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 4-5, 2009
• Draft Minutes, November 4-5, 2008

2. OPP DIRECTOR'S REPORT

• Budget overview
  • OPP FY 2009 Budget Request
  • NSF FY 2009 Budget Appropriation (Congress Passes FY09 Omnibus Bill)
    
    
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
  • NSF information related to ARRA
  • Recovery.gov
    
    
• NSF Strategic Plan
  • National Science Foundation Investing in America’s Future: Strategic Plan FY 2006-2011
    
    
• International Polar Year celebration
  • Video Available: A Celebration of the International Polar Year

3. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

• Remarks of President Barack Obama — As Prepared for Delivery; National Academy of Sicences, Washington, D.C., April 27 2009 (PDF file, 106 Kbytes)
• President Obama Announces Members of Science and Technology Advisory Council (PDF file, 95 Kbytes)

4. ANTARCTIC AND ARCTIC POLICY

• Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland; April 6-17, 2009)
  • Remarks at The Joint Session of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and the Arctic Council, 50th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty; Secretary of State Hilllary Rodham Clinton, 6 April 2009
  • Antarctic Treaty-Arctic Council Joint Meeting Washington Ministerial Declaration on the International Polar Year and Polar Science
  • Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXXII Washington Ministerial Declaration on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty
  • The 32nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Concludes in Baltimore, Maryland (DOS Press Release)
  • ATCM web site
  • Draft ATCM agenda
    
    
• Arctic Region Policy
  • National Security Presidential Directive--66/Homeland Security Presidential Directive--25 (PDF file, 54 KBytes)

5. OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS VACANCIES

• Director, Division of Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics
• Deputy Director, Division of Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics
• Physical Sciences Administrator (Program Director, Antarctic Earth Sciences, Division of Antarctic Sciences)
  • Full time, permanent
  • One- or two-year Visiting Scientist Appointment, or a Federal Temporary appointment

6. POLAR RESEARCH SUPPORT

• Report of the OPP OAC Subcommittee on U.S. Antarctic Program Resupply
• RFP: Charter for an Ice Capable Antarctic Research & Supply Vessel (ARSV)

7. CLEAN ENERGY

• Fact Sheet: President Pledges Clean Energy Education Opportunities to Inspire the Next Generation of Scientists & Engineers

8. SUMMIT, GREENLAND: SEARCH AND RESCUE

• Lost Research Station Staffer Rescued in Greenland (Press Release 09-078)

9. COMMITTEE OF VISITORS (COV) MATERIALS

• COV Transmittal Letter, November 2007
• Committee of Visitors Letter, May 2008
• Notes for subcommittees preparing for the Committee of Visitors
  (PDF format, 79 Kbytes)
• FY 2009 COV Report Template [with source data hints] (PDF file, 75 Kbytes)
  
  
• 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

10. BACKGROUND MATERIALS

• OPP Solicitations:
  • Antarctic Research (NSF 09-536)
  • Arctic Research Opportunities (NSF 08-597)
    
    
• Antarctic field activities, 2008-2009
  • United States Antarctic Program, 2008-2009: Summary and Background
  • Project lists by Principal Investigator
    
    
• NSF FY 2008 Citizen’s Report: Summary of Performance and Financial Results (PDF file, 2.56 Mbytes)

11. INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR NEWS RELEASES

• Seaglider Monitors Climate-related Ocean Circulation in the Arctic During Record-Breaking Journey Under Ice: Autonomous vehicle developed by the University of Washington is an element of Arctic Observing Network, an International Polar Year research priority
• Unusual Antarctic Microbes Live Life on a Previously Unsuspected Edge: That descendents of marine creatures appear to have thrived in cold, darkness and lack of air for a million years has implications for the search for life elsewhere in the solar system
• Autonomous Antarctic Observatories Gather Space Weather Data: Keeping an unsleeping eye on the phenomena that cause the aurora
• New Evidence From NSF-funded ANDRILL Demonstrates Climate Warming Affects Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability
• British, NSF-funded Researchers Deploy Automated Submarine to Better Understand the Mechanics of Antarctic Ice Sheets
• Arctic and Antarctic-themed Activities to Bring a Breath of Polar Air to Baltimore: In conjunction with landmark Antarctic Treaty meeting, art exhibit, interactive events, unique film screening and multimedia presentations with polar researchers at the Maryland Science Center
• Climate-related Changes on the Antarctic Peninsula Being Driven from the Top and the Bottom of the Ecosystem
• U.S.-led, International Research Team Confirms Alps-like Mountain Range Exists under East Antarctic Ice Sheet: A capstone of NSF-supported International Polar Year deployments, project may help determine what caused ice sheet to form

Last updated: 1 May 2009

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