CORE

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CORE
CORE Public Policy Forum Board of Governors
Meeting

• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S.
  Navy (Ret.)
• Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
  Atmosphere
• NOAA Administrator
• March 9, 2005

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NOAAS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT

• NOAA Budget
• Highlights
• Support to CORE
• Grant Profiles
• NOAA Ships
• Current Environment
• New Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
• New Congress
• Challenges Opportunities
• FY04 Current Events/Accomplishments

Gutierrez at Earth Observation Summit III
Gutierrez at NOAAs National Hurricane Center
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HISTORICAL NOAA BUDGET TRENDS
( in Billions)
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FY06 NOAA BUDGET SUMMARY

• Reflects Administrations Support for NOAAs
  Strategic Goals
• Supports Improved Performance in NOAA
• Maintains Essential Environmental Services for
  the Nation

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FY06 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

• Totals 3,585.8 million, an increase of 242.5
  million or 7.3 above FY05 Current Program
• Provides 53.1 million for Inflationary Costs,
  Including the 2.3 Pay Raise
• Fully Funds Planned Satellite Increases for
  NPOESS and GOES R
• Funds Fisheries Survey Vessel 4
• Ocean Commission Related Activities Ocean
  Exploration Sea Grant
• Invests in Ecosystems Based Fisheries Management
• Funds Expanded Tsunami Warning Network
• Expands Climate Observations and Services
• Improves NOAA Corporate Management and
  Administration

