The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
(IARPC) includes representatives of the following Federal agencies or offices:
- the National Science Foundation,
- the Department of Commerce,
- the Department of Defense,
- the Department of State,
- the Department of Health and
Human Services,
- Office of Science and Technology
Policy,
- the Department of Agriculture,
- the Department of Energy,
- the Department of the Interior,
- the Department of Transportation,
- the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration,
- the Environmental Protection
Agency,
- the Smithsonian Institution,
- and other agencies or
offices deemed appropriate.
The National Science Foundation
(NSF) is the lead agency responsible for implementing
Arctic research policy, and the NSF chairs the IARPC.
The IARPC:
- helps set priorities for
future Arctic research;
- works with the Arctic
Research Commission to develop and establish an
integrated national Arctic research policy to
guide Federal agencies in developing and
implementing their research programs in the
Arctic;
- consults with the Arctic
Research Commission on matters related to Arctic
research policy, programs and funding support;
- develops a five year plan
to implement the national policy, and updates the
plan biennially;
- coordinates preparation of
multiagency budget requests for Arctic research;
- facilitates cooperation
between the Federal Government and State and
local governments in Arctic Research;
- coordinates and promotes
cooperative Arctic scientific research programs
with other nations;
- cooperates with the State
of Alaska in fulfilling responsibilities under
the ARPA;
- promotes Federal
interagency coordination of Arctic research
activities, including logistical planing and data
sharing; and
- submits a biennial report
to the Congress through the President containing
a statement of the activities and accomplishments
of the IARPC since its last report; and a
statement in response to the recommendations of
the Arctic Research Commission with respect to
Federal interagency activities in Arctic
research.
ARCTIC RESEARCH
AND POLICY ACT
The Arctic Research and Policy
Act of 1984, Public Law 98-373, July 31, 1984; amended as
Public Law 101-609, November 16, 1990 (ARPA), provides
for a comprehensive national policy dealing with national
research needs and objectives in the Arctic. The ARPA
establishes an Arctic Research Commission (ARC) and an
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) to
help implement the Act.
The journal Arctic Research
of the United States is published by the National
Science Foundation for the IARPC and the Arctic Research
Commission.
Arctic Research is aimed
at national and international audiences of government
officials, scientists, engineers, educators, private and
public groups, and residents of the Arctic. The emphasis
is on summary and survey articles covering U.S.
Government-sponsored or funded research rather than on
technical reports, and the articles are comprehensible to
a nontechnical audience. Although the articles go through
the normal editorial process, manuscripts are not
refereed for scientific content or merit.
Arctic Research contains:
- Reports on current and
planned U.S. Government-sponsored research in the
Arctic;
- Reports of Arctic Research
Commission and IARPC meetings; and
- Summaries of other current
and planned Arctic research.
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