SWORM
Space Weather Operations, Research and Mitigation Subcommittee
The Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee is a Federal coordinating body organized under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Homeland and National Security, organized under the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The SWORM coordinates Federal Government department and agency activities to meet the goals and objectives specified in the National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan (NSW-SAP) released in March 2019. The NSW-SAP supersedes the National Space Weather Strategy and the National Space Weather Action Plan, both released in October 2015.
Activities
New White House Space Weather Lead
April 8, 2024
In February 2024, the space weather community welcomed Dr. Jennifer "Jinni" Meehan as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant Director for Space Policy and the new OSTP Co-Chair for SWORM. Dr. Meehan is serving on detail from NOAA where she had been the National Weather Service Space Weather Program Lead. The community thanks Ms. Ezinne Uzo-Okoro for her service as SWORM Co-Chair since 2021 playing a key role in the development of the Implementation Plan of the National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan. Please note the link below takes you to a non-SWORM website.
New SWORM Executive Secretary
June 5, 2024
It is SWORM CoChairs' pleasure to announce Dr. Ursula Rick, as the new SWORM Executive Secretary! At NASA, Ursula is a Program Executive in the Heliophysics Division at NASA HQ. She has spent her career at the intersection of science and policy, with a drive to see useful science produced for decision-makers and to increase fruitful interactions between people in both sectors. Prior to NASA she worked on energy, climate, and natural resource policy where she was the Managing Director of Western Water Assessment, a NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Ursula is also a previous American Geoscience Institute/AAAS Congressional Fellow, serving as a Legislative Aide in the office of Senator Mark Udall where she was responsible for the Senator’s energy portfolio and covered legislation and issues related to renewable energy, the smart grid, oil and gas exploration, mining of critical minerals, and the wholesale power system. Please note the link below takes you to a non-SWORM website.
Space Weather Advisory Group Chartered
June 10, 2021
The Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) was established on April 21, 2021, pursuant to the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) act of 2020. The mission of the advisory group is to receive advice from academia, the commercial space weather sector, and space weather end users to advise the Space Weather Interagency Working Group. More details on duties coming soon.