Title: Town Hall
1Town Hall
Seattle
- VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.)
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere NOAA Administrator - July 7, 2005
2Current Environment
- Update to Strategic Plan
- Employee Information
- New Leadership, Congress
- Budget Outlook
- NOAA Organizational Structure
- New Ecosystem Panel
- SES Summit II
- Global Earth Observing System of SystemsGEOSS
- Current Events
- NOAA Accomplishments
3Update 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 Research Plannew in January 2005
- NOAAs 20-Year Research Visionnew in January 2005
4Update to NOAAs Strategic Plan NOAAs Mission
Goals
- To understand and predict changes in the Earths
environment and conserve 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
5Employee Information
- Workforce Management
- Eddie Ribas, new WMO Director
- QuickHire
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New QuickHire Login Screen
6Employee InformationGrants Online
- Online Operational
- All cost and no-cost award action requests being
processed - All system problems have been fixed
- Training
- Grants Management Division staff has been
provided comprehensive training - Dedicated weekly training and support time being
provided in GMD - Web-based training specific to different system
users - Telephone help-desk
- On-going process for identifying and fixing
problems - Configuration Change Board assembling desirable
future enhancements to improve system
7Employee InformationPay Banding Demonstration
Project
- NOAA working with Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) to expand participation under the
guidelines used by the DOC Pay Banding
Demonstration project - In order to make this demo project permanent,
NOAA is seeking OPMs approval to change from a
demo project to an Alternate Personnel System - OPM has the next action
- NOAAs Workforce Management Office will conduct
the necessary management and employee briefings,
including negotiating terms with our bargaining
units
8Employee Information NOAA Aviation Safety
- November 29, 2004 Safety Stand-Down
- July 1, 2005, Aviation Safety Policy (NAO)
NEC-approved, full implementation required by
October 1, 2006 - Establishes a corporate NOAA Aviation Safety
Board Aviation Safety Program - Brings NOAA into compliance with 41 CFR 102-33
Management of Government Aircraft - Provides for Aviation Safety Management
- Interim Directive continuing safety stand-down
9New Leadership Congress
- New Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Acting Deputy
Secretary Dr. David Sampson - 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
Gutierrez
Sampson
10New Leadership Congress
- Colleen Hartman (NESDIS DAA) to NASA
- Rebecca Lent (NMFS DAA) to head NMFS IA
- replaced by Jim Balsiger
- Mike Sissenwine (NMFS Director of Scientific
Programs) retired - (replaced by Steve Murawski)
- Rollie Schmitten (NMFS Habitat Director) retired
- Laurie Allen (NMFS PR Director) retired
- replaced by Jim Lecky
11Budget OutlookHistorical NOAA Budget Trends
( in Billions)
4.5
3.4
Senate Mark
House Mark
12Budget Update Where We Rank For 2005
Agencies with the biggest increases over the
Presidents 2005 budget request...
