# Presentation: 049623

## POSITIONING NOAA FOR TOMORROW’S OPPORTUNITIES

- Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere
- NOAA Brown Bag Lunch Seminar
- December 13, 2007

## MENU

- Where We Are:
- Vision and Mission
- Organizational Structure
- Budget Trends
- Major Accomplishments
- 2007 Nobel Prize

- Where Are We Going?
- President’s Speech at St. Michael’s
- Hot Topics
- Succession Planning & Process Management
- Transition Period
- Closing Thoughts

## WHERE WE ARE

## NOAA’S VISION

**Notes:**
NOAA’s vision is to inform society about the role that the oceans, coasts, and atmosphere play in the global ecosystem.  

NOAA is an agency rooted in science that brings timely and relevant information to inform public debate and decision making.  

## NOAA’S MISSION

**Notes:**
Each mission goal must consider its relationship with the others in developing and implementing plans and programs.  

## NOAA IN 2001Stovepipes

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

**Notes:**
A few years ago, Andy Rosenberg, the former Deputy Director of NOAA Fisheries and a Member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, remarked that “NOAA is one of the best-kept secrets in government.”  This is due, in large part, to the fact that throughout its existence, NOAA “remained a collection of somewhat separate agencies as opposed to a coherent whole.” Source: Government Executive, August 1, 2005, pg 59.

Up until the early part of this century, NOAA’s structure had not changed markedly since it came into existence in 1970.  NOAA looked like the picture on this slide: like a bunch of “mom and pop” shops, each with its own idea as to how things should be done. 

No true corporate culture existed in NOAA; instead, stovepipes pervaded.  After I arrived at NOAA in 2001, we set out to change this. I think we can all agree now that elimination of the silos within which NOAA operated remains essential to ensuring that NOAA remains on the cutting edge of environmental science. 

## FROM STOVEPIPES TO MATRIX MANAGEMENT

- FROM STOVEPIPES TO MATRIX MANAGEMENT

- R E G I O N A L   C O L L A B O R A T I O N

**Notes:**
An important, and consistent, message coming out of the PRT process was that NOAA needed an integrated program management structure.  Accordingly, we created the Matrix Management System, which has provided us with the institutional structure necessary to manage cross-line challenges.

This system is complemented by the Councils, the Goal Team Leads, and the Regional Collaboration initiative. 

## NOAA FUNDING TRENDS

- *In FY’03, the House did not report or pass an SJC appropriations bill. The House-Introduced bill total is used here.

- *

- ($ in Billions)

**Notes:**
Our budget has shown consistent growth over the past 6 years. 
Enacted Budgets % Increase, FY’01 to FY’07
NOAA = 30.88%
NSF = 33.99%
NASA = 14.10%
USGS = 9.06%
NIST = 13.40%

## 2007 MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

- Reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act
- IWC & ICCAT
- Dart II Buoy in Indian Ocean
- 25th Anniversary of Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (COSPAS-SARSAT)
- UAS Flies into Hurricane Noel Remnants

- Humpback Whale

- DART II Buoy

- UAS

**Notes:**
While NOAA has perpetually operated on a tight budget, we should be proud of our many noteworthy accomplishments.  Here are a few highlights:

MSA—signed into law on January 12, 2007. MSA is groundbreaking in several respects: 
mandates the use of annual catch limits to end overfishing;
provides for market-based fishery management through limited access programs, 
calls for increased international cooperation. 

IWC & ICCAT: Bill Hogarth serves as a U.S. Commissioner and Chair of IWC and ICCAT.  
 The IWC’s 59th meeting was held in May in Alaska; was a resounding success for the U.S.
 The U.S. 5-year quotas for bowhead and gray whales were passed by consensus.  NOAA worked very hard to ensure that our aboriginal hunters would be able to continue their subsistence hunts. 
 We also garnered: (1) an agreement to hold an intersessional meeting to discuss the future of the IWC; and (2) a rejection by the commission for Japan's proposal for the creation of a small-type commercial whaling program.

ICCAT Bluefina Tuna Moratorium:  On October 17, Bill Hogarth released a statement calling for a moratorium on fishing of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin tuna due to continued overfishing of the stock and violations of catch limits.  Last month in Turkey, he recommend at the ICCAT annual meeting that ICCAT adopt a three-to-five year moratorium on fishing the stock of bluefin tuna.  Instead, the delegates agreed to continue working on the existing plan, and revisit in another year. 

