OF COURSE THAT DOESN’T MEAN WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IS EXACTLY HOW WE’VE LOOKED SINCE 64.  OFCM HAS WEATHERED (NO PUN INTENDED) SEVERAL REORGANIZATIONS AND IN THE 70’s METEOREOLGICAL ACTIVITES ONCE AGAIN CAME UNDER SCRUTINY AND A GAO REPORT STATED...

THE GAO STUDY LED TO THE REVITALIZATION OF THE OFCM AND IN 1980 OFCM  WAS REORGANIZED AS AN INDEPENDENT FUNCTION WITH A FULL-TIME STAFF
NO LONGER EMBEDDED WITHIN NOAA

## OFCM Mission

**High-level focus on:**
**  ****Needs and Requirements**
**  ****Issues and Problems **
**  ****Studies, Reports, Plans, and Handbooks**
**  ****Crosscut Reviews, Assessments, and Analyses**

**Notes:**
THE CURRENT OFCM MISSION IS SHOWN HERE. 

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES (SPECIFICALLY THE AIR FORCE, NAVY, AND FAA) ASSIGNED SENIOR-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES TO HELP FACILITATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.

## OFCM Partners

**Notes:**
OFCM PARTNERS THROUGH “INTERAGENCY COORDINATION” WITH ALL THE OFFICES AND AGENCIES SHOWN HERE

## Aviation Weather 
Climate Analysis, Monitoring and Services
Cooperative Research
Environmental Services
Environmental Support  to Homeland Security

- 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*

**Notes:**
THESE ARE OFCM’S 10 KEY FOCUS AREAS

-  DETERMINED THROUGH COORDINATION WITH ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH
-  COVERING A VERY WIDE SET OF AGENCY METEOROLOGICAL PRIORITIES  

## Administrative Structure 

**Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology**

**Space Weather Program Council**

**Committee for Space Weather**

**Implementation Plan Update**

**Research Competitions**

**CCMC and RPCs**

**Metrics**

**Space Architect Transition Plan**

**Int’l Activities**

**Coordination with LWS**

**Other**

***National Space Weather Program***
***Administrative Structure****** ***

## National Space Weather Program (NSWP)

- (_[www.nswp.gov](http://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

## Most Recent NSWP Implementation Plan 

**Produced by Committee for Space Weather (cochairs: NSF, DOD and NOAA) working on regular basis**
**Completed July 2000**

## NSWP Committee Charge

## 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)**

## NSWP Assessment Committee Fact-Finding

**            ****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) **

## 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) **

## The Community Coordinated Modeling Center:

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