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Joe Dolan, PLS, NSPS Foundation Chair
Last week the news was full of stories about the tremendous flooding in Louisiana. The torrential rains were not associated with a hurricane as might be the case normally, but was just one of those weather events that occur!
Many surveyors were the victims of this flooding! I am proud to report that the NSPS Foundation, Inc., (Your Foundation), has already approved and sent checks to (3) three surveyors who applied for relief!
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NSPS
We hope everyone enjoys a wonderful Labor Day weekend, extending into Monday, Sept. 5.
A replay of a recent NSPS Radio Hour will be aired on Monday while the station staff, and the host, spend time with family celebrating the social and economic achievements of American workers and paying tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country.
To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour. Archives for each show are typically available for listening within a few days after the show airs.
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As reported in last week's News and Views, Federal Prison Industries (FPI), a government corporation employing inmates in Federal prisons, was cited in a report by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General for manufacturing defective helmets used by the U.S. military. Recent media coverage of this subject included reports by NBC, the Daily Caller, and the Free Beacon.
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The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new comprehensive regulations, previously announced in June, went into effect earlier this week (August 29), providing for commercial, non-recreational use of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). The provisions of the new rule – formally known as Part 107 – are designed to minimize risks to other aircraft and people and property on the ground. A summary is available here. The FAA has put several processes in place to help commercial operators take advantage of the rule.
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A study by Zillow, the web-based real estate data firm, makes a projection that as many as 2 million U.S. houses in coastal states could be lost by the year 2100 as a result of rising sea levels. The report has been featured in numerous news media, including Bloomberg and the Washington Post. NSPS supports the Digital Coast Act (S. 2325, introduced in the Senate by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and H.R. 4738, by Representative “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD) and Representative Don Young (R-AK)) to authorize a full "Digital Coast" program in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Dan Kvaal, YSN President
YSN Fall Working Meeting - September 29th - Chandler, AZ
The group has been working through details of lining up our meeting area in Arizona. Please sign up!
More details about hotel can be found at the NSPS website; cutoff is September 7.
Travel Expenses
I encourage to approach either your local/state chapters/societies and ask about any possible funding to assist you in coming down to Arizona. It may help, if these agencies seem a bit hesitant, to possibly offer something in return to show them what you received from the experience. An example could be a report summary of events to publish to your state periodicals or websites. Everyone wins! You get an excellent trip, a great experience, and your name published with all the great survey-authors.
YSN Fall Working Meeting - Agenda
This agenda will also be sent out in News & Views this upcoming week along with the Registration Form. Please look it over and feel free to make any comments you would like on the Registration Form (there is room for comments). In order to maintain the spirits of the last YS meetings, we will TRY and stick to the agenda, but no promises! We know you all have many great ideas and can't wait to hear them; we may just need to follow a little more structure to accomplish everything we want in one day.
Membership Form
If you haven't officially signed up for the NSPS-YSN, or know someone who would like to, please do so here.
Employment opportunities
NSPS
Employers interested in posting job opportunities on the NSPS website should visit http://www.nsps.us.com/networking/.
Upcoming seminars/conferences
NSPS
Due to the volume of requests we received to publish information about State Society conferences, use this link to access the information from the NSPS website.
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No matter what the future holds, prepare to meet challenges head on. Future-proof your resume by becoming a Certified Survey Technician (CST). This unique four-level certification program indicates official recognition by NSPS that a person can perform surveying tasks at a specific technical level.
Show what you can do! Decide between the field or office track. Visit www.nsps.us.com for details.
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Did you know that the CST Program can be used to evaluate and train staff?
Point of Beginning
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta have announced the implementation of the first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems. The regulations on June 21 are effective as of Aug. 29.
"People are captivated by the limitless possibilities unmanned aircraft offer, and they are already creating business opportunities in this exciting new field," Foxx says.
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Inside GNSS
More than 300 engineers, technicians, and support personnel have been working on the GPS III program, including successfully completing space vehicle 01 testing, at Lockheed Martin's processing facility near Denver.
The Air Force recently exercised contract options for Lockheed Martin to complete development of eight GPS III space vehicles. The eight vehicles are in various stages of assembly, integration and testing, according to the prime contractor for the next-generation spacecraft.
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Directions Magazine
Smart mapping leader Esri released a robust collection of web maps that display NOAA forecast streamflow data for the continental United States.
Esri's multiscale web map applications allow users to view forecast water flows in real time at high resolution. The maps weave NOAA's recently released National Water Model data and Esri's ArcGIS functionality to provide interactive views of current and future water system behaviors.
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The American Surveyor
The term "pop-up" has several meanings, but is not widely known outside of urban areas. As I'll use it today, it will not be the compact expandable camper. It also will not refer to adding a story to crown a row house (currently the source of a great zoning battle in Washington, D.C. where living space is at a premium). Instead, it will be as popularly used in the land use world to mean a temporary use in a space, possibly consistent with zoning but possibly not.
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