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3 The Geospace Section Portfolio in Context
Pages 15-17

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... 3  NSF, 2014, Investing in Science, Engineering, and Education for the Nation's Future: National Science Foundation Strategic Plan for 2014-2018, https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14043/nsf14043.pdf. 4  NSF, "Dynamic Earth: GEO Imperatives & Frontiers 2015-2020," Advisory Committee for Geosciences, https://www.nsf.gov/geo/acgeo/ geovision/nsf_acgeo_dynamic-earth-2015-20.pdf, accessed December 19, 2016.
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From page 16...
... The assessment committee notes, however, that since the release of the ICCGS report, GS and NCAR/HAO jointly sponsored a community workshop in May 2016 and released a report7 to consider a dedicated end-to-end space weather research facility, one that would be of sufficient size and require sufficient resources that it would need to be central to GS and AGS planning. Finding: GS and AGS do not currently have a clear strategic plan or a visible process for developing one.
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... The plan should be aligned with the 2013 solar and space physics decadal survey, demonstrate awareness of the evolving capabilities outside NSF, and should be regularly updated with close community involvement in response to emerging discoveries, evolving budgets, new imperatives, and developing partnerships. 9  National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
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