<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Sharing on behalf of the NOAA Office of Coast Survey,</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""> Hydrographic Services Review Panel:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3" class="">Announcing a NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) federal advisory committee public meeting September 11-13, 2017, at the Sheraton Portsmouth, in Portsmouth, NH. A draft agenda and New England regional navigation services report is attached. The meeting will be accessible via webinar for those who are not able to attend in person and the presentations and meeting materials will be available in advance on the HSRP website. </font></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Webinar sign up information:</span></u><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Please plan to log in at least 15 minutes in advance to allow the updates to be installed and for trouble shooting as necessary. </span><span class="m_-8579468368016190722m_-8943853302923035633m_-7315548898100858079m_-1438814199354327516m_6882659963452326744m_6849463392392534237m_4947636144551198662m_-8778354561835652975gmail-m-5760276368464361174m2392731169492556830m3421408305791911170gmail-body"><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2533393922089148673" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color: rgb(56, 158, 216); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">https://attendee.gotowebinar.c<wbr class="">om/register/253339392208914867<wbr class="">3</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The updated agenda and other background materials including the presentations, issue papers, biographies, and more will be posted in advance of the meeting at:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/hsrp.htm" target="_blank" class="">https://www.nauticalcharts.noa<wbr class="">a.gov/ocs/hsrp/hsrp.htm</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/meetings.htm" target="_blank" class="">https://www.nauticalcharts.noa<wbr class="">a.gov/ocs/hsrp/meetings.htm</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The HSRP Federal Advisory Committee public meeting will focus on research, development, technology, unmanned and autonomous systems for hydrographic surveying, charting, and navigation. There will be updates from the HSRP emerging Arctic priorities working group, the University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center, review and discussion of the recommendations for the draft NOS OCS Autonomous Systems Strategy, two draft issue papers on Precision Navigation and Research and Development, and comments may include regional New England topics. There will be updates from the National Ocean Service program offices related to navigation services – National Geodetic Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services and Office of Coast Survey.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The HSRP is seeking public comments on the value of NOS products, and to offer recommendations to improve NOAA's navigation data, services, and products. Comments related to navigation services are encouraged and welcome in advance, in person or via the webinar. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">In advance you can send comments to <a href="mailto:hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov" target="_blank" class="">hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov</a> or <a href="mailto:Lynne.Mersfelder@noaa.gov" target="_blank" class="">Lynne.Mersfelder@noaa.gov</a>. </span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The HSRP is a federal advisory committee that provides NOAA with independent advice on improving the quality, efficiency, and usefulness of NOAA's navigation-related products, data, and services. The HSRP advises the NOAA Administrator about its navigation (i.e. nautical charts and ENCs), physical oceanographic (i.e. tides & water levels), geospatial, positioning, and shoreline programs, products, and services. There are two public meetings each year in different port regions at which we seek public comments from stakeholders and partners. </span></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>