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CGSIC Registration Form

The Civil Global Positioning System Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) is the recognized worldwide forum for effective interaction between all civil GPS users and the U.S. GPS authorities. The U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) coordinates and manages CGSIC in cooperation with the Department of Transportation.

U.S. Government’s Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC):  The 65th meeting will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Positioning, Navigation, Timing (PNT) & Spectrum Management and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Navigation Center (NAVCEN) in the Spring of 2026; meeting location will be finalized soon but will be located in the Washington, DC National Capital Region in a hybrid format. DOT serves as the civil lead for the Global Positioning System (GPS) and chairs the CGSIC in this capacity. NAVCEN fulfills duties as Deputy Chair and Executive Secretariat for the CGSIC.

Agendas for the CGSIC Subcommittee and Plenary sessions will include presentations on the operational status and modernization of the GPS constellation of satellites, U.S. space-based Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) national U.S. policy, GPS augmentation systems, information related to U.S. engagement with other international Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) as well as a variety of interesting applications and use of GPS.

The meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format. Links to the virtual attendance opportunity will be posted online and included in the agenda prior to the event.

Interested attendees will be required to register online to attend in person. A registration link will be provided in future announcements. Registration will not be required for online attendance.

An agenda for the 65th CGSIC meeting is in development and will be available at GPS.gov: Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) in the coming months. As a reminder, all CGSIC meetings are free and open to the public so please consider attending for an interesting couple of days’ briefings on the U.S. civil GPS program. 

Purpose: The Department of Transportation established CGSIC to exchange information about GPS with the civil user community, respond to the needs of civil GPS users, and integrate GPS into civil sector applications. View charter on GPS.gov.

Officers: The Executive Panel consists of the Chair, Deputy Chair, Subcommittee Chairs, and representatives from several different transportation modes.

Acting Chair
Wanda Covington-Ragsdale
DOT Spectrum Lead / Acting Lead, Office of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) & Spectrum Management
 
Deputy Chair:
Captain Margaret Kennedy
Commanding Officer
U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center

 
International Deputy Chair:
John Wilde
SPACEKEYS
NAVBLUE
United Kingdom

 
Acting Executive Secretariat:
CWO Wayne Horn
GPS Information Analysis Team
USCG Navigation Center
 
Subcommittees:
Three subcommittees focus on specific user groups:
International Information Subcommittee (GPS.gov)
Timing Subcommittee (GPS.gov)
Survey, Mapping, and Geo-Sciences Subcommittee (GPS.gov)

The CGSIC State and Local Government Subcommittee has been retired. The subject matter discussed in this subcommittee, typically relating to use of differential reference stations, has been taken up by the Surveying, Mapping,and Geo-Sciences Submittee.

The material discussed in the U.S. States and Local Government Subcommittee has been archived for reference at www.gps.gov.


How to get involved:

Public Participation: The CGSIC meets annually and is free to anyone interested in civil GPS issues.  Information from CGSIC meetings is provided to United States GPS authorities for consideration in GPS policy development and GPS service operation. Presentations from past CGSIC meetings are available on GPS.gov.

Mailing List: If you would like to receive periodic emails concerning GPS operations, information about upcoming meetings, and other announcements from the CGSIC Executive Secretariat, please subscribe to the CGSIC mailing list.  You can find past CGSIC messages on NAVCEN's Message Archive page.

Questions/Subcommittees: If you have questions about CGSIC or would like to join one of the subcommittees, please contact the Executive Secretariat via NAVCEN's "Contact Us" form.

CGSIC Participation: If you wish to become a contributing participant and agree to be contacted directly by the CGSIC Executive Secretariat for input on matters pertaining to your organization, expertise, and to gain better insight into your specific user needs, please fill out the form below. Signing up below will not add you to the CGSIC mailing list (linked above).

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