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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ESIP Information Quality Cluster (IQC) members:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the IQC leadership team, I'd like to share with you that IQC has been selected for the Collaboration of the Year Award. IQC is the first recipient of this new award established this year.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.esipfed.org/esip-celebrates-2025-award-winners/">https://www.esipfed.org/esip-celebrates-2025-award-winners/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your continued support and interest in IQC over the past 10 years, and it is an incredible honor for IQC to receive this award!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The IQC is looking for a new chair to work with the current leadership team in addressing information quality challenges in scientific data. With the support of the current leadership team, the new chair would have the opportunity to contribute
to the future direction of the IQC. For those interested in learning more about the IQC chair opportunity and cluster chair roles, please contact <a href="mailto:staff@esipfed.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:staff@esipfed.org">staff@esipfed.org</a>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IQC leadership team (Zhong Liu, Bob Downs, Ge Peng, David Moroni, Rama Ramapriyan, and Yaxing Wei)<o:p></o:p></p>
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