An official website of the United States government.								Here's how you know we're official.				

##### dot gov icon**Official websites use .gov**

A **.gov** website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

##### https icon**Secure websites use HTTPS**

A small lock or **https://** means you’ve safely connected to a .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Ocean ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

              -  Home 
              -  Ocean Facts 
              -  TOPICS ****                  - Explore All Topics
                - Careers
                - Economy
                - Ecosystems
                - Geodesy
                - Hazards
                - Navigation
                - Observations
                - Ocean
                - Recreation
                - Sea Level Rise 
                - Story Maps
                - Tools 
              -  Education 
              -  News 
              -  Podcasts 
              -  Video 
              -  Images 
              -  About Us 

HomeAbout

# From the Desk of the Assistant Administrator

## The nation's ocean and coastal agency: Supporting coastal communities, promoting a robust				economy, and protecting coastal and marine ecosystems.

28February

## **Twenty Five Years of Response and Restoration**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  28 February 2024

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf celebrates the 25th anniversary of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration.

5February

## **Improving Elevations for the Nation**

                  - Post by NOS Deputy Assistant Administrator Rachael A. Dempsey /
                  -  5 February 2024

In this video message, NOS Deputy Assistant Administrator Rachael Dempsey shares how recent advancements in the GRAV-D project will help reduce risk for coastal communities through better flood predictions and better support emergency evacuation planning.

25January

## **2023 NOAA Restoration Settlements**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  25 January 2024

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares the news that NOAA and partners helped recover over $92 million from polluters to restore seven waterways in six states following oil spill and industrial pollution incidents in 2023.

----

### **2023**

30October

## **New National Ocean Service Strategic Plan**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  30 October 2023

I am delighted to announce the release of the NOS Strategic Plan for 2024-2028! Just today, we released a new Strategic Plan landing page and special video message. Implementation of the plan will streamline our priorities in response to our nation’s growing need for ocean and coastal products and services and leverage and connect broad expertise across our program offices.

24August

## **New Monthly High											Tide Flooding Outlook Now Available**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  24 August 2023

									In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares a major									advancement in NOAA’s capability to predict high tide flooding that is available for									public use. Learn more about the Monthly										High Tide Flooding Outlook.

27July

## **High-Resolution Coastal											Land Cover Data Will Be Available**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  27 July 2023

									In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares that over									the next year, new coastal										land cover data will be available throughout the coastal zone, and at a									resolution, or level of detail, we’ve never been able to provide before. 

2February

## **Over $114 million											recovered from polluters to restore waterways**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  2 February 2023

									In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf shares how in 2022									NOAA and our partners recovered over $114 million dollars to restore 6 polluted U.S.									waterways.

----

### **2022**

15December

## **Disaster											Preparedness Program: Five Year Anniversary**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  15 December 2022

The NOAA Office of Response and Restoration's Disaster Preparedness Program recently									celebrated five years of helping NOS, our partners, and coastal communities prepare									for, respond to, and recover from both human-caused and natural events. In this									video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf marks this milestone and									shares her thoughts about this program. 

14October

## **NOS Hurricane Ian											Activities**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  14 October 2022

In the midst of great need, the National Ocean Service answered the call to service									as Hurricane Ian battered the Florida mainland and portions of Georgia and the									Carolinas. This message provides an overview of recent activities in support of									response and recovery to this storm. 

12October

## **Great Lakes											Hydrographic Survey Cruise Missions**

                  - Guest post by Office of Coast Survey Rear Adm. Benjamin Evans and Office of											National Marine Sanctuaries John Armor /
                  -  12 October 2022

In this video message, Rear Adm. Benjamin Evans, director, Office of Coast Survey,									and John Armor, director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, are proud to share									with you a video message about how the recent mapping missions in the Great Lakes									supports critical updates to NOAA’s nautical charts, and provides modern data to the									scientific and benthic mapping communities. 

