Advisory Committee on Water Information
Announcement of the 2003 Annual Meeting of
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New and RevisedSeptember 9-10, 2003 *The Water Information Coordination Program is pleased to announce that the Charter for the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) has been renewed. The revised Charter was signed by Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton on May 9, 2003; published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2003; and formally filed with the Congress on June 19, 2003. Now we are undertaking the review and approval of your renewals and nominations for membership in the ACWI, through the Immediate Office of the Secretary. *Pending Secretarial approval of the membership, the re-scheduled 2003 annual meeting of the ACWI will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, September 9-10, 2003 at the same location as last year, the Days Hotel and Conference Center in Herndon, Virginia (see http://www.dullesdaysinn.com for directions and map). Please mark this important meeting on your 2003 fall calendar! We thank you all sincerely for your responses to our requests for membership information. Our goal is to have the full ACWI membership approved prior to the September 2003 meeting. Your active input and participation in the membership review process, as well as the annual meeting, will provide important feedback to the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and our other Federal partners on many critical water issues. The recommendations and products that result from ACWI and our nine active Subgroups, provide strong evidence of the successful collaborations we continue to have with our non-governmental partners. The fall meeting will be chaired by Tom Weimer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at Interior, along with Bob Hirsch, Associate Director for Water at the U.S. Geological Survey. Special topics suggested for this year's meeting include: Trends in water programs and funding, Research and development for water security, Contracting out and the appropriate Federal role in water data and information, Implementation of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL's), the Value of expert systems to make water monitoring data more accessible, and a special session on Groundwater. As always, we will be highlighting accomplishments of each of the ACWI subgroups, including the National Water Quality Monitoring Council; and providing updates on major Federal and inter-agency programs. On our web site @ http://acwi.govi you will find updated links to active ACWI member organizations, as well as to ACWI Subgroups. Be sure to check out What's New, as well as the ACWI 2003 page periodically for further details on this year's meeting. Please note that this year, we have implemented on-line forms for ACWI Registration, or you may print a pdf or Word form to complete, and fax it to us at 703-648-5644. There is no cost for this meeting, but we do need to know that you plan to attend.Subgroup presenters and guest speakers will also need to complete a Speaker's form, on-line or by fax. If you have any questions related to ACWI in general, or the 2003 fall meeting, please contact us:
Register NOW! Toni M. Johnson |
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