...and those with the biggest cuts
Agency Increases
Veterans Affairs 1.2B
Army Corps of Engineers 585M
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 567M
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 336M
Agency Cuts
Education/local education 500M
Federal Aviation Administration 335M
Energy Departments Yucca Mountain Project 303M
Environmental Protection Agency 275M
National Science Foundation 105M
Energy Departments Biological Environmental Research Program 69.5M
Federal Times, November 29, 2004
13NOAA Organizational Structure
14NOAA Organizational Structure
15SES Summit IIHighlights
- Transparency of Mission
- Improved Internal Practices
- NOAA Management actively listens to employees,
incorporates feedback into practices - Employees understand endorse the mission
ensures long-term care feeding of NOAA - Improved External Practices
- External partners have stake in the outcome and
drive internal administrative requirements - Enhance connections to constituents to ensure we
are giving our customers what they want - Buy-in from community/stakeholders puts Average
Joe in NOAAs Corner
16SES Summit IIIntegration Moving Forward Under
Fiscal Restraint
- Re-purpose existing systems and capitalize on new
developments, technologies, external partners - Linkages between programs facilitate economic
scientific efficiencies - NOAA products and services integrate and meet
societys increasingly complex needs - Partnering with other federal, state, local
agencies advance domestic and international
agendaskey opportunities on the horizon to work
closely with DoE, DHS
17SES Summit II Communication
- How well we talk to each other is a key barometer
of how well NOAA is functioning. - Effective Managers know what to put into the
hands of employees so there can then be clarity
at all levels
18What is GEOSS?Global Earth Observing System of
Systems
End To End System
19What is GEOSS?Global Earth Observing System of
Systems
- GEOSS is a distributed system of systems built on
current international cooperation efforts among
existing Earth observing and processing systems - GEOSS is
- Comprehensiveobservations and products from all
components - Coordinatedleverages contributing members
resources - Sustainedby will and capacity of all members
- GEOSS enables the collection and distribution of
accurate, reliable Earth Observation data,
information, products, and services to both
suppliers and consumers worldwidean end-to-end
process
20Why GEOSS?Global Earth Observing System of
Systems
21NOAAs Role in GEOSS
- NOAA Where Science Creates Value
- Earth observations
- Are at the core of NOAAs mission
- Support virtually every activity we perform
- NOAA has
- Observing capabilities being advanced through
scientific and technological research - A broad scope of domestic and international
partnerships - Commitment to transform research into useful,
operational information
22GEO IGeneva, Switzerland
- First meeting of new GEO at WMO headquarters on
May 2-3 - GEO agreed to 12 member Executive Committee
- Tsunami Update from IOC
- ExCom 1 and ExCom 2
- GEO II - December 2005
23Recent GEO Highlights
- GEO Director selected José Achache
- Former head of Earth observation, European Space
Agency - Long-time NOAA partner
- Outreach in Europeas Co-chair of GEO,
addressed - ISRSE
- WMO
- IOC
- IEEE
24U.S. Plan For An Improved Tsunami Monitoring
System
- 37.5M over next 2 years
- Enable enhanced monitoring, detection, warning
communications throughout - Advanced technology DART buoys
- Nearly 100 coverage for U.S. coastal tsunami
- Expanded monitoring capability throughout Pacific
Caribbean basins - Part of future global observation global
tsunami warning systems
25The U.S. Tsunami Warning ProgramHighlights
- Shift TWC operations from 8hr shift/24hr on-call
to 24x7x365 staffing - 6 DART Stations to an end-state of 39
- Add 16 new gauges to existing NWLON and upgrade
33 - Work with USGS to expand seismic detection
capability - Develop forecast models and maps for 15 high risk
areas by summer 2007 - Ensure 100 of tsunami threatened communities
identified and contacted TsunamiReady program
26Current EventsNew England Red Tide
- NOAA support
- Monitoring
- Funding from NOS for sampling
- Research
- Seafood Inspection Program
- Real time tracking of the bloom
- Commercial Fishery Failure Determination
- Massachusetts June 16, 2005
- Maine June 22, 2005
- ER closure
- filed June 14, published June 16
(correctionfiled July 1, publish July 7)
27Current EventsNational Offshore Aquaculture Act
of 2005
- June 7, 2005
- Provides the necessary authority to the Secretary
