Hydrographic Services Review Panel membership Solicitation, 36065 [06-5633]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Hydrographic Services Review Panel
membership Solicitation
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of membership
solicitation for Hydrographic Services
Review panel (HSRP); supplementary
information.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice is to solicit
candidates needed to replace voting
members of the HSRP for the remainder
of calendar year 2006, and supplements
a notice published on January 12, 2006,
to obtain candidates to replace five of
the voting members of the HSRP whose
appointments expire in 2006.
Individuals who have submitted
resumes in response to the January 12,
2006, notice do not need to submit
resumes again. Individuals who have
not submitted resumes in response to
the January 12, 2006, notice may submit
resumes at any time during the calendar
year. Decisions on HSRP membership
can be made at any time during the
calendar year, and resumes will not be
considered unless they are received ten
days before each decision date.
The Hydrographic Services
Improvement Act Amendments of 2002,
Public Law 107–372, requires the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere to solicit nominations for
membership on the HSRP. The HSRP
advises the Under Secretary on matters
related to section 303 of the
Hydrographic Services Improvement
Act of 1998, (the Act) and other
appropriate matters the Under Secretary
refers to the HSRP for review and
advice.
Resumes should be sent to the
address, e-mail, or fax specified and
may be submitted at any time during the
calendar year.
ADDRESSES: Director, Office of Coast
survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA
(N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910, fax: 301–713–4019,
e-mail: Hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Captain Steven Barnum, Director, Office
of Coast Survey, NOS/NOAA, 301–713–
2770 x134, fax 301–713–4019, e-mail:
steven.barnum@noaa.gov.
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Under 33
U.S.C. 883a, et seq., NOAA’s National
Ocean Service (NOS) is responsible for
providing nautical charts and related
information for safe navigation. NOS
collects and compiles hydrographic,
tidal and current, geodetic, and a variety
of other data in order to fulfill this
responsibility. The HSRP provides
advice on topics such as ‘‘NOAA’s
Hydrographic Survey Priorities,’’
technologies relating to operations,
research and development, and
dissemination of data pertaining to:
(a) Hydrographic surveying;
(b) Nautical charting;
(c) Water level measurements;
(d) Current measurements;
(e) Geodetic measurements; and
(f) Geospaital measurements.
The HSRP comprises fifteen voting
members appointed by the Under
Secretary in accordance with Section
105 of the Act. Members are selected on
a standardized basis, in accordance with
applicable Department of Commerce
guidance. The voting members of the
HSRP are individuals who, by reason of
knowledge, experience, or training, are
especially qualified in one or more
disciplines relating to hydropgraphic
surveying, tides, currents, geodetic and
geospatial measurements, marine
transportation, port administration,
vessel pilotage, and coastal and fishery
management. An individual may not be
appointed as a voting member of the
HSRP if the individual is a full-time
officer or employee of the United States.
Any voting member of the HSRP who is
an applicant for, or beneficiary of, (as
determined by the Under Secretary) any
assistance under the Act shall disclose
to the HSRP that relationship, and may
not vote on any matter pertaining to that
assistance.
Voting members of the HSRP serve for
a term of four years. Members serve at
the discretion of the Under Secretary
and are subject to government ethics
standards. Any individual appointed to
a partial or full term may be reappointed
for one additional full term. A voting
member may serve until his or her
successor has taken office. The HSRP
selects one voting member to serve as
the Chair and another to serve as the
Vice Chair. The Vice Chair acts as Chair
in the absence or incapacity of the Chair
but will not automatically become the
Chair if the Chair resigns.
At the minimum, meetings occur
biannually, and at the call of the Chair
or upon the request of a majority of the
voting members or of the Under
Secretary. Voting members receive
compensation at a rate established by
the Under Secretary, not to exceed the
maximum daily rate payable under
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section 5376 of title 5, United States
Code, when actually engaged in the
performance of duties for such Panel
and shall be reimbursed for actual and
reasonable expenses incurred in the
performance of such duties.
Dated: June 16, 2006.
Steven Barnum,
NOAA, Director, Office of Coast Survey,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hydrographic Services Review Panel membership Solicitation
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of membership solicitation for Hydrographic Services
Review panel (HSRP); supplementary information.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to solicit candidates needed to replace voting
members of the HSRP for the remainder of calendar year 2006, and
supplements a notice published on January 12, 2006, to obtain
candidates to replace five of the voting members of the HSRP whose
appointments expire in 2006. Individuals who have submitted resumes in
response to the January 12, 2006, notice do not need to submit resumes
again. Individuals who have not submitted resumes in response to the
January 12, 2006, notice may submit resumes at any time during the
calendar year. Decisions on HSRP membership can be made at any time
during the calendar year, and resumes will not be considered unless
they are received ten days before each decision date.
The Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2002,
Public Law 107-372, requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere to solicit nominations for membership on the HSRP. The
HSRP advises the Under Secretary on matters related to section 303 of
the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, (the Act) and other
appropriate matters the Under Secretary refers to the HSRP for review
and advice.
DATES: Resumes should be sent to the address, e-mail, or fax specified
and may be submitted at any time during the calendar year.
ADDRESSES: Director, Office of Coast survey, National Ocean Service,
NOAA (N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, fax: 301-
713-4019, e-mail: Hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Steven Barnum, Director,
Office of Coast Survey, NOS/NOAA, 301-713-2770 x134, fax 301-713-4019,
e-mail: steven.barnum@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 33 U.S.C. 883a, et seq., NOAA's
National Ocean Service (NOS) is responsible for providing nautical
charts and related information for safe navigation. NOS collects and
compiles hydrographic, tidal and current, geodetic, and a variety of
other data in order to fulfill this responsibility. The HSRP provides
advice on topics such as ``NOAA's Hydrographic Survey Priorities,''
technologies relating to operations, research and development, and
dissemination of data pertaining to:
(a) Hydrographic surveying;
(b) Nautical charting;
(c) Water level measurements;
(d) Current measurements;
(e) Geodetic measurements; and
(f) Geospaital measurements.
The HSRP comprises fifteen voting members appointed by the Under
Secretary in accordance with Section 105 of the Act. Members are
selected on a standardized basis, in accordance with applicable
Department of Commerce guidance. The voting members of the HSRP are
individuals who, by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are
especially qualified in one or more disciplines relating to
hydropgraphic surveying, tides, currents, geodetic and geospatial
measurements, marine transportation, port administration, vessel
pilotage, and coastal and fishery management. An individual may not be
appointed as a voting member of the HSRP if the individual is a full-
time officer or employee of the United States. Any voting member of the
HSRP who is an applicant for, or beneficiary of, (as determined by the
Under Secretary) any assistance under the Act shall disclose to the
HSRP that relationship, and may not vote on any matter pertaining to
that assistance.
Voting members of the HSRP serve for a term of four years. Members
serve at the discretion of the Under Secretary and are subject to
government ethics standards. Any individual appointed to a partial or
full term may be reappointed for one additional full term. A voting
member may serve until his or her successor has taken office. The HSRP
selects one voting member to serve as the Chair and another to serve as
the Vice Chair. The Vice Chair acts as Chair in the absence or
incapacity of the Chair but will not automatically become the Chair if
the Chair resigns.
At the minimum, meetings occur biannually, and at the call of the
Chair or upon the request of a majority of the voting members or of the
Under Secretary. Voting members receive compensation at a rate
established by the Under Secretary, not to exceed the maximum daily
rate payable under section 5376 of title 5, United States Code, when
actually engaged in the performance of duties for such Panel and shall
be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the
performance of such duties.
Dated: June 16, 2006.
Steven Barnum,
NOAA, Director, Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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