DART II Buoys: Three DART II buoys were recently installed of the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Costa Rica.  NOAA also joined the government of Thailand in deploying the first DART buoy station in the Indian Ocean. 

In the 25 years since it was created in 1982, the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking program, or COSPAS-SARSAT, has been credited with more than 22,000 rescues worldwide, including nearly 6,000 in the United States and its surrounding waters. 

NOAA opened a new chapter in the world of hurricane observation by making the first unmanned flight into Hurricane Noel. A UAS flew into the eye wall of the hurricane at altitudes as low as 300 feet. Using the small, remotely piloted aircraft, scientists were able to make detailed observations of areas of hurricanes that are too dangerous for manned aircraft closing an important gap in obtaining real-time near-surface meteorological and oceanographic data. The UAS was launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Friday, November 2. It flew in winds reaching 80 mph in the core of the storm for approximately 7.5 hours providing real-time detailed observations of the near surface, high wind environment to NOAA forecasters at the National Hurricane Center, Miami. 

## 2007 MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

- Fleet Modernization
- FSV HENRY B. BIGELOW
- FSV PISCES
- FSV BELL M. SHIMADA
- New NOAA Facilities
- California Wildfires
- NOAA 200th
- 4th Earth Observations Ministerial Summit

- HENRY B. BIGELOW

- National Satellite Operations Facility

- Smoke Plume from California Wildfires

**Notes:**
Fleet Modernization
Henry B. Bigelow is the second of four 208-foot FSVs, with the third ship, Pisces, and the fourth ship, Bell M. Shimada, under construction. 
Bell M. Shimada:  A team of five students and their biology teacher from Marina High School in Marina, CA, won the "Name NOAA's New Ship" contest.  NOAA selected the entry "Bell M. Shimada" for a 208-foot FSV that is currently under construction. Shimada was an eminent fisheries scientist who specialized in Pacific tropical tuna stocks.
Facilities Modernization: NOAA has erected or renovated a number of facilities in the past few years; these facilities are a major accomplishment for our agency, especially considering the tight budgetary environment we have been operating in. Among our new or refurbished buildings are the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, MD; the Dr. Nancy Foster Florida Keys Environmental Complex; the David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, CO; and the National Weather Center in Norman, OK. In addition, we broke ground last year on the new NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction at the University of Maryland, which should be ready in 2008. 
California Wildfires: More than 1,800 homes and over 100 commercial structures destroyed; property damage more than $1B. Over 500,000 acres or nearly 700 square miles have burned. Contributions of NOAA were numerous an<number>d varied: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center provided accurate fire weather outlooks; WFO employees briefed fire managers and the media; and nine Incident Meteorologists were on-site. 
NOAA 200th: As you well know, this year is NOAA’s 200th Celebration.  200 years after President Jefferson established the Office of the Coast Survey, here we stand.  Many incredible people and events have preceded us, and many more are sure to come.  It is our job to continue to build upon and cultivate the legacy of science, service, and stewardship set by NOAA’s pioneers.
In 1807, Thomas Jefferson authorized the U.S. Survey of the Coast, which eventually became the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey The first physical science agency in the U.S.
The Weather Bureau was the first atmospheric science agency in the U.S.- 1870
Both NESDIS and OAR were part of the U.S Weather Bureau.
 OAR can be tracked back to 1955 
NESDIS can be traced back to March 1958
The Commission on Fish and Fisheries was the first conservation agency in the U.S.- 1871
Facilities Completed in 2007 Under VADM Lautenbacher's Leadership			
Montlake Modular Building		
NMFS Galveston Phase IIIb		
Kihei Multipurpose Facility		
Beaufort New Building		
NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF)		
Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute @ Lena Point		
Ketchikan Pier Facility		
Kasitsna Bay Redevelopment		
Pascagoula South Dock		
St. Paul, AK Housing		
NMFS Galveston Phase IIIc		
Pacific Regional Center (Phase 1):  Ship Operations Facility & Piers		
Total facilities completed since VADM became NOAA Administrator:  34		

## 2007 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

- NOAA IPCC Members

- Thomas R. Karl
- Dr. David Easterling
- Dr. David Fahey
- Dr. Isaac Held
- Sydney Levitus
- Ron Stouffer
- Dr. Thomas Peterson
- Dr. Venkatachala Ramaswamy
- Dr. Susan Solomon

**Notes:**
Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), along with former Vice President Al Gore, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. 
Many people in the NOAA family are intimately involved with the work of the IPCC, and this international recognition highlights the preeminent science conducted by our agency. 
NOAA’s contributions to the IPCC include numerous lead, review, and contributing authors, as well as support from staff in laboratories, line offices, public affairs, and policy. 
Additionally, Susan Solomon, a senior scientist at NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory, was co-chair of IPCC Working Group I.  

