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Glenn Mahone/Doc Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington             March 4, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 03-091

NASA ENCOURAGES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ADVISORY COMMITTEES

NASA encourages interested individuals to participate in agency
advisory activities. To encourage participation, and to ensure NASA
remains accountable to the American people, attendees at all public
NASA Advisory Committee meetings will be admitted to NASA
Headquarters, NASA Centers, and NASA component facilities, subject to
NASA security requirements, but without any requirement for
pre-clearance.

NASA no longer requires advance notice of attendance at public
Advisory Committee meetings. Any request for individuals to provide
advance notice of their planned attendance at a NASA Advisory
Committee meeting will only be used to expedite admittance. 

Foreign nationals attending a NASA Advisory Committee meeting are
required to provide the information required by Procedures and
Guidelines for Foreign Access to NASA Centers (NPG 1371.2). The
information may be provided in advance to expedite admittance on the
day of the meeting. 

NASA Advisory Committee meetings include meetings of the NASA Advisory 
Council, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, the Aerospace Technology 
Advisory Committee, the Biological and Physical Research Advisory 
Committee, the Earth System Science and Applications Advisory 
Committee, the Minority Business Resource Advisory Committee, the 
Planetary Protection Advisory Committee, the Space Flight Advisory 
Committee, the Space Science Advisory Committee, and related 
Subcommittees. 

NASA Advisory Committee meetings are usually scheduled at agency
facilities, unless the subject of the meeting is best considered at a
non-NASA location. Times and dates of meetings will be posted on the
NASA Web site to encourage public attendance. 

For more information about NASA or foreign national access to the
agency visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov

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