NOAAs Vision and Future

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NOAAs Vision and Future

• Scott Rayder
• NOAA Chief of Staff
• Grants Management Division Workshop Fiscal Year
  2006
• February 14, 2006

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Topics

• NOAAs Past Present
• Integrated NOAA
• NOAAs Missions Goals
• Strategic Plan
• Corporate NOAA
• Decision Makers
• NOAA Budget
• Historical Trend
• Current Environment
• New Congress Reorganization
• US Ocean Action Plan

• One-NOAA
• Transformation
• Keys to Creating
• Successes
• Challenges / Opportunities
• Communication
• Organizational Assessment
• Organizational Excellence
• Take Away

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NOAAs Past Present Integrated 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
• Ecosystem approach to management
• Climate variability and change
• Weather and water
• Commerce and transportation
• Critical support for NOAAs mission

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NOAAs Past PresentUpdate to NOAAs Strategic
Plan

• NOAAs Vision 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 Plan NOAAs 5-Year
Research Plan NOAAs 20-Year Research Vision
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Corporate NOAAThe Executive Decision Process
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NOAA Funding Trends(Constant Dollars in Billions)
Base Year 2000
Data Source DOC Summary of enacted BA
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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 EnvironmentAppropriations Reorganization
a Surprise

• NOAA is now considered by both the Senate and
  House subcommittees with
  
  
• 16.8 B FY 07 budget request
• 6.02B FY 07 budget request
• 3.7B FY 07 budget request

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Current EnvironmentU.S. Ocean Action Plan

• Highlights
• Establish Committee
• Develop Priorities and Implementation Strategy
• Ocean Observing System
• State-of-the-Art Research Vessels
• Market-Based Management of Fisheries
• UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

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One NOAA Transformation
Holding Company

• Corporation
• Process
• Fact-based Decisions
• Execution

Ad Hoc
Subjective Decisions
Talk
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Keys to Creating One NOAA

• Remove the Stovepipe Culture
• Improve understanding of how Line/Staff
  Offices impact / benefit each other

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NESDIS
NMAO
NMFS
NWS
OAR
NOS
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One NOAA Hurricane Forecast Success
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Challenges / Opportunities

• Presenting One NOAA
• Web / Public Affairs / Legislative Affairs, etc.
• Organizational Assessment
• Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
• Organizational Excellence
• Grants Workload
• Grants Online
• Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

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Organizational Assessment
PART Summary
Performance Measures
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FY2005 Grants Workload
Grants Represent 25 of the NOAA Budget for FY
2005
1907 Awards956M
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NOAA Our Grants CommunityWorking together in a
more efficient manner
Grants.gov Find and Apply
Applicants
Grants Online NOAA Grants Processing

• Will use Grants Online to
• View current awards and submit post award
  actions
• Compliance with monitoring

http//www.ofa.noaa.gov/grantsonline
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NOAA Our Grants CommunityWorking together in a
more efficient manner
ATMs
Banks
Airlines
Ticket Kiosks
NOAA
Grants Online
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Vision for Strengthening Financial and
Administrative Services
We are working to improve the management and
delivery of financial and administrative
services. Numerous studies documented
opportunities for improvements in financial and
administrative service areas and recommended
changes to both our organizational structure and
business processes. Memorandum from Conrad C.
Lautenbacher, Jr., Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy
(Ret.)September 9, 2004

• Vision
• Policies and Procedures
• Workforce Management
• Value-added Business Processes
• Performance Metrics
• Process alignment with NOAA Goals
• Organizational Capabilities and Improved
  performance

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What You Should Take Away

• NOAAs Future is Challenging!
• NOAA is
• Working hard to improve a successful Scientific
  Organization
• Retooling critical infrastructure elements
• Engaging our partners to help meet our mission
  requirements
• NOAA Is All Of Us Working Together With A Unified
  Vision Consistent Message
• Helping us work together to deliver efficient
  grants management