The US Government formed a national program in ocean exploration recommended in the year 2000 by a presidential panel on which Jesse Ausubel served. In 2012, the government requested a review of the program’s first decade. Jesse co-chaired the review panel with Admiral Paul Gaffney (ret.). On 14 November Jesse presented the panel’s report, Ocean Exploration’s Second Decade, in Washington DC to NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco and other senior officials.
[This post has been updated to fix the link to the presidential panel report.]