NOAA’s National Ocean Service today announced that it is seeking nominations through Monday, April 26, for five vacancies on the Hydrographic Services Review Panel (Panel) that will open on Jan. 1, 2022. NOAA welcomes applications from individuals with expertise in marine navigation and technology, port administration, marine shipping or other intermodal transportation categories, cartography and geographic information systems, geodesy, physical oceanography, coastal resource management including coastal resilience and emergency response, and other related fields.
This Panel is a Federal advisory committee that advises the NOAA Administrator on oceanographic and marine technologies relating to operations, research and development, and data dissemination pertaining to hydrographic surveying, shoreline surveying, nautical charting, water level, current, geodetic, geospatial, and geomagnetic measurements, and other oceanographic/marine-related sciences.
Panel members serve four-year terms and the Panel meets at least twice annually. Panel members become Special Government Employees, and selectees must receive security clearance and file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report prior to appointment.
