On 25 April, 2003, the US President issued a new national policy on remote sensing which supercedes the 9 March, 1994 Presidential Decision Directive on US Policy on Foreign Access to Remote Sensing Space Capabilities. The new policy assigns primary responsibility for civil remote sensing to the Department of Commerce, Nasa and the Department of the Interior, part of an effort by the Executive Office of the President to stimulate the development of the US remote sensing industry.
These agencies have established an inter-agency working group to address implementation of the objectives identified in the new policy. The Department of the Interior has designated the US Geological Survey (USGS) to lead its efforts in this working group. To this end, the USGS has established a public website at http://crsp.usgs.gov/index.asp. Information regarding the activities of the working group will be made available to the public on this website.
