# Presentation: 600472

## Town HallAsheville

- Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | NOAA Administrator
- May 11, 2004

## Employee Information

- Safety and Homeland Security Activities
- NOAA Safety Policy
- Completed and Under Comment/Review
- NOAA’s Homeland Security Activities
- COOP drills
- NOAA Weather Radio/National All Hazards Alert System
- NOAA Support to FEMA’s National Emergency Operations Center

## Employee Information

- Workforce Management
- A-76 Studies
- NOAA Telework Program
- Voluntary Leave Bank Program

## NOAA Management Practices

- Introduce practices to improve NOAA’s products and services
- Build a culture of execution
- Strategy, people, and operations
- Leadership, communications, and management information
- Implement NOAA Business Model

## NOAA Administrative Organization

## NFA Study

- Booz-Allen Hamilton report issued February 13th recommends
- New concept of operations
- More streamlined, cost-effective organization
- Opportunities for improved service cost and quality
- Transition from a geographic to a functional management model
- Phased implementation over 3 years
- A second study still to come. . .
- Assess how financial and admin activities performed within LOs interface with the new concept of operations
- Conduct an end-to-end process analysis for each of the eight functional administrative areas
- Ensure business processes of each functional area provide efficient, timely, and consistent service

## NOAA Operational Organization

| Goal 1 |  |
| --- | --- |
| Ecosystems | Doug DeMaster (NMFS) |
| Habitat Restoration | Rollie Schmitten (NMFS) |
| Corals | David Kennedy (NOS) |
| Protected Areas | Jamie Hawkins (NOS) |
| Coastal Resource Management | Doug Brown (NOS) |
| Invasive Species | Dorn Carlson (OAR) |
| Undersea Research and Exploration  | Craig McLean (OAR) |
| Protected Species Management | Laurie Allen (NMFS) |
| Fisheries Management | Jack Dunnigan (NMFS) |
| Aquaculture | Linda Chaves (NMFS) [A] |
| Enforcement | Dale Jones (NMFS) |
| Ecosystem Research | Bill Fox (NMFS) |

| Goal 2 |  |
| --- | --- |
| Climate | Chet Koblinsky (OAR) |
| Climate Observations | Tom Karl (NESDIS) |
| Climate Forcing | Dan Albritton (OAR) |
| Climate Predictions & Projections | Ants Leetmaa (OAR) |
| Climate & Ecosystems | Ned Cyr (NMFS) |
| Regional Decision Support | Claudia Nierenberg (OAR)& Bob Livezey (NWS) |

| Goal 3 |  |
| --- | --- |
| Weather & Water | Frank Kelly (NWS) |
| Local Forecasts and Warnings | Greg Mandt (NWS) |
| Tropical Storm Program | Ed Rappaport (NWS) |
| Space Weather | Ernie Hildner (OAR) |
| Hydrology – Rivers, Lakes and Floods | Gary Carter (NWS) |
| Air Quality | Jim Meagher (OAR) |
| Environmental Modeling | Mary Erikson (NWS) [A] |
| Weather Water Science and Technology Infusion Program | Frank Kelly (NWS) |

- NOAA Program Manager List

## NOAA Operational Organization

| Goal 4 |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commerce & Transportation | Charlie Challstrom (NOS) |
| Marine Transportation Systems | Rich Edwing (NOS) |
| Aviation Weather | Mark Andrews (NWS) |
| Marine Weather | Paul Moersdorf (NWS) |
| Geodesy | Dave Zilkoski (NOS) |
| NOAA Emergency Response | David Kennedy (NOS) |
| Commercial and Remote Sensing Licensing | Tim Stryker (NESDIS) |
| Commerce and Transportation Science and Technology Program | Maureen Kenny (NOS) [A] |

| Programs to Support All Goals |  |
| --- | --- |
| Homeland Security | Phil Kenul (CIO) |
| NOAA Management | George White (USAO) |
| Geostationary Satellite Acquisition | Gary Davis (NESDIS) |
| Polar Satellite Acquisition | John Cunningham (NESDIS) |
| Fleet Services and Acquisition | Elizabeth White (NMAO) [A] |
| Satellite Services | Michael Matson (NESDIS) [A] |
| Facilities | William Broglie (CAO) |
| Administrative Services | William Broglie (CAO) |
| IT Services | Carl Staton (CIO) |

## NOAA “Business” Model

## NOAA “Business” Model

## Hurricane Isabel

- NESDIS
- NOS
- NWS
- OAR
- NMAO
- NMFS

## FY04 Budget Update

| FY04 Appropriation passed on January 22, 2004 |  |
| --- | --- |
| Signed into law on January 23, 2004 |  |
|  |  |
| President’s FY04 Budget Request | $3,326M |
| FY04 Enacted Budget | $3,689.1M |
| Increase of $363.1M over President’s FY04 Budget Request |  |

## FY05 Budget Update

| FY05 President’s Budget was sent to Congress on February 2, 2004 |  |
| --- | --- |
|  |  |
| President’s FY05 Budget Request | 	$3,380.8M |
| This is an 8.4% decrease from the FY04 enacted budget |  |
| This is ≈ 1.0% increase from the President’s FY04 Budget Request |  |
|  |  |
| Strategic Initiatives for FY05 |  |
| Ecosystems | 	$1,158.2M |
| Climate | 	$369.3M |
| Weather and Water | 	$1,410.9M |
| Commerce and Transportation | 	$252.1M |
| People and Infrastructure |  |
| People | 	$103.0M |
| Infrastructure | 	$181.2M |
| Financing/Transfers | 	($94.0M) |

## Current Events

- Earth Observation Summit II

- Lautenbacher, South Africa’s Rob Adam,
- Japan’s Akio Yuki, European Commission’s Achilleas Mitsos

- ©Science Magazine, 2004

## Current Events

- Ocean Commission Draft Report
- NOAA Research Review

## Current Events

- NOAA’s Earth Day
- Wells and Rookery Bay NERRS
- VADM Lautenbacher
- Deputy Secretary Designate Kassinger
- Deputy Under Secretary Kelly
- Deputy Assistant Secretary Keeney

- Rookery Bay

- Wells, Maine

## Current Events

- Climate Database Modernization Program
- Federal Partnerships
- NOAA in North Carolina
- Volunteerism/Public Service
- Asheville-Buncombe Excellence in Public Service Awards
- Awards