The Benefits of

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The Benefits of

• VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.)
• Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere
• NOAA Administrator
• August 24, 2005

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Menu Slide

• NOAAs Past Present
• Program Review Questions
• Integrated NOAA
• NOAAs Missions Goals
• Strategic Plan
• Corporate NOAA
• NOAA Budget
• Current Environment
• New Congress
• New DOC NOAA Leadership
• US Ocean Action Plan
• GEOSS

• Current Environment
• Tsunami Warning Mitigation System
• Harmful Algal Bloom
• New NOAA Vessels
• New Satellites Fisheries Bill
• Confronting Reality
• One NOAA Successes
• Challenges / Opportunities
• NOAA Leaderships Role
• Focus on the Future
• Benefits of One NOAA
• Questions

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NOAAs Past Present Original Program Review
Team QuestionsFebruary 1, 2002

• Is 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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NOAAs Past PresentIntegrated NOAA

• Many people with one voice will always speak
  louder than many people with many voices
• Anonymous

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NOAAs Past PresentIntegrated NOAA
We can not survive without working together.
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NOAAs Past Present NOAAs Mission Goals

• To understand and predict changes in the Earths
  environment and manage coastal and marine
  resources to meet the Nations economic, social
  and environmental needs
• Mission Goals
• Protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal
  and ocean resources through an ecosystem approach
  to management
• Understand climate variability and change to
  enhance societys ability to plan and respond
• Serve societys needs for weather and water
  information
• Support the Nations commerce with information
  for safe, efficient, and environmentally sound
  transportation
• Provide critical support for NOAAs mission

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NOAAs Past PresentUpdate to NOAAs Strategic
Plan

• An informed society that uses a comprehensive
  understanding of the role of the oceans, coasts
  and atmosphere in the global ecosystem to make
  the best social and economic decisions
• NOAAs 5-Year Strategic Planupdated in April
  2005
• NOAAs 5-Year Research Plannew in January 2005
• NOAAs 20-Year Research Visionnew in January 2005

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Corporate NOAAThe Executive Decision Process
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Corporate NOAA
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NOAA BudgetHistorical Trends
( in Billions)
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3.4
Senate Mark
House Mark
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Current EnvironmentNew Congress

• Committee highlights
• Retired Ernest Hollings
• Term Limited Ted Stevens as Senate
  Appropriations Chair (still a member)
• New Thad CochranSenate Appropriations Chair
• New Richard Shelby (R) Barbara Mikulski
  (D)Appropriations Subcommittee Leaders
• New Jerry LewisHouse Appropriations Chair
• New Ted StevensCommerce Chair
• New InouyeCommerce (co-chair) and
  Appropriations
• Committee change
• NASA/NSF now part of Senate Commerce, Justice and
  Science Appropriations Subcommittee

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Current EnvironmentNew DOC NOAA Leadership
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
Commerce Deputy SecretaryDr. David Sampson
NOAA Assistant SecretaryDr. James Mahoney
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Current EnvironmentU.S. Ocean Action Plan

• Highlights
• Establish Committee on Ocean Policy
• Develop Ocean Research Priorities Plan and
  Implementation Strategy
• Build an Ocean Observing System
• Develop and Deploy New State-of-the-Art Research
  Vessels
• Continue Support for Market-Based Management of
  Fisheries
• Support Accession to the UN Convention on the Law
  of the Sea

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Current EnvironmentGEOSSGlobal Earth
Observation System of Systems

• Nearly 60 Countries European Commission
• More than 40 global organizations
• Permanent Secretariat Director in Geneva
• 15 U.S. agencies, 3 White House offices
• A distributed system of systems
• Improves coordination of strategies
  observation systems
• Links all platforms in situ, aircraft,
  satellites
• Identifies gaps in our global capacity
• Facilitates exchange of data information
• Improves decision-makers abilities to address
  pressing policy issues

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Current EnvironmentTsunami Warning Mitigation
System

• Enable enhanced monitoring, detection, warning
  communications
• Deploy 39 advanced technology DART II buoy
  stations
• Expand real-time sea-level monitoring network
• Increase hazard assessment community
  preparedness
• Commit 40.24M Emergency Tsunami Supplemental
  over next 2 years
• 26.74M for NOAA and 13.5M for USGS
• Provide
• Nearly 100 tsunami-warning coverage for U.S.
  coasts
• Expanded capability throughout Pacific
  Caribbean basins 
• Part of future global observation global
  tsunami warning systems

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Current EnvironmentNew England Harmful Algal
Bloom

• NOAA support
• Monitoring
• Funding from NOS for sampling
• Research
• Seafood Inspection Program
• Real time tracking of the bloom
• 540,000 to WHOI
• Commercial Fishery Failure Determinations
• Federal Waters closed, sampling underway with FDA
  industry partners
• State waters reopening, possible new wave of
  cells in ME
• NOAA coordination, HAB program
• Public visibility, link to observations

Credit Dr. Don Anderson
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Current EnvironmentNew NOAA Vessels

• May 28, 2005
• OSCAR DYSON was commissioned
• July 7, 2005
• Construction began on FSV3
• July 8, 2005
• Henry B. Bigelow christened in Moss Point, MS
  and scheduled to be deployed late 2006 in the
  Northeast
• These are significant milestones in the
  modernization of the NOAA Fleet

Henry B. Bigelow Photo by NOAA
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Current EnvironmentNew Satellites Fisheries
Bill

• Satellite Launches
• Successful launch of the NOAA-18 polar-orbiting
  satellite on May 20 from Vandenberg Air Force
  Base 
• GOES-N geostationary satellite launch has been
  delayed, anticipated launch in October
• Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization
• Finalizing Administration Bill
• Possible roll-out in September

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Confronting RealityMoving Ahead

• Driving execution will not do it if you have
  failed to deal with the changing environment
  affecting your business.
• Ex-CEO Harry Stonecipher

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Confronting RealityPositive ???