This is a great accomplishment for NOAA and for these scientists.  

## 2007 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

| Dan Albritton | H. F. Diaz | S. M. Griffies | David Levinson | J. Overpeck | Kenneth Sherman |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| J. K. Angell | K. Dixon | Pavel Groissman | Sydney Levitus | T. Owen | Caitlin Simpson |
| John Antonov | Keith Dixon | A.  Gruber | Clement Lewsey | Tsung-Hung Peng | Susan Solomon |
| Phillip A. Arkin | Ed Dlugokencky | Richard Gudgel | C. Liu* | Thomas Peterson | D. J. Stensrud |
| Raymond A. Assel  | B. Douglas | G. Gutman | Robert E. Livezey | Stephen R. Piotrowicz | William Stern |
| John Austin | David Easterling | Y. Hayashi | S. Manabe | Roger Pulwarty | Macol Stewart |
| A. Barnston | James W. Elkins | J. Hayes* | Martin Manning | R. Quayle | R. Stewart |
| J. Bates | William P Elliott | J. Haywood | Ken Masarie | Frank H. Quinn | Ronald J. Stouffer |
| Tim Boyer | R.E Eskridge | Isaac Held | Michael McPhaden | Patricia Quinn | Tonna-Marie Surgeon |
| A. Broccoli | J. Everett | Masao Kanamitsu | James H. McVey | V. Ramaswamy | Pieter P. Tans |
| H. Brooks | David W. Fahey | Sally Kane | J. Meehan | George Reid | Juli M. Trtanj |
| Kirk Bryan | James Fahn | Thomas Karl | Richard Methot | R. Reynolds | Russell Vose |
| Earle N. Buckley | Lisa Farrow | George Kiladis | Richard B. Mieremet | R. W. Reynolds | Rik Wanninkhof |
| James L.  Buizer | Richard Feely | Richard W. Knight | John B. Miller | Sergei Rodionov | Richard T. Wetherald |
| J. H. Butler | Fred Fehsenfeld | Thomas Knutson | Robert Molinari | C. F. Ropelewski | Stan Wilson |
| Muthuvel Chelliah | Joshua Foster | Chris Landsea | Stephen A. Montzka | Anthony Rosati | M. Winton |
| Thomas J. Conway | Melissa Free | John Lanzante | David Mountain | Karen Rosenlof | Scott D. Woodruff |
| W. Cooke | Dian J. Gaffen | E. LaRoe | D. Murphy | R. Ross | David Wuertz |
| M. Crowe | Dian J. Seidel | Ngar-Cheung Lau | Claudia Nierenberg | Christopher Sabine | Bruce L. Wyman |
| J. S. Daniel | K. Gallo | R. Lawford | J. Norris | Russ Schnell | P. Xie |
| Margaret Davidson | Hernan Garcia | Jay Lawrimore | Paul C. Novelli | M. D. Schwartzkopf | T. Yamada |
| Thomas L. Delworth | Byron Gleason | Ruby Leung | George  Ohring | Dan Schwarzkopf |  |

**Notes:**
131 names

## WHERE ARE WE GOING?

## PRESIDENT’S SPEECH AT ST. MICHAEL’SOctober 20, 2007

- PRESIDENT’S SPEECH AT ST. MICHAEL’SOctober 20, 2007

- Ocean Action Plan
- PapahānaumokuākeaMarine National Monument
- Reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act
- Restoration of Wetlands
- Marine Debris

- President Bush & DOC Secretary Gutierrez

- NWHI National Monument

- Northern HI Fishnet Debris

- © Coast Guard

**Notes:**
President Bush spoke recently to introduce the executive order to protect Striped Bass and Red Drum as part of the Administration’s commitment to end over-fishing and replenish our fish stocks. 
He had great things to say about the NOAA Mission and specifically thanked Secretaries Gutierrez and Kempthorne for their efforts to support conservation. 
Ocean action plan – make the oceans and Great Lakes coasts cleaner, healthier, and more productive.  
NW Hawaiian Islands Monument created one of the single largest conservation areas in the Nations history and the largest protected marine areas in the world. 
MSA – The President acknowledges the law puts in place:
Market–based incentives
Increases enforcement and raises penalties
Provides for improved data collections and ensure decisions are made based on solid science

