Alaska Ocean Observing System

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Alaska Ocean Observing System

• Status Report
• June 14, 2006

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IOOS Authorization Bills

• Senate
• S. 361 The Ocean and Coastal Observation
  System Act of 2005
• - 2/10/05, Introduced by Senators Snowe, Stevens
  Inouye
• - 4/19/05, Reported out of the Senate Committee
  on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• - 7/1/05, Passed the full Senate by Unanimous
  Consent

• House
• H.R. 1489 The Coastal Ocean Observation System
  Integration and Implementation Act of 2005
• - 4/6/05, Introduced by Chairman Gilchrest
• H.R. 1584 The Ocean and Coastal Observation
  System Act of 2005'
• - 4/12/05, Introduced by Representatives Weldon
  and Allen

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IOOS FY06 Appropriations

• The Senate CJS Appropriations bill included 109
  million for IOOS related activities, an increase
  of 35 million over FY05.
• The House SSJC Appropriations bill included 15
  million for IOOS related activities
• FY06 Conference Report 87 Million
• (Rolls in some existing programs (NDBC
  upgrades
• ARGO etc)

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IOOS FY07 Appropriations

• Request is for 138 million
• - 18 m for data management
• - 50 m for regional systems
• - 40 m for coastal enhancements
• - 30 m for global system

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Governance Issues

• Status of new MOA
• Federal participation (Lautenbacher letter)
• State concerns
• Future options
• - Renew Governance Options subcommittee

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Coordination, collaboration, stakeholder
engagement national forums

• IOOS Public health workshop
• Pacific OOS workshop
• 2006 Ocean Sciences conference
• Coastal society
• ORRAP
• COSEE
• ORPP
• Satellite remote sensing workshop
• PacOOS and AOOS adding ecosystems

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Coordination, collaboration, stakeholder
engagement state forums

• Whaling community
• Oil and Gas Industry
• AK Forum on the Environment climate change
  PWSOS demonstration
• Coastal Erosion workshops
• Alaska NEON
• Sea Ice Working Group
• Satellite remote sensing needs
• Alaska COSEE

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Business Plan Components

• Strategic plan and implementation plans
• DMAC
• - UAF activities
• - AMIS
• - National DMAC
• Education and outreach
• - AOOS brochure by Sea Grant, display
• - Future education implementation
• - Outreach plan MAP
• - Marine science symposium state of reports
• Coordination and collaboration activities

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Arctic

• National Research Council AON report
• Oil Gas Industry workshop
• Whaling community workshop
• Coastal erosion EPA
• Sea Ice Working Group
• IPY collaboration

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Bering Sea/Aleutians

• Integrated Bering Sea Ecosystem planning
• Sea Ice Working Group
• Coastal erosion/ climate change impacts
• Future Bristol Bay, Norton Sound fisheries

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Gulf of Alaska

• PWS pilot project 2007 field experiment
• Cook Inlet plan
• Kodiak
• Southeast
• Overall GOA integration

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Program Funding

• 9/05 8/06 1,921,854
• 9/06 8/07 1,592,780

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Year 1 program funding status

• Statewide
• DMAG UAF - 580k on track
• Education ASLC - 60k not started
• GOA
• PWS CODAR UAF - 148k problems
• PWSOS PWSSC - 232k on track
• GAK mooring UAF - 102k on track
• Seward oceanographer ASLC - 75k not started
• SE moorings PMEL - 37k on track
• Bering Sea/Aleutians
• Bering Strait UAF/UW - 392k on track (no yr 2
  funds)
• Amukta Pass PMEL - 91k on track
• Arctic
• Ice radar UAF - 111k on track
• Other
• Fiscal agent fee ASLC - 96k on track

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Administration Funding

• 6/05 5/06 397,423
• 6/06 5/07 398,185

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Year 1 administration funding status

• Personnel 164k spent/committed
• Travel 83k about 45k spent,
• workshops delayed
• Supplies/equip 39k about 22k
  spent/committed
• Other 28k spent
• Contracts 48k about 3k spent, rest
  delayed
• Fiscal agent 36k spent
• Reprogram from travel/contracts to outreach
  and web development