"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.
For many years, the title of the leadership role over the various precise time products at the USNO was "Director of the Directorate of Time"
"Director Earth Orientation Center of IERS Observatoire de Paris, France"
Even the titles are sci-fi.
Planetary Defense Officer [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Defense_Coordination...
The only better thing is the organization being called "International Earth Rotation Service"