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Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

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Page 1: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator

January 23, 2008

Page 2: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

Where We Were:Organizational StructureState of the Agency

Where We Are:Organizational StructureBudget TrendsRequirementsMajor Accomplishments2007 Nobel Prize

Where We Are Going Leadership ChangesCongressional InitiativesInternational Polar Year2008 HighlightsSES Summit

Words of WisdomTransition Period

Page 3: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008
Page 4: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

“NOAA is one of the best-kept secrets in government.” It has “remained a collection of somewhat separate agencies as opposed to a coherent whole.”

Andy Rosenberg, former Deputy Director of NOAA Fisheries, Member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

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Page 6: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008
Page 7: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008
Page 8: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

30% Increase in Budget from FY 01 to FY 07

New / Revitalized Facilities

NSOFNorman, OklahomaNCEP moving to U Maryland34 Total Since 2001

Modernized Fleet

IOOS Program

Hurricane Forecast Improvements

Additional Funding for Next Generation of Radar

HENRY B. BIGELOW

Phased Array Radar

NSOF — Suitland, MD

Page 9: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

Tsunami Warning System

HWRF model

Workforce Size Maintained

Ocean Buoys added

Seven day forecasts

HWRF — Hurricane Katrina

39 DART Deployments by March 2008

3,050 Argo Floats deployed

Page 10: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

California Wildfires

Green Ships in the Great Lakes

Ocean Acidification Buoy Launched

International Whaling Commission

National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) Upgrade

Houston-Galveston PORTS®

Smoke Plume from California Wildfires

Ocean Acidification Buoy

Humpback Whale

Page 11: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

NWS Issues “Storm Based Warnings”

Enhanced Fujita

New Local Temperature Outlooks

New Community Hydrologic Prediction System

NIDIS & Drought.gov

UAS Flies into Hurricane Noel Remnants

drought.gov

UAS Flying into Hurricane (artist depiction)

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Page 13: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

NOAA IPCC MembersThomas R. Karl

Dr. David Easterling

Dr. David Fahey

Dr. Isaac Held

Sydney Levitus

Ron Stouffer

Dr. Thomas Peterson

Dr. Venkatachala Ramaswamy

Dr. Susan