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            <title>Website Update: Sharing Control of GPS?</title>
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            <description>Today, President Obama issued a new National Space Policy directive providing comprehensive guidance for all government activities in space.  It retains the U.S. Space-Based PNT policy while adding an overarching goal statement and reaffirming U.S. commitments to GPS service provision, international cooperation, and interference mitigation.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from APEC GNSS Implementation Team</title>
            <description>U.S. Government representatives delivered the following presentations during the 14th Meeting of the GNSS Implementation Team of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Seattle, Washington.</description>
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            <description>The Air Force issued this press release announcing the start of test transmissions of the new L5 signal from the first GPS IIF satellite.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from JNC 2010</title>
            <description>The National Coordination Office delivered the following presentation during the 2010 Joint Navigation Conference (JNC 2010) organized by the Joint Services Data Exchange and Institute of Navigation in Orlando, Florida.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: GPS IIF Launch Photo</title>
            <description>The Image Library now includes a photo of the successful GPS launch on May 27.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from International Satellite Navigation Forum 2010</title>
            <description>A U.S. Government representative delivered the following presentation during the 4th International Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow, Russia.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: RSS Feed for GPS Bill Status Updates</title>
            <description>This new, separate RSS feed provides updates on funding bills and other congressional actions related to space-based PNT.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from Moldova GNSS Workshop</title>
            <description>A U.S. Government representative delivered the following presentations at the United Nations/Moldova/U.S.A. Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems held May 17-21, 2010, in Chisinau, Moldova.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from Satellite Positioning Forum in Japan</title>
            <description>A U.S. Government representative delivered the following presentation at the 7th Satellite Positioning and Geospatial Information Forum 2010 organized by the Satellite Positioning Research and Application Center (SPAC) in Tokyo, Japan.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from GPS Partnership Council</title>
            <description>The National Coordination Office delivered the following presentation during the GPS Partnership Council meeting organized by the GPS Wing and AFCEA at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from Melaha 2010</title>
            <description>A U.S. Government speaker delivered the following presentation at the Melaha 2010 International Conference and Exhibition in Cairo, Egypt.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from CGSIC Charleston</title>
            <description>A National Coordination Office representative delivered the following presentations during a meeting of the U.S. States and Localities Subcommittee (USSLS) of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC), held in Charleston, West Virginia.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: Q&amp;A&apos;s on GPS Jamming</title>
            <description>The Frequently Asked Questions page has been updated with two new items related to GPS jamming.</description>
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            <title>Request for Comments on SVN-49</title>
            <description>The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Air Force, has issued a request for public comments on mitigation options for GPS Satellite Vehicle Number 49 (SVN-49).  The notice includes a link to a public docket that provides information about the satellite, its known problems, and various options under consideration.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from Munich Satellite Navigation Summit</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered by the U.S. Government speakers at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit in Munich, Germany.</description>
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            <title>Statement from COPUOS S&amp;T Subcommittee</title>
            <description>These remarks were delivered on February 12 by the U.S. representative to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna, Austria.</description>
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            <title>Space-Based PNT Program Budgets for FY 2011</title>
            <description>The National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT has compiled a list of key line items in the President&apos;s budget request for fiscal year 2011.  These include the budgets for the GPS program and GPS augmentation systems.</description>
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            <title>Minutes from Sixth Advisory Board Meeting</title>
            <description>The official minutes from the November 2009 meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board are now available to the public.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from ION ITM 2010</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered during the 2010 International Technical Meeting (ITM) of the Institute of Navigation (ION) in Anaheim, California.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from Multi-GNSS Workshop in Bangkok</title>
            <description>U.S. Government representatives presented these materials at the Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS held in conjunction with the 16th Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-16) in Bangkok, Thailand.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: Anthony Russo as New NCO Director</title>
            <description>Anthony Russo has been selected as the new director of the National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT. He will serve as a Senior Executive on assignment from the Department of Transportation.</description>
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            <title>Joint Announcement on U.S.-Japan GPS Cooperation</title>
            <description>The United States and Japan jointly released this joint announcement upon conclusion of their January 13, 2010, consultations on continued GPS cooperation.</description>
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            <title>DHS Announcement on Termination of Loran-C</title>
            <description>This Federal Register notice announces the decision of the Department of Homeland Security to begin shutting down the Coast Guard&apos;s legacy Loran-C navigation service on or about February 8, 2010.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from CGSIC Stockholm</title>
            <description>Briefing materials are now available from the October 27, 2009, meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee&apos;s International Information Subcommittee, held in Stockholm, Sweden, during IAIN 2009.</description>
            <link>http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/cgsic/meetings/EISubcommittee/Stockholm_2009/Stockholm_agenda_2009.htm</link>