Marine Debris – President wants us to clean up the oceans 

## FIRST LADY ANNOUNCES NEW MARINE DEBRIS INITIATIVE

- NOAA will play an important part of new, multi-agency initiative
- Internet-based educational campaign for marine debris awareness
- New NOAA website: “Marine Debris 101”

*Ghost Fishing Net*

*First Lady Bush announces new marine debris initiative at J.L Scott Marine Education Center*

*Marine Debris 101*

**Notes:**
First Lady Laura Bush has announced a new comprehensive effort aimed at reducing marine debris, with NOAA playing an important part.
Titled “Marine Debris 101,” the new NOAA marine debris Web site section is part of a multi-agency national campaign to provide the general public, as well as avid beachgoers, boaters, fishermen, students and educators with information on the impacts of marine debris and how they can become a part of the solution to reduce debris in the environment. 
“I'm happy to announce our government will work to clean our planet’s oceans with a new Marine Debris Initiative,” said First Lady Laura Bush at the early November dedication of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center at the University of Southern Mississippi. “The United States will work with international partners and organizations to prevent fishing gear from becoming lost in marine habitats. The centerpiece of this initiative will be our country's Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers. These centers form a network of 20 aquariums, museums, and research facilities, and they include the most prestigious marine facilities in our country.”
The Internet-based educational campaign for marine debris awareness and prevention answers President Bush’s call to increase public awareness and understanding of the global problem of marine debris.

Marine Debris:  Marine debris includes ghost fishing nets, derelict crab pots, and plastics.  Marine debris is a major concern in the NWHI Monument, the Gulf of Mexico, Puget Sound, and Chesapeake Bay.   Marine debris poses hazards to sea life, vessel traffic, and the fishing industry. 
Ex: more than 500,000 commercial crab pots are deployed on a typical day in the Chesapeake Bay during the summer months.  As many as 30% of these pots are lost, which translates to 30 to 120 lost pots per square kilometer.  These pots continue to catch crab in an estimated amount of 15% of the annual harvest!
Ex: in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Washington, NOAA’s Marine Debris Program (MDP) has located removed over 14,000 lbs of marine debris.  
While marine debris presents an ongoing challenge to NOAA, it as also an opportunity to raise public awareness about the importance of protecting habitats and ecosystems.

## CLIMATE

- IPCC
- National Climate Service
- Satellites
- Observations and Models
- Research to Operations
- Computing Capacity (DOE)
- NOAA responsibilities versus other federal agencies’ responsibilities

*Carbon Tracker*

**Notes:**
In the last several years, climate has been brought into the national and global spotlight.   While scientific uncertainties remain, our understanding of the climate system is growing every day.  What we know now is that the bottom line is that the climate system is warming as a result of human activities. 
In light of this fact, there is an evolving and growing societal demand for accurate, reliable, and timely climate information. 
How NOAA should respond to this demand?
Should we push for the creation of a National Climate Service, akin to the National Weather Service?  Is a national repository of climate information and services desirable?
In the breakout sessions, please give careful thought to where we should be going, and consider factors such as political climate, budgetary constraints and opportunities, partnerships, and the like.   
NOAA can’t do it all, but it can provide leadership.  A partnership approach to climate services is the way of the future.

## COASTS

- NOAA’s coastal programs at critical point
- FY’08 OMB Passback: “the effectiveness of these                                         programs is limited by the lack of a cohesive and collective strategic mission and management structure.”
- OMB asked NOAA to:
- Pick 1 to 3 priority challenges to focus on for increased integration;
- Create a structure that  drives coordination, but not a new bureaucracy; and
- capitalize on existing activities.
- NOAA responded in September. Defined common goals on: hazard resilient coastal communities and coastal development.
- Must infuse principles of integration into existing processes

