VADM Conrad C' Lautenbacher, Jr', USN Ret'

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NOAA National Stakeholder Forum

• VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.)
• Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere NOAA Administrator
• March 2, 2005

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NOAAs Current Environment

• Current Environment
• New Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
• New Congress
• NOAA Major Occupations
• NOAA Budget
• NOAA Ships
• Earth Observations
• GEOSS

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Current Environment Impressions

• New Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
• Changed Don Evans
• Committee highlights
• Changed Ernest Hollings
• Changed Ted Stevens- Senate
• Appropriations Chair
• New Thad Cochran- Senate Appropriations Chair
• New Jerry Lewis- House Appropriations Chair
• New Ted Stevens- Commerce Chair
• New Inouye - Appropriations and Commerce

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Major Occupations

• 66 of NOAAs workforce are in scientific and
  technical occupations

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NOAA Budget Trends
( in billions)
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Budget Update Where We Rank For 2005
Agencies with the biggest increases over the
Presidents 2005 budget request...
...and those with the biggest cuts
Federal Times, November 29, 2004
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NOAA Fleet Modernization Analysis
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International Steps to GEOSS
Earth Observation Summit I, II, III

• EOS I
• July 31, 2003, Washington, D.C.
• 34 Countries 20 International Organizations

• EOS II
• April 25, 2004, Tokyo, Japan
• 47 Countries EC 26 International
  Organizations
• EOS III February 2005, Brussels
• 60 Countries EC and 34 International
• Organizations
• 10-Year Implementation Plan

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NOAAs Future Begins Here

• Effective Operational Organization
• Recognized Leadership in Earth Systems Modeling
• Completed Operational Ocean Observing System
• First Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Plan
• Fishery Capacity Equal to Sustainable Wild
  Harvest Levels
• Real Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Improvement
• Reduce Charting Backlog by 50