The PROSWIFT Act states it is the policy of the United States to prepare and protect against the social and economic impacts of space weather, by engaging all sectors of the space weather community, including academia, the commercial sector, end users, and international partners. This session highlights the multiple avenues and advisory
bodies for this to take place.
In 2014 the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) chartered the White House Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee
composed of members from over 20 Federal departments and agencies, including the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council. The establishment of SWORM was the first time the science, national security, and preparedness communities were seated at the same table to strategically address the risk of space weather across the Federal enterprise. SWORM was tasked by OSTP with developing a national strategy and action plan to address this risk. The first National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan was released in October 2015 and updated in 2019.
The PROSWIFT Act directed NOAA to establish the first ever Federal Advisory Group to advise the SWORM Subcommittee. The Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) is composed of 15 non-governmental representatives from academia, industry, and end-users.
The PROSWIFT Act also directed NOAA, NASA, and NSF, to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to establish a Space Weather Government-Academic-Commercial Roundtable to facilitate communication and knowledge transfer among Government participants in the SWORM, the academic community, and the commercial space weather sector.
NASA established the Space Weather Council to secure the counsel of community experts across diverse areas, on matters relevant to space weather in support of the
NASA Heliophysics Division (HPD).
The American Commercial Space Weather Association (ACSWA) is a collective voice for the commercial space weather sector and an advocate for research and operations
across the space weather enterprise.
In this session the chairs of these respective groups will discuss their activities and coordination with an emphasis on how to ensure community involvement.