**Notes:**
NOAA, as you know, plays an integral role in the coastal environment, from fisheries management, to transportation and shipping, to preparing coastal communities for storms and other high impact weather events.  Our role in this area is vital, especially given that:
 85% of U.S. tourism is located in coastal states; approximately 89.3 million people per year vacation and recreate along U.S. coasts.
Coastal populations are growing every year
The risks to life, property, and coastal habitats will only increase in the coming years as more and more people around the globe move to the coast. 
We are, however, at a critical point with our coastal programs. The FY08 OMB Passback state that the “effectiveness of these programs is limited by the lack of a cohesive and collective strategic mission and management structure.” Accordingly, OMB asked NOAA to: 
pick 1 to 3 priority challenges to focus on for increased integration; 
create a structure that would drive coordination, yet not create new unwieldy structure or bureaucracy; and 
capitalize on existing activities. 
In September, we responded to OMB by defining a set of common goals on two issues: hazard resilient coastal communities and coastal development. NOAA is infusing principles of integration to existing business processes with the goal of creating a seamless coastal presence. 
However, there is much room for improvement here, and your challenge during the breakout sessions is to determine what planning tools and services NOAA can use, or what needs to be developed.

## WATER

- Water is essential to all of NOAA:
- Ecosystem Based Management
- Drought (NIDIS)
- Unifying theme or program connection?
- Regional versus national
- NOAA responsibilities versus other agencies’ responsibilities

- “The worst drought in over a century has farmers averting their gaze from a future that looks as bleak as their fields.”
- July 4, 2007 U.S. News, NYT

**Notes:**
Water is a part of everything NOAA does as an agency.  This includes our efforts to implement ecosystem-based approaches to management, strategies for addressing and forecasting drought, and fisheries. 

Drought:
  In the U.S., drought is estimated to result in average annual losses to all sectors of the economy of between $6-8 billion. 
 Drought is an enormous problem for this Nation, and NOAA must participate in crafting strategies for addressing it.  

NOAA needs to continue support for the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), which was established in 2006 at the Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO.  NIDIS is the future of drought research and monitoring, and is designed to provide: an early warning system for drought; drought impact and causation education; resources for drought mitigation; and improved observational capabilities 
Consider if we should continue to pursue the our drought programs and, if so, in what manner?  
 Monitoring, understanding and prediction of drought:  
Bridging drought-sensitive physical, ecosystem, and socioeconomic systems:  
Engaging preparedness communities and developing decision support tools:  
Education and Public Awareness. 

## REGIONAL COLLABORATION 

- Regional Collaboration Challenges
- How do we organize it?
- How do we staff it?
- Connections with state and local partners?
- Improved stakeholder relations?

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

**Notes:**
The primary goal of Regional Collaboration is to improve services for the benefit of NOAA’s customers, 
We have initially identified four national-level priority areas.  These national priorities are blended with an understanding of unique regional priorities that allows NOAA to be responsive to regional needs.
NOAA has also established an initial regional framework as an organizing principle for identifying Regional Teams and regional NOAA assets
But there are a number of challenges that we need to address. 

## EDUCATION, OUTREACHAND EXTENSION

- America COMPETES Act
- New Legislation = New Opportunities
- What Should we Do?
- Separate or integrated programs?
- Whose responsibility?  Headquarters?  Line Offices?

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

- The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal and informal education activities at all levels to enhance public awareness and understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric science and stewardship by the general public and other coastal stakeholders, including underrepresented groups in ocean  and atmospheric science and policy careers. In conducting those activities, the Administrator shall build upon the educational programs and activities of the agency.

- For more information on student opportunities at NOAA go to
- http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/noaa_student_opps.html

**Notes:**
I am a firm believer in improving the environmental literacy of the Nation.  This begins at an elementary level, and continues through to adulthood.  We must fuel what is called the “Science Education Continuum: 
In elementary school, science is taught by one teacher who covers a large range of issues.  By the time a student gets to graduate school, the approach to studying science is specialized and is often disaggregated.  
For NOAA to be successful in its mission and for society to address complex problems related to the Earth System, we need to have an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to our solutions, and get back to big-picture understanding. 
In the end we need to have a society that can approach solutions with the whole Earth system in mind, not just a piece of it, connecting our individual actions to the health of collective living ecosystems. 
For the first time, we have legislation that authorizes us to conduct educational activities (but provides no authorization level).   
(full text) NOAA Education Section of the America COMPETES Act 
Section 4002 Ocean and Atmospheric Science Education Programs.(a) In General. -- The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall conduct, develop, support, promote, and coordinate formal and informal education activities at all levels to enhance public awareness and understanding of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and atmospheric science and stewardship by the general public and other coastal stakeholders, including underrepresented groups in ocean and atmospheric science and policy careers. In conducting those activities, the Administrator shall build upon the educational programs and activities of the agency.(b) NOAA Science Education Plan. -- The Administrator, appropriate National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, ocean and atmospheric science and education experts, and interested members of the public shall develop a science plan setting forth the education goals and strategies for the Administration, as well as programmatic actions to carry out such goals and priorities over the next 20 years, and evaluate and update such a plan every 5 years. 