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NOAA BUDGET BY STRATEGIC GOAL ( IN MILLIONS)
Goal FY05 Enacted FY06 Current Program Net Program Change FY06 Presidents Budget PercentChange
Ecosystems 1,351.5 1,017.9 62.8 1,080.7 6.2
Climate 256.9 220.3 19.6 239.9 8.9
Weather Water 852.3 824.3 34.3 858.6 4.2
Commerce Transportation 164.7 149.6 20.0 169.6 13.4
Mission Support 1,376.3 1,226.2 105.8 1,332.0 8.6
Financing (83.0) (95.0) (95.0)
Total 3,918.7 3,343.3 242.5 3,585.8 7.3
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NOAA BUDGET BY LINE OFFICE( IN MILLIONS)
Line Office FY05 Enacted FY06 Current Program Net Program Increase FY06 Presidents Budget Percent Change
NOS 669.3 386.9 27.9 414.7 7.2
NMFS 823.6 674.7 53.2 727.9 7.9
OAR 413.8 347.1 25.1 372.2 7.2
NWS 783.0 803.8 35.5 839.3 4.4
NESDIS 907.4 891.6 72.3 963.9 8.1
PS/Other 449.2 369.5 28.5 398.2 7.7
Financing (127.6) (130.3) -- (130.3) --
Total 3,918.7 3,343.3 242.5 3,585.8 7.3
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NOAA PROGRAMS OF INTEREST TO COREFY04 ACTUAL
Program FY 2004 Actual Intramural Funding FY 2004 Actual Extramural Funding FY 2004 Actual Total Funding
NCCOS 40,674 13,060 53,734
OAR Labs JI 95,293 10,501 105,794
Climate Global Change 20,992 34,726 55,718
Climate Obs Services 18,085 18,406 36,491
Sea Grant Research 1,787 29,064 30,851
Sea Grant Education/Outreach 896 29,736 30,632
Ocean Ex Research 7,416 5,473 12,889
Ocean Ex Other 17,154 17,154
NURP 1,389 14,989 16,378
NURP Other 319 319
EPP/MSI RD 835 6,759 7,594
EPP/MSI Other 835 6,759 7,594
Ocean Health Initiative 4,560 9,524 14,084
TOTAL 194,467 196,470 389,232
Percentage 49.5 50.5
Non-research components of selected programs
appear in italics
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NOAA PROGRAMS OF INTEREST TO COREFY05 REQUEST
Program FY 2005 Request Intramural Funding FY 2005 Request Extramural Funding FY 2005 Request Total Funding
NCCOS 28,783 16,660 45,443
OAR Labs JI 96,448 7,851 104,299
Climate Global Change 22,646 24,813 47,479
Climate Obs Services 31,982 25,820 57,802
Sea Grant Research 1,437 28,411 29,848
Sea Grant Education/Outreach 1,437 26,173 27,610
Ocean Ex Research 7,514 2,602 10,116
Ocean Ex Other 1,124 1,124
NURP 2,570 8,328 10,898
NURP Other
EPP/MSI RD 825 6,675 7,500
EPP/MSI Other 825 6,678 7,500
Ocean Health Initiative
TOTAL 194,467 155,132 349,599
Percentage 55.6 44.4
Non-research components of selected programs
appear in italics
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NOAA PROGRAMS OF INTEREST TO COREFY05 ENACTED
Program FY 2005 Enacted Intramural Funding FY 2005 Enacted Extramural Funding FY 2005 Enacted Total Funding
NCCOS 51,727 26,088 77,815
OAR Labs JI 93,277 7,280 100,557
Climate Global Change 20,439 45,812 66,251
Climate Obs Services 22,685 15,426 38,111
Sea Grant Research 1,800 29,659 31,459
Sea Grant Education/Outreach 1,000 29,393 30,393
Ocean Ex Research 14,035 6,402 20,437
Ocean Ex Other 2 8,128 8,130
NURP 1,452 15,476 16,928
NURP Other 320 320
EPP/MSI RD 922 7,456 8,378
EPP/MSI Other 923 7,456 8,379
Ocean Health Initiative 10,350 7,392 17,742
TOTAL 218,612 206,288 424,900
Percentage 51.5 48.5
Non-research components of selected programs
appear in italics
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NOAA PROGRAMS OF INTEREST TO COREFY06 REQUEST
Program FY 2006 Request Intramural Funding FY 2006 Request Extramural Funding FY 2006 Request Total Funding Difference from 05 Request Intramural Funding Difference from 05 Request Extramural Funding Difference from 05 Request Total Funding
NCCOS 31,293 16,660 47,953 2,510 2,510
OAR Labs JI 93,277 7,280 100,557 1,483 (571) 912
Climate Global Change 20,439 45,812 66,251 (5,414) 14,101 8,687
Climate Obs Services 22,685 15,426 38,111 (2,966) (127) (3,093)
Sea Grant Research 1,800 29,659 31,459 363 875 1,238
Sea Grant Education/Outreach 1,000 29,393 30,393 (437) 2,949 2,512
Ocean Ex Research 14,035 6,402 20,437 6,546 2,831 9,377
Ocean Ex Other 2 8,128 8,130 2,076 2,076
NURP 1,452 15,476 16,928 (1,270) 836 (434)
NURP Other 320 320
EPP/MSI RD 922 7,456 8,378 (293) (293)
EPP/MSI Other 923 7,456 8,379 (293) (293)
Ocean Health Initiative 10,350 7,392 17,742
TOTAL 218,612 206,288 424,900 815 22,384 23,199
Percentage 51.5 48.5 0.4 14.4 6.6
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NOAA EDUCATION SPENDING
PROGRAM FY05 Approp FY06 PB PROGRAM FY05 Approp FY05 Approp FY06 PB
GOAL 1 ECOSYSTEM GOAL 1 ECOSYSTEM GOAL 1 ECOSYSTEM PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ALL GOALS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ALL GOALS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ALL GOALS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ALL GOALS
Corals 200 200 NOAA Management NOAA Management    
Protected Areas     Office of Education and Sustainable Development (Base) Office of Education and Sustainable Development (Base) 1,500 1,700
National Marine Sanctuary Program 2,107 2,107 NOAA Education Initiative NOAA Education Initiative 5,000  
B-WET Monterey 500   JASON JASON 2,500  
National Estuarine Research Reserves 1,705 1,705 National Ocean Sciences Bowl National Ocean Sciences Bowl 1,000  
National Marine Protected Areas Center 179 179 B-WET Chesapeake B-WET Chesapeake 2,500  
Coastal Resource Management     B-WET Hawaii B-WET Hawaii 1,500  
Coastal Services Center 1,000 1,000 Save the Bay Narragansett Save the Bay Narragansett 500  
Undersea Research Exploration     American Museum of Natural History (PAC Earmark) American Museum of Natural History (PAC Earmark) 1,000  
Ocean Exploration 1,370 1,370 Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program 3,919 3,586
Fisheries Management 100 100 American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society 100 100
Ecosystem Research     Information Technology, RD, and Science Education Information Technology, RD, and Science Education    
Sea Grant 3,000 3,000 Education Partnership Program/Minority Serving Institutions Education Partnership Program/Minority Serving Institutions 7,500 7,500
GOAL 3 WEATHER WATER GOAL 3 WEATHER WATER GOAL 3 WEATHER WATER Geostationary Satellite Acquisition Geostationary Satellite Acquisition 200 200
Local Warnings Forecast     Fleet Services and Acquisition Fleet Services and Acquisition    
AMS 100 100 Teacher-At-Sea Teacher-At-Sea 97 97
in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research Satellite Services Satellite Services    
in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society 200 200
in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research in thousands Does not appear under NOAA Education Program in the FY2006 request because it is a percentage of the total NOAA request. And additional 7.5M is requested for research TOTAL TOTAL 37,777 23,144
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NOAA SPONSORED EARTH OBSERVING PROJECTS
Project Name Lead Institution / Recipient FY04 Enacted Funding FY05 Enacted Funding
Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science 2.5M 2.5M
California Center for Integrative Coastal Ocean Research (CI-CORE) California State University System Moss Landing Marine Laboratories 2.5M 2.5M
Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS) University of South Carolina Belle Baruch Institute 2.5M 2.5M
Center for Integrated Marine Technologies (CIMT) University of California at Santa Cruz Institute of Marine Sciences 2.5M
Coastal Ocean Observing and Analysis (COOA) University of New Hampshire 2.5M 2.5M
Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP) University of North Carolina at Wilmington 2.5M 2.473M
Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science and Alaska Sea Life Center 2.0M
Wave Current Surge Information System (WAVCIS) Louisiana State University Coastal Studies Institute
TOTALS TOTALS 15.0M 14.473M
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NOAA SPONSORED EARTH OBSERVING PROJECTS
continued from previous slide
Project Name Lead Institution / Recipient FY04 Enacted Funding FY05 Enacted Funding
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) University of California San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2.0M 1.5M
Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) GoMOOS 2.0M 1.9M
Southeastern Coastal Ocean Observing Program (SCOOP) Southeastern University Research Association (SURA) 2.0M
Long Island Sound Integrated Coastal Observing System (LISICOS) University of Connecticut 1.8M 1.0M
Coastal Monitoring and Prediction System (COMPS) University of South Florida 1.25M 750K
Central Gulf of Mexico Observing System University of Southern Mississippi 2.0M
Joint Ocean Observation Technology Center University of New Hampshire (expected funding) 4.0M
TOTALS TOTALS 9.05M 11.15M
GRAND TOTALS GRAND TOTALS 24.05M 25.62M
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RE CORE RECIPIENTS OF NOAA GRANTS, FY03 FY04