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            <title>Presentation from Global Space Technology Forum</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered by a U.S. Government representative at the second Global Space Technology Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from Berlin GNSS Symposium 2009</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered by the U.S. Government representative at the International Symposium on Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Space-Based and Ground-Based Augmentation Systems and Applications 2009, organized in Berlin, Germany, by the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development, the International EUPOS Steering Committee, the U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs and the International Committee on GNSS.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from IGNSS 2009</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered by the U.S. Government representative at the IGNSS 2009 symposium and exhibition organized in Surfers Paradise, Australia, by the International Global Navigation Satellite Systems (IGNSS) Society.</description>
            <link>http://pnt.gov/public/2009/12/IGNSS/</link>
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            <title>Presentation from  Mexico GNSS Training Course</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered by the U.S. Government representative at the Training Course on the Use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Development, organized on November 16-20, 2009, in Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, by the U.N. Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (CRECTEALC).</description>
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            <title>Presentations from Sixth Advisory Board Meeting</title>
            <description>The briefing materials presented to the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board during their November 5-6, 2009, meeting are now available.</description>
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            <description>These presentations were delivered by the U.S. Government representative at the 2009 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS (GPS/GNSS 2009), organized in Jeju, South Korea, by the GNSS Technology Council of Korea.</description>
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            <title>Agenda for Sixth Advisory Board Meeting</title>
            <description>The agenda for the November 5-6 meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board is now available.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from IAIN 2009</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered by the U.S. government representatives at the 13th Congress of the International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN), organized by the Nordic Institute of Navigation on October 27-30, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden.</description>
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            <title>Advisory Board Meeting Announcement</title>
            <description>The next meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board will take place November 5-6, 2009, at the Hilton Old Town Alexandria.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from CGSIC Savannah</title>
            <description>All presentations from the September 21-22, 2009, meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee in Savannah, GA, are now available at the Coast Guard Navigation Center website.</description>
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            <title>Joint Statement from ICG-4</title>
            <description>The joint statement from the September 14-18 meeting of the International Committee on GNSS has been approved for release.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from ION GNSS 2009</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered during the ION GNSS 2009 conference held September 22-25, 2009, in Savannah, Georgia.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from Space 2009</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered during a panel discussion on &quot;Commercial Space Markets: Positioning, Navigation, and Timing&quot; at the Space 2009 conference organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in Pasadena, California.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from ICG-4</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered by the U.S. delegation during the 4th annual meeting of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG-4), held in St. Petersburg, Russia.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from GNSS Vulnerabilities Conference</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered by a U.S. government representative at the 2nd GNSS Vulnerabilities and Solutions Conference, organized by the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy, University of Nottingham, in Baska, Krk Island, Croatia.</description>
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            <title>NOAA Press Release on QZSS Cooperation</title>
            <description>NOAA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cut the ribbon on a new ground station in Guam that will monitor JAXA&apos;s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)</description>
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            <title>Website Update:  Census Bureau Q&amp;A&apos;s</title>
            <description>The Frequently Added Questions page now includes Q&amp;A&apos;s on the Census Bureau&apos;s use of GPS technology</description>
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            <title>Photo of Aug 17 GPS Launch</title>
            <description>The PNT.gov image library has been updated to include a photo of this morning&apos;s successful launch of the eighth and final GPS IIR-M satellite.</description>
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            <title>Minutes from Fifth Advisory Board Meeting</title>
            <description>The official minutes from the May 2009 meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board are now available to the public.</description>
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            <title>Advisory Board Report on 2007-2008 Taskings</title>
            <description>The National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board has released the final proceedings of its activities during the 2007-2008 time period.</description>
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            <description>This presentation was delivered by a U.S. Government representative at the 32nd meeting of the APEC Transportation Working Group, held July 27-30, 2009, in Singapore.</description>
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            <title>Report to Congress on Galileo Market Access</title>
            <description>On July 15, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) submitted this report to Congress on U.S. equipment industry access to Galileo markets and Europe&apos;s compliance with the trade provisions in the GPS-Galileo Agreement of 2004.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: Program Funding Status</title>
            <description>The NCO has added a page to PNT.gov for tracking the progress of congressional funding bills related to space-based PNT programs.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: NCO Personnel</title>
            <description>The National Coordination Office staff list has been updated to reflect the retirement of Michael Shaw from the government, as well as the rotation of DoD&apos;s NCO representatives.  Col Robert Hessin is now Acting Director.</description>
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            <description>The Coast Guard has posted the materials presented during the June 23-24 meeting of the CGSIC States and Localities Subcommittee in Honolulu, Hawaii.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: Q&amp;A&apos;s on GPS Availability</title>
            <description>The Frequently Asked Questions page has been updated with answers to questions about GPS availability in response to misleading media coverage of the GAO&apos;s recent report on GPS.</description>
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            <title>Newsletter for Congressional Staff</title>
            <description>The National Coordination Office created this electronic newsletter to keep congressional staff informed of recent policy and budget developments related to space-based PNT.</description>
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            <title>Air Force Statement in Response to GAO Report</title>
