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The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 (FOARAM Act) directed the Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (SOST) to create an Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification (IWG-OA). The IWG-OA was chartered by SOST in October 2009 and includes representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), Department of State (DOS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the U.S. Navy. NOAA chairs the group, with a vice-chair from NSF. The agencies represented in the IWG-OA have mandates for research and/or management of resources likely to be impacted by ocean acidification. The group meets regularly to coordinate ocean acidification activities across the Federal government to fulfill the goals of the FOARAM Act.

IWG-OA Members (as of September 2012):
* indicates lead member from each agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Ned Cyr*, Chair
Richard Feely
Steven Hankin
Elizabeth Jewett
Kenric Osgood
Christopher Sabine
Steve Gittings
Jennifer Howard

National Science Foundation (NSF)
David Garrison*, Vice-chair
Donald Rice

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Mary Boatman*

Department of State (DOS)
Kenli Schaaf *
Gillian Bowser

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Jason Grear*
Christopher Moore

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Paula Bontempi*

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Bret Wolfe*

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Lisa Robbins*
Ryan Moyer
Kimberly Yates

U.S. Navy
Kate Segarra*
Abigail Graefe