4October

## **RICHARD Cruise Combines											Mapping, Charting, and Coral Surveys**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  4 October 2022

This September marked the completion of the five-month expedition to the Mariana									Islands on the NOAA ship *Rainier*. NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole									LeBoeuf is proud to share a video message about this cruise. This innovative NOAA									mission combined very different and historically siloed projects – mapping and									charting in conjunction with coral reef ecosystem surveying. 

8September

## **Center of											Population**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  8 September 2022

Once every ten years, NOAA and the U.S. Census Bureau team up to capture snapshots of									how our nation's population is changing over time. Learn about this special									partnership — and our new "center of population" — in this video message									from NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf. 

8August

## **National Marine											Sanctuaries Stamps Issuance**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  8 August 2022

To celebrate 50 years of ocean and coastal conservation, NOS Assistant Administrator									Nicole LeBoeuf is excited to share that the U.S. Postal Service and NOAA’s Office of									National Marine Sanctuaries teamed up to showcase our nation’s underwater treasures									with 16 new Forever® stamps. 

22June

## **National Ocean											Month**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  22 June 2022

Every June, our country observes National Ocean Month. Here at NOS, we celebrate									throughout the month on our website and social media channels by sharing videos,									facts, trivia, and more! Our virtual celebration highlights the critical role our									ocean plays, the relationship we share with it, and the steps we can take to protect									and conserve it. Whether you live along a coast, on a farm, in a city, or on top of									a mountain, this amazing body of water is a part of your life. 

24March

## **Supporting our											Geospatially Enabled World**

                  - Guest post by National Geodetic Survey Galen Scott /
                  -  24 March 2022

It is my honor to write to you today about National Surveyors Week and the unique and									valuable service that NOS's National Geodetic Survey provides to our geospatially									enabled world. 

20January

## **Over $130 Million to Restore											10 Polluted Waterways Across the Country**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  20 January 2022

In 2021, NOAA and our partners recovered over 130 million dollars to restore 10									polluted waterways in six states. We did this by first conducting scientific and									economic studies to evaluate the impacts of pollution on these waterways. We then									reached legal agreements with those responsible for the pollution to pay for the									restoration projects in these areas. 

----

### **2021**

18November

## **Celebrate Geography											Awareness Week**

                  - Guest Post by Rocky Mountain Regional Advisor Brian C. Shaw  /
                  -  18 November 2021

This month NGS released the Beta NGS Map, a GIS that provides access to multiple									datasets. From historical maps to the latest data visualization techniques, there’s									plenty to celebrate for Geography Awareness Week. 

28October

## **Looking Back, Looking											Forward**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  28 October 2021

In October, NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad and I had the honor of participating									in the Oceans of Knowledge 2021: Climate Change and the Ocean conference, which took									place at the Institute of Physics in London, England. The conference was designed to									set the stage for COP26, and gave international representatives from government,									academia, and the private sector the chance to discuss climate change and									sustainable use of the ocean and ocean resources, the role of the ocean in natural									and engineered climate mitigation, and rising sea levels and coastal vulnerability.								

17September

## **36th International											Coastal Cleanup**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  17 September 2021

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf celebrates the 36th									year of the International Coastal Cleanup, which is hosted by NOS’s partner, The									Ocean Conservancy. In it she shares information about this incredible event, and									explains how you can get involved and make a difference. 

29July

## **Celebrating 30 Years of PORTSR**

                  - Guest Post by Center for Operational Oceanographic Products & Services											Director Richard Edwing /
                  -  29 July 2021

This July, CO-OPS celebrates 30 years of PORTS. PORTS provides vessel operators with									quality controlled real-time status of environmental parameters — including water									levels, currents, waves, salinity, bridge clearance (air gap), winds, air and water									temperature, and visibility — to enable the best safety of life and property									decisions.