• Total Funds to Board of Governors
  Institutions 185,105,931
• Total Funds to Associate Interim Members
  42,624,254
• FY03 CORE GRANTS TOTAL 227,730,185
• Total Funds to Board of Governors
  Institutions 235,637,888
• Total Funds to Associate Interim Members
  51,279,217
• FY04 CORE GRANTS TOTAL 286,917,105

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NOAA FY 04 TYPES OF FEDERAL FUNDING
Grant Dollars (971.9M)
Grant Awards (1501)
716 (48)
279M (29)
186M (19)
174M (18)
129M (13)
228 (15)
218 (15)
184 (12)
107M (11)
95M (10)
138 (9)
17 (1)
Formula
Competitive
Institutional
Non- Competitive
Soft Earmarks
Congressionally Mandated
Formula
Institutional
Competitive
Soft Earmarks
Non- Competitive
Congressionally Mandated
Discretionary Funding
Non-Discretionary Funding
Non-Discretionary Funding
Discretionary Funding
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NOAA FY 04 FEDERAL FUNDING BY GRANTEE TYPE
Grant Awards (1501)
Grant Dollars (971.9M)
698 (47)
346M (36)
349M (36)
371 (25)
195M (20)
285 (19)
125 (8)
65M (7)
22 (1)
14M (2)
Non- Profit
For-Profit
State and Local Government
Higher Education
State and Local Government
Non- Profit
For-Profit
Other
Higher Education
Other
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NOAA FY02-04 FUNDING TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
Number of Grant Awards
Grant Dollars
698 (47)
346M (36)
286M (32)
662 (44)
332M (39)
684 (46)
FY2003 854M
FY2004 972M
FY2004 1501
FY2002 906M
FY2002 1498
FY2003 1506
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FY 2004 GRANT AWARDS BY GOAL(in thousands)
Commerce and Transportation
17,215
Mission Support
17,697
Weather Water
69,881
Climate
134,394
732,770
Ecosystems
Total 972 million
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NOAA GRANTS PROFILE
20 YEAR GRANTS HISTORY BY NUMBER OF AWARDS
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FY041501 grants
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
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NOAA GRANTS PROFILE
20 YEAR GRANTS HISTORY BY FEDERAL SHARE
FY04971.9M
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GRANTS ONLINE PROJECT