of Commerce to establish, implement and enforce a
regulatory system for offshore aquaculture - Fulfills the Administrations U.S. Ocean Action
Plan commitment to propose legislation in the
109th Congress - Senators Stevens and Inouye introduced the bill
by request with amendments
28Current EventsHENRY B. BIGELOW
- Will be christened in Moss Point, MS July 8th
- Placed into operation in the Northeast in late
2006 - Today construction is beginning on FSV3
- Just a few weeks ago, OSCAR DYSON, was
commissioned - These are significant milestones in the
modernization of the NOAA Fleet
OSCAR DYSON
29NOAAs AccomplishmentsMission and Process
- Mission Successes
- National and international leadership in Earth
observations - Hurricane support wins Senate commendation,
supplemental appropriation - Rebuilding the Nations fisheries
- Development of the Integrated Ocean Observing
System - Fisheries regulatory process improvements
- NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards improves and
expands - Coral reef initiative
- NOAA fleet modernization and growth
- Organizational Successes
- Program review conducted
- NEC and NEP established
- Program structure comprehensively covering all
NOAA resources established with 14 matrix
programs - Goal Leads appointed
- Full Council structure established
- PAE established
- Annual update of the Strategic Plan
- Line Office Strategic Plans in alignment with
NOAA Strategic Plan
30NOAAs AccomplishmentsMission and Process
- Mission Successes
- 854 U.S. COSPAS-SARSAT saves since 2001
- Sea turtle conservation
- Operational air quality forecasts in Northeast
United States - Early Warning System for Florida Harmful Algal
Blooms - Homeland security support
- Reducing national uncertainty about climate
change - Teacher at Sea Program expands into air
- Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) Level II Radar
Data Available in Real Time
- Organizational Successes
- Councils produce multi-year strategic plans
- Full PPBES cycle for FY06-11
- Annual Operating Plans for all matrix programs
- Monthly and quarterly execution reporting
- Comprehensive review of administrative functions
business process re-engineering initiated - Grants on-line implementation
- 5 Year Research Plan
- 20 Year Research Vision
- Transition Policy
31What You Should Take Away
- The Future.is Bright!!!
- NOAA is
- An Effective, Successful Organization With
World-wide Recognition - Composed of Talented, Experienced Dedicated
People - Critical to Meeting the Nations the Worlds
Economic Environmental Challenges - Organizationally Positioned to Provide Leadership
- Where Science Gains Value
- NOAA is All of Us Working Together With a Unified
Vision Consistent Message
Thank you for your service!
32Got Questions...?
AskTheBoss_at_noaa.gov
33Stakeholder ForumMarch 2, 2005, Washington
- 230 Stakeholders Attended
- Transportation (Marine, Air, Surface)
- Fisheries
- Weather
- Marine Protected Areas
- Education North Carolina State Dept. of Math!
- Federal State Agencies Library of Congress!
Forest Service! - Academia/Research
- Information Technology Cray Computer!
- Others Walt Disney! Merrill Lynch! Audubon
Society! Red Cross! - 59 Final Recommendations
- Distilled from hundreds of comments
- Distributed across 7 breakout sessions
34NOAA in the Media
- Director Of NOAAs National Hurricane Center
Presented With Emmy Award - Max Mayfield, director of NOAAs National
Hurricane Center
Gutierrez at NHC
35NOAA in the Media Tsunami Coverage/NOAA in the
News
VADM Lautenbacher Fox News
Chip McCrery Dateline
Eddie Bernard Larry King Live
36NOAA Homeland Security Operations Support
(HSOC)2005 Presidential Inauguration
- Lead Federal Agency for Meteorological Support
- Supplemental rawinsonde (Weather Balloon) mission
- DCNET
- HAZMAT Support
37Thinking Corporate NOAAClimateExisting Program
Aligning to Model
LEADERSHIP
38Thinking Corporate NOAACoasts, Estuaries
OceansNew in FY07
LEADERSHIP
39U.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
40Employee InformationAllocation and Modernization
Plans
- Allocation
- Fleet Services held allocation training for
Program Managers and Goal Leads - Platform allocation is more closely aligned with
the PPBES process and out year planning - PPBES necessitates that goal teams set priorities
for fleet which receives more platform requests
than can be meet - Platform Modernization Plans
- NMAO has developed ten year ship and aircraft
modernization plans - These draft plans will be provided to the Hill in
response to the FY 2005 Senate Appropriations
mark request - They will also be used in the planning phase of
the FY08-12 PPBES process