• NOAA is one of the best-kept secrets in
  government.

Its remained a collection of somewhat separate
agencies as opposed to a coherent whole.

• Andrew Rosenberg, member of the Commission on
  Ocean Policy and former deputy director of NOAA
  Fisheries.Government Executive, August 1, 2005

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One NOAA Successes

• NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER Reactivation
• Hydrographic Survey Vessel
• Integrated Design Concept
• Recovered DART Buoy
• Completed Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated
  Investigations Project

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One NOAA SuccessesFuture Success

• Coordination of NOAAs Fellowship and
  Internships
• Website portal to all NOAA fellowship and
  internship opportunities
• Electronic alumni database
• Standardization of application and hiring
  processes

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Challenges / Opportunities

• Presenting One NOAA internally and externally
• Web / Public Affairs / Legislative Affairs, etc.
• NOAA Private Partnerships Policy
• NOAA Transition of Research to Application
• Incorporating Biological Data into Observing
  Systems
• Fleet Modernization Plan

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Challenges / OpportunitiesNOAA Leaderships Role

• Instituted Strategic Management Process
• Established AA for Programming, Planning, and
  Integration
• Instituted Matrix Management Practices
• Restructured Budget Along Cross-cutting
  Priorities
• Implemented PPBES
• Approved new Communications Office
• Held Town Halls, SES Summits, and Mid Level
  Retreats
• Promoted LCDP and NRAP

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Challenges / OpportunitiesFocus on the Future

• Completed Operational Ocean Observing System
• Three Regional Ecosystem Management Pilots in
  place
• First Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Plan
• Operational Climate Monitoring System
• Carbon, Climate Reference Network
• Reduce Charting Backlog by 50
• One Hour Lead Time for Tornado Forecasts

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Challenges / OpportunitiesFocus on the Future

• Real Time Operational Surface Transportation
  Conditions Reporting System
• Reduce the Aqua-/Mari-culture Trade Deficit by
  50
• Operational Bio-detection Network in place
• Plankton to Whales
• Operational Phased Array NOAA/FAA Wx/ATC System
• Operational Next Generation Trawling Gear
  Replacement

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Challenges / OpportunitiesFocus on the Future

• Real Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Improvement
• Nationwide Operational Air Quality Network
• Operational National Drought Monitoring System
• Operational UAV, UUV Support Fleet
• Assimilation of NASA NSF Research into
  Operational Satellites
• GOES-R First Operational Integrated Environmental
  Monitoring Satellite System

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Challenges / OpportunitiesFocus on the Future

• NOAA Ownership and Operation of the U.S. Earth
  Observing Satellites
• Including LANDSAT
• Operational National Water Quality Network
• Non-Point Source Reduction
• Recognized Leadership in Earth Systems Modeling
• Fishery Capacity Equal to Sustainable Wild
  Harvest Levels

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Benefits of One NOAA

• NOAAs mission has grown complex, involving
  biological, chemical, and physical issuesall
  intertwined.
• Large-scale (regional to global)
  multidisciplinary studies are necessary to
  achieve understanding of our environment.
• One NOAA is critical to completing our mission
  and solving the major environmental challenges
  that face our nation and planet.

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What You Should Take Away

• NOAAs Future is Bright!!!
• NOAA is
• An Effective, Successful Organization Recognized
  as a Leader World-wide
• Critical to Meeting the Nations and the Worlds
  Economic and Environmental Challenges
• Composed of Talented, Experienced and Dedicated
  People
• NOAA Is All Of Us Working Together With A Unified
  Vision Consistent Message
• oneNOAA

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Questions?AskTheBoss_at_noaa.gov
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• Backup Material

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Corporate NOAANOAA Business Model
LEADERSHIP
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What is PPBES?
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution
System

• An integrated, requirements-based planning,
  programming, budgeting and execution system that
  provides the structure to link NOAAs strategic
  vision with programmatic detail and budget
  development and the framework to maximize our
  resources while optimizing our capabilities

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PPBES Phase



FY
FY/FY/FY/FY/FY
PROGRAMMING
BUDGETING
EXECUTION
PBA Analysis
BOPs
Execute Approved LO / Program Annual Oper Plans
Budget Preparation
DOC Review and Adjustment
Performance Plans
Fiscal Programming Guidance
Monthly/Qtrly Execution Reviews
OMB Review and Passback
Program Plan Development
Presidents Budget Submission to Congress

• Report Results
• Eval Performance
• Make Adjustments

Program Plan Evaluation
Congressional Appropriation
Program Decision Memorandum (PDM)
Apportionment and Allocation of Funds
Close-out
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Timing Is Everything
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FY 2006 Budget Highlights

• Totals 3,585.8M, an increase of 242.5M or 7.3
  above FY06 Current Program
• 6 or 205M above the FY05 Presidents Request
• 9.2 or 333M decrease from the FY 05 Enacted
• Provides 53.1 million for Inflationary Costs,
  Including the 2.3 Pay Raise

• Fully Funds Planned Satellite Increases for
  NPOESS and GOES R
• Funds Fisheries Survey Vessel 4
• Invests in Ecosystems Based Fisheries Management
• Funds Expanded Tsunami Warning Network
• Expands Climate Observations and Services
• Improves NOAA Corporate Management and
  Administration