Where weve been, where we are and the way forward

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Where weve been, where we areand the way
forward

• VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN
  (Ret.)Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere NOAA Administrator
• October 27, 2006

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Advancing One NOAA

• NOAAs Mission and Vision
• Where Weve Been
• One NOAA
• Communication is Key
• PPBES
• Where we are
• Changes in NOAA Leadership
• The Budget and the Hill
• NOAA Updates
• News and Events

• The Path Forward
• Regional Collaboration
• Innovation
• Workforce Retention and Retirement Planning

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Eye On The Vision

• Everything you do is for a reason and that
  reason is contained within the vision.
• Merck Co. chair, President and CEO Raymond
  Gilmartin

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Eye On The Mission
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• Every business, if it is to succeed, must have a
  sense of direction and mission, so that no matter
  what you are doing, you know how you fit in, and
  that what you are doing is important.
• Former IBM CEO Louis Gerstner

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Where Weve Been
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Cut From The Same Cloth

• We are all motivated by the same mission and
  vision

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How we Created One NOAA

• Maintaining our Identities While Working Together
• Improved understanding of how Line/Staff Offices
  impact/benefit each other

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A Key To Our Success Thus FarImproved
Communication
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Can Six Degrees of Separation Become Two?
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PPBESPlanning, Programming, Budgeting, and
Execution System

• Responds to these critical questions

• by doing this

• Examines NOAAs role in the national and
  international environment
• Defines the strategic direction and corporate
  priorities
• Identifies mission requirements and critical
  capability gaps
• Provides feedback to improve execution
• Provides integrated, requirements-based,
  end-to-end capabilities
• Integrates performance metricsProduces
  resultsEnsures accountability

• Is the NOAA organization aligned with its current
  missions and future missions?
• Are there significant imbalances in resources
  versus requirements?
• Are we being as efficient as possible in meeting
  our current and future mission tasking?

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Where We Are
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Changes in NOAA Leadership

• Max Mayfield to retire
• Jim Laver of CPC to retire same day as Max
• Greg Withee stepping down as NESDIS AA
• Craig McLean is OARs new DAA
• Bill Brennan is acting head of CCSP

Mayfield
Laver
Withee
Brennan
McLean
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NOAA Funding Trends
( in Billions)

In FY03, the House did not report or pass an
SJC appropriations bill. The House-Introduced
bill total is used here.
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NOAA Funding Trends Enacted With Congressional
Adjustments Breakout
( in Billions)
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House Senate Appropriations
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The Hill
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• House Passage of NOAA Organic Act
• Lame Duck Session
• Expected Committee Changes

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Employee Information

• October 1 Pay Banding Demonstration Expansion
• 5-level Performance Management System

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Education Outreach

• Californias Ocean Awareness Campaign
• The Little Mermaid PSA
• CoOL
• NOAA Science Camp

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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

• First-ever Marine National Monument

We have a responsibility, a solemn
responsibility, to be good stewards of the
oceans and the creatures who inhabit
them. President George Bush, June 15, 2006
Dedication of the NW Hawaiian Island Marine
National Monument
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USGEOUnited States Group on Earth Observations

• The Value of single-purpose systems is much
  greater when combined
• USGEO is
• Making progress on the six NTOs
• Nearing completion of their annual report
• Continuing to engage stakeholders
• Acting as a leader for the international effort

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GEOSSGEONetCast

• Implementation of GEONetCast
• Open exchange of data and information
• Worldwide information distribution

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NOAAs Commitment to Open Communication of
Science

• Peer reviewed science
• Respect, and seek to understand, each others
  work
• Media policy
• Hurricane Information Sheet

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Current Events
Safe Seas 2006

• El Niño The Hurricane Season
• Safe Seas 2006
• 2nd Intergovernmental Review of the Global
  Programme of Action
• GOES-13 launch
• Laptops

GOES 13 Launch
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Silver Spring Events

• Traffic Light and Crosswalk
• Silver Spring Transit Center
• CFC Kickoff Event

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Center (Torti Gallas Partners)
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The Path Ahead
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Regional Collaboration

• Regional Coordination to Regional Collaboration
• Three focus areas
• Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
• Integrated Weather, Water,
• and Climate Services
• Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities
• Regional Outreach and Communication
• External Collaborations

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Innovators
We cannot become what we need to be by
remaining what we are. Max DuPreeRetired CEO
and chairman of Herman Miller Inc.
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Planning Ahead

• Difficulties
• Loss of knowledge
• Preparedness of future leaders
• Training new blood
• Development Opportunities

In the year 2009, 3,612 of NOAAs 12,497
workforce will be eligible for voluntary
retirement (29)
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E Words

• All three Es are connected
• The public focuses on developing a robust
  Economy. This cannot be achieved without healthy
  Ecosystems developed in a sustainable Environment.

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Thank You!
NOAAs Success Is Dependent On Its People
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Where weve been, where we areand the way
forward

• VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN
  (Ret.)Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere NOAA Administrator
• October 27, 2006