• Goals
• Corporate Unified Web-based Grant Processing
  Administration
• Direct Interface With Grants.gov, a Mandated
  Public Law 106/107 Initiative and Integration
  with E-grants
• Corporate Standard Business Processes
  Contributing to an Efficient, Effective Use of
  Grants Management Resources
• Benefits
• Increased convenience for NOAA applicants and
  grantees
• NOAA accountability and visibility
  www.ofa.noaa.gov/grantsonline/
• NOAA can now enforce common Grant Business Rules
  using one system
• At least 1,500 grants annually, nearing 1
  billion total

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NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION ANALYSIS
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CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IMPRESSIONS

• New Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
• Changed Don Evans
• Committee highlights
• Changed Ernest Hollings
• Changed Ted Stevens- Senate Appropriations Chair
• New Thad Cochran- Senate Appropriations Chair
• New Jerry Lewis- House Appropriations Chair
• New Ted Stevens- Commerce Chair
• New Inouye, Ranking member Appropriations and
  Commerce
• New Appropriations Subcommittee Structure

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OPPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES

• U.S. Ocean Action Plan
• NOAA Research Review
• Climate Change Science Plan
• Earth Observing Systems

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OCEAN COMMISSION REPORTADMINISTRATIONS RESPONSE
TO THE U.S. COMMISSION ON OCEAN POLICY
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NOAA RESEARCH REVIEW UPDATE

• Research 20-yr Vision 5-yr Plan are complete
  and available on the web (http//www.nrc.noaa.gov/
  Reports.html) and (http//www.spo.noaa.gov)
• NOAA Deputy Administrator is serving as the
  senior management official overseeing NOAAs
  research program
• NOAA has officially adopted a policy for
  transferring research to operations and
  information services available soon on the web
  http//www.ofa.noaa.gov/7enao/index.html
• NOAA is setting up task teams to focus on
  criteria to determine the location of research
  within NOAA
• NOAA is finalizing a policy and process for
  awarding and operating Joint and Cooperative
  Institutes across NOAA
• NOAA has conducted an assessment of, and is now
  developing policy on, reimbursable research.

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CCSP STRATEGIC PLAN

• U.S. Climate Change Science Program
• An Ambitious Program of Research
• 2 Billion / Year
• Climate Science Goals
• Improve Knowledge of Climate and Environment
• Improve Quantification of Forces Driving Changes
  to Climate
• Reduce Uncertainty in Projections of Future
  Climate Changes
• Understand Sensitivity and Adaptability of
  Natural and Manmade Ecosystems
• Explore Uses and Limits of Managing Risks and
  Opportunities
• Key Approaches
• Research in 7 core science elements
• Observations and data management
• Decision Support
• Communications

www.climatescience.gov
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INTERNATIONAL STEPS TO GEOSS
Earth Observation Summit I, II, III

• EOS II
• April 25, 2004, Tokyo, Japan
• 47 Countries EC 26 International
  Organizations
• EOS III February 2005, Brussels
• 60 Countries EC and 34 International
  Organizations
• 10-Year Implementation Plan
• Commerce Secretary Gutierrez led the US delegation

• EOS I
• July 31, 2003, Washington, D.C.
• 34 Countries 20 International Organizations

EOS I
EOS I
EOS III
EOS II
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FY 2004 MANAGEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Issued Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated
  Earth Observing System
• Began Critical Fisheries Survey Vessel
  Modernization
• Issued 5 Year Research Plan and 20 Year Research
  Vision for NOAA
• Realigned Administrative Support Services
• Began Grants On-Line. Improved timely grant
  issuance by 12
• Earned Unqualified Audit Opinion for 6th Year in
  a Row
• Updated NOAA Strategic Plan and Improved Internal
  Planning

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FY 2004 SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Provided Outstanding Service for Hurricane Season
• Issued Operational Air Quality Forecasts in New
  England
• Issued New Operational Climate Forecast Model
• Rebuilt 4 Fisheries Stocks
• Restored 5,562 Acres of Coastal Habitat and
  Wetlands.
• Charted Over 2,070 Square Miles of Ocean
• 220 American lives saved with Satellite Rescue
  System (SARSAT)

Hurricane Ivan
Gulf of Mexico Yellowtail Snapper