08June

## **World Ocean Day Video											Message**

                  - Post by NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  08 May 2021

In this video message, NOS Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf celebrates World									Ocean Day and National Ocean Month; notes NOAA's participation in the United Nations									Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and Capitol Hill Ocean Week; and									discusses how NOS is contributing to diversity, inclusion, and environmental									justice.

03May

## **Public Service Recognition											Week**

                  - Post by NOS Acting Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  03 May 2021

In this Public Service Recognition Week (May 2-8, 2021) video message, NOS Assistant									Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf celebrates the National Ocean Service, its employees,									and the work that NOS does to serve our nation.

22April

## **Earth Day and Environmental											Justice**

                  - Post by NOS Acting Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  22 April 2021

Happy Earth Day! The theme this year is "Restore our Earth.” One of the ways we can									“Restore our Earth” for all its inhabitants is by prioritizing environmental									justice. Environmental justice is also a critical part of our response to climate									change and a major priority for this administration and for NOAA. I shared my									thoughts on Earth Day and on our environmental justice initiatives in this new video									message.

25March

## **National Surveyors											Week**

                  - Guest Post by NOS Geodesist Michael Dennis /
                  -  25 March 2021

It is hard to overstate the larger-than-life presence NGS has in the surveying									profession. Early in my career, I learned the many benefits to be gained by tying my									surveys to the NGS National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). Here I want to focus on									two related aspects of the NSRS that impacted my work as a surveyor and are									undergoing changes today: the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS) and the foot (not									the body part, but the unit of measure).

11February

## **The Science We Need for											the Ocean We Want**

                  - Post by NOS Acting Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  11 February 2021

The health of our world ocean is in danger. A changing climate, increasing world									population, and a variety of environmental stressors threaten to further harm the									ocean that we love. But there is hope. The United Nations (U.N.) has proclaimed a									Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, to be held from 2021 to 2030.									The effort aims to improve ocean health while creating better conditions for the									sustainable development of our ocean and coasts throughout the world.

07January

## **2021 Annual											Report Released, Digital Coast Act**

                  - Post by NOS Acting Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf /
                  -  07 January 2021

This week, we celebrate the outstanding accomplishments across NOS in the newly									released Fiscal Year 2020 Year in									Review. Also of note, on December 18, 2020, the Digital Coast Act was enacted after									being signed by the President, which is a cause for celebration throughout NOS.

###### **Assistant Administrator**

National Ocean Service  Assistant Administrator 							Nicole LeBoeuf

Bio | Photo

###### Post**Archives**

          -  Browse Older Posts from the NOS Assistant								Administrator
          -  Subscribe to Syndicated Feed of Updates

###### Organization **Links**

NOS Links

----

** National Ocean Service										Introduction (PDF)

----

** NOS Assistant Administrator Biography

** NOS Annual Reports & Budget Requests

** Explore the Breadth of Diversity in Our Work										and Mission

** About NOS Education

** NOS Disaster Response Support

** NOS Environmental Compliance

** NOS Grants

** NOS Organization Chart

**										NOS Program Offices

** NOS Roadmap

** NOS Science Seminars

----

**										Contact Us

**										NOS Public Affairs Newsroom

**										NOS Website User Survey

NOAA Links

** NOAA.gov

** NOAA Organizational Structure, Mission and										Statutory Authority

**Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights									

 Dept. of Commerce										Links

** U.S. Department of Commerce

** DOC Strategic Plan and Annual Performance										Plans

** DOC Office of Business Liaison

            - Provide Feedback 
            -  Contact Us 
            -  Report an error 

##### Science. Service.Stewardship.

###### 						About NOS 					

            - About Us
            - NOS Program Offices
            - Media Inquiries
            - Website Acknowledgements

###### 						Resources 					

            - Site Index
            - Disclaimer
            - Freedom of Information Act
            - Accessibility

###### 						More Resources 					

            - Information Quality
            - Privacy Policy
            - NOS For Employees
            - USA.gov

          -  National Ocean Service
          -  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
          -  Department of Commerce

##### 						Social 					

            - 
            - 
            - 
            - 
            -