Vision For NOAAs Future Putting the Pieces Together

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Vision For NOAAs Future Putting the Pieces
Together

• VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.)
• Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere NOAA Administrator
• January 12, 2005

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NOAAs Vision

• A vastly enhanced scientific understanding of the
  role of the oceans, coasts, and atmosphere in the
  global ecosystem available to society and
  national leadership as a basis for critical
  social and economic policy decisions

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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
• 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

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NOAAs 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

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NOAAs AccomplishmentsMission and Process

• Mission Successes
• 777 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
• Line Office Strategic Plans in alignment with
  NOAA Strategic Plan
• 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

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NOAA AccomplishmentsBudget Trends
Billions
FY 2006 is original OMB Passback
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NOAAs AccomplishmentsWhere We Rank For 2005
Agencies with the biggest increases over the
Presidents 2005 budget request...
...and those with the biggest cuts
Federal Times, November 29, 2004
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High Level Attention
National Hurricane Center
Ocean Commission Executive Order
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NOAAs Environment

• Ocean Commission Report
• Earth Observations
• Climate Change Science Plan
• Research Review Team
• Finance and Administration Study
• Increased IT security scrutiny
• New Congress

• New DOC Secretary nominee Carlos Gutierrez
• Administration priorities
• Homeland Security
• Modest to level budget increases
• Heavily ear-marked budget
• Emphasis on space exploration

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How Do We Get Here?
Leadership
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5 Ingredients to Good Leadership
Attitude
Competence
Communication
Influence
Management
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A One NOAA Vision

• Where Will We Be In 5 Years?
• Communication
• Integration
• Strengthening Corporate NOAA
• Organizational Excellence
• Mission Excellence

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Where Will We Be In 5 Years?One NOAA January
2010

• COMMUNICATION One NOAA Voice, 360 Listening
• Transparency of Mission Internal External to
  NOAA
• NOAA Management actively listens to employees,
  incorporates feedback into practices
• Employees understand live the mission
  ensures long-term care feeding of NOAA
• External needs of society are driving internal
  administrative requirements external partners
  have stake in the outcome
• Buy-in from community/stakeholders puts Average
  Joe/Joan in NOAAs Corner

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Communications Pathway to a Solution

• Create a corporate NOAA Office of Communications
• Focus on
• (a) internal NOAA communication and messaging
• (b) coordinating consistency of message across
  media, public, legislative, NOAA employees
• Partner, at least initially, with best of breed
  organizations to jumpstart initiative.
• Get expert assessment of NOAAs best practices in
  communications
• Provide central infrastructure for all NOAA
  public information
• Task CIO, Office of Communications, Education
  Office and Public Affairs to create IT
  infrastructure and process that leverages
  knowledge-based management approaches (including
  push-pull) to communicate effectively both
  internally and externally
• Reinforce the NOAA Brand/Image
• NOAA vs. NWS, for example

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Organizational Excellence

• Effective Operational Organization
• Next Generation Management Information System
• Communication
• Corporate Function
• Single Website
• NOAA Intranet
• Blue Pages
• NOAA Branding
• Internal
• External

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Organizational Excellence

• Requirements-based PPBES
• Integrated Research Enterprise
• Embrace new technologies (UAVs, UUVs)
• Integral Economic/Benefit Analysis Functions
• Real Program Trade-off Analysis
• NOAA Interagency Panel Leadership on all
  Cross-Agency Missions
• Integrated Performance Measurement System

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Mission Excellence

• Real Time Operational Surface Transportation
  Conditions Reporting System
• Reduce the Aqua-/Mari-culture Trade Deficit by
  50
• Operational Bio-detection Network in place
• Plankton to Whales
• Operational Phased Array NOAA/FAA Wx/ATC System
• Operational Next Generation Trawling Gear
  Replacement

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Mission Excellence

• Completed Operational Ocean Observing System
• Three Regional Ecosystem Management Pilots in
  place
• First Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Plan
• Operational Climate Monitoring System
• Carbon, Climate Reference Network
• Reduce Charting Backlog by 50
• One Hour Lead Time for Tornado Forecasts

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Mission Excellence

• Real Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Improvement
• Nationwide Operational Air Quality Network
• Operational National Drought Monitoring System
• Operational UAV, UUV Support Fleet
• Assimilation of NASA NSF Research into
  Operational Satellites
• GOES-R First Operational Integrated Environmental
  Monitoring Satellite System

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Mission Excellence

• NOAA Ownership and Operation of the U.S. Earth
  Observing Satellites
• Including LANDSAT
• Operational National Water Quality Network
• Non-Point Source Reduction
• Recognized Leadership in Earth Systems Modeling
• Fishery Capacity Equal to Sustainable Wild
  Harvest Levels

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Just An Expression, But...

• Dont spend all your time sorting your socks.

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What You Should Take Away

• The Future.is Bright!!!
• NOAA is
• An Effective, Successful Organization With
  World-wide Recognition
• Composed of Talented, Experienced and Dedicated
  People
• Critical to Meeting the Nations and the Worlds
  Economic and Environmental Challenges
• Organizationally Positioned to Provide Leadership
  
• Where Science Gains Value
• NOAA is All of Us Working Together With a Unified
  Vision and Consistent Message

Thank you for your service!