## GEOSS

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

- GEO Ministerial Summit— November 30, 2007, Cape Town
- 73 Members + 46 International Organizations
- U.S. delegationhighlighted USGEO early achievements:
- Air Quality/Forecasting
- Climate Change
- Drought Information
- Land Surface  (Landsat)
- Disaster warnings
- How can NOAA use GEOSS to improve delivery of our products and services?
- Under whose leadership within NOAA will GEOSS issues be worked?

**Notes:**
I have just returned from the Cape Town, South Africa, where we held the GEO Ministerial Summit. There, the US presented 12 early achievements. 

NOAA should build on our successes through these priority areas:
Climate change and Sustainable Growth
Water Security for Society and the biosphere
Changing Landscapes, Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity
Full and Open Data Exchange

The challenge for you is to ensure that the wind filling the GEOSS sails continues to blow, both within NOAA and in broader federal and international contexts. 

## SUCCESSION PLANNINGA Changing Workforce

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

- We need to do more now to produce the workforce of tomorrow!
- Leadership Competencies Development Program
- DOC Executive Leadership Development Program
- Program Coordination Office
- NOAA Leadership Seminar
- Hollings and Nancy Foster Scholarships
- EPP/MSI Program
- Sea Grant Fellowships

**Notes:**
Colin Powell once said:  “Organization doesn't really accomplish anything.  Plans don't accomplish anything, either.  Theories of management don't much matter.  Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.  Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.”

In short, NOAA must create an environment where the best, brightest, and most creative are attracted, retained, and unleashed.

How can we do this?  What will you do to attract a replacement for you?  How will you prepare your team for the coming personnel changes?

## PROCESS MANAGEMENTPositioning NOAA for Success

- Partnering
- Advanced planning with partners and stakeholders
- Research to applications: Taking a proactive approach
- Rigorous management of acquisitions
- Continued focus on operational service delivery

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

**Notes:**
In addition to planning for the future workforce, NOAA can also position itself for the future with improved process management.  This will be accomplished with utilization of partnerships, acquisition management and a focus on operational service delivery.

## HYBRID FUNCTIONAL/LINE PRODUCT MODEL

- HYBRID FUNCTIONAL/LINE PRODUCT MODEL

## The Transition Process:AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE

- The Transition Process:AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE

- Transition opportunities
- Programs and Budgets
- Timing
- Preparation

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

**Notes:**
I have been around Washington for many years.  I have seen many Presidents come and go, both Republican and Democrat.  Here are some things I have learned about the transition process that I want to share with you...

##  ADMIRAL’S THOUGHTS

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

- Leadership Skills
- Improving Management Skills
- Attracting and Cultivating Talented People
- Motivating your Team
- Achieving High Level Goals
- Growing your Careers
- Future Vision for NOAA
- Shared NOAA Vision
- Organic Act
- NOAA Organization
- Flexible
- Relevant

## LEADERSHIP

- “Something to Celebrate”
- Responsibility — Overarching
- Leave it All on the Field
- Future / People / Answering the Mail
- Execution!

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

## IN CONCLUSION...

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

- It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face in marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

*Theodore Roosevelt: “Citizenship in a Republic”*
- Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

## Backup Material

## RAYDER’S RULES

- “A” grades don’t get more money in Washington, D.C.
- You think you are connected and can get the plus up—so does the other person at the other agency.
- Good advocates can get a Congressional earmark, GREAT advocates help get a program start in the President’s budget. Consider who you want your advocates to be.
- Be careful who you partner with as you may be with them for life.
- Groom risk takers.

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities

## RAYDER’S RULES

- Enemies work in Washington, D.C. for a while but too many will force you to capitulate. Networks of friends are better at surviving.
- Trying to sell out your fellow LO’s does not work.
- Good program management obviates the need for political intervention—well run programs advocate themselves. Know your elevator speech.
- The drive for NOAA independence is a double-edged sword which means regardless of what side you are on you are going to get nicked, cut or bruised.
- Political imperatives can be created.

- Positioning NOAA for Tomorrow's Opportunities