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            <title>Presentations from Fifth Advisory Board Meeting</title>
            <description>Presentations from the May 14-15 meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board are now online.</description>
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            <description>The website now has a page dedicated to providing information for congressional staff.</description>
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            <title>FY 2010 President&apos;s Budget Request Information</title>
            <description>Budget amounts for GPS, WAAS, and other U.S. space-based PNT systems in the President&apos;s FY 2010 request are now available.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from International Satellite Navigation Forum 2009</title>
            <description>U.S. Government representatives delivered these presentations during the plenary session of the 3rd International Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow, Russia.</description>
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            <title>Advisory Board Meeting Agenda</title>
            <description>The agenda for the May 14-15 meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board is now available.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from  Azerbaijan GNSS Workshop</title>
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            <title>Testimony from Oversight Hearing on GPS</title>
            <description>Several government witnesses testified at the May 7 hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee concerning GAO&apos;s report on GPS sustainment and modernization.  Their prepared statements are available at the committee&apos;s website.</description>
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            <title>GAO Report on GPS Sustainment and Modernization</title>
            <description>The Government Accountability Office released a report called &quot;The Global Positioning System: Significant Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Widely Used Capabilities&quot; on May 7.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from GPS Partnership Council</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered during the GPS Partnership Council meeting organized by the GPS Wing and AFCEA at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from ENC-GNSS 2009</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered on May 4, 2009, during the European Navigation Conference - Global Navigation Satellite Systems in Naples, Italy.</description>
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            <title>Civil Monitoring Performance Specification</title>
            <description>The Department of Transportation has released a performance specification establishing metrics for the monitoring of civil GPS service and signals.</description>
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            <title>Advisory Board Meeting Announcement</title>
            <description>The next meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board will take place on May 14-15, 2009, in Washington, D.C.</description>
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            <title>Presentation Materials from Congressional Outreach Event</title>
            <description>The NCO presented and handed out the following materials during a congressional outreach event focusing on &quot;The Importance of GPS to U.S. Civilian and Economic Infrastructures.&quot;</description>
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            <title>Request for Public Comments on Galileo Market Access</title>
            <description>USTR issued this Federal Register notice to support a congressionally directed report on U.S. equipment industry access to Galileo-related markets.</description>
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            <title>Media Release on Successful GPS L5 Demo</title>
            <description>The Air Force issued this media release to announce the successful transmission of the first GPS L5 signal from space.  L5 is the third civilian GPS signal.</description>
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            <title>Web Update: Frequently Asked Questions</title>
            <description>The question on the number of satellites in the GPS constellation has been updated to reflect the activation of the GPS IIR-20(M) satellite.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from African GNSS Workshop</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered by a U.S. Government speaker at an international workshop on Satellite Navigation Science and Technology for Africa held March 23 to April 9, 2009, in Trieste, Italy.</description>
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            <title>Photo of Mar 24 GPS Launch</title>
            <description>PNT.gov has a photo of the successful launch of the GPS IIR-20(M) satellite from Cape Canaveral at 4:34 a.m. EDT on March 24, 2009.</description>
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            <title>Website Update: Legislation Page</title>
            <description>The &quot;New Bills Under Development&quot; page at PNT.gov has been updated.</description>
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            <description>PNT.gov now features an RSS feed of public releases</description>
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            <title>Presentation to U.S. Chamber of Commerce</title>
            <description>The NCO Director delivered this presentation during the March 10 meeting of the Space Enterprise Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.</description>
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            <title>Presentations from Munich Satellite Navigation Summit</title>
            <description>These presentations were delivered on March 3-5 by the U.S. Government speakers at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit in Munich, Germany.</description>
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            <title>Presentation from GNSS Interoperability Workshop</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered on March 2 by a representative of the U.S. Government at the Workshop on GNSS Interoperability organized by the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) in Munich, Germany.</description>
            <link>http://pnt.gov/public/2009/03/ICG/</link>
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            <title>Presentation from Trimble Dimensions 2009</title>
            <description>This presentation was delivered on February 24 and 25 by a U.S. Government representative during two educational sessions of the Trimble Dimensions 2009 user conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.</description>
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            <title>Statement from COPUOS S&amp;T Subcommittee</title>
            <description>These remarks were delivered on February 13 by the U.S. representative to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna, Austria.</description>
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            <title>Renewed Advisory Board Charter</title>
            <description>On January 26, NASA renewed the charter for the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board.</description>
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            <title>2008 Federal Radionavigation Plan</title>
            <description>The 2008 Federal Radionavigation Plan was signed out and released on January 26.</description>
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            <description>The following presentations were delivered on January 26 by the U.S. Government representatives at the 2009 International Technical Meeting (ITM) of the Institute of Navigation (ION) in Anaheim, California.</description>
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            <title>Minutes from Fourth Advisory Board Meeting</title>
            <description>The official minutes from the October 2008 meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board were signed out on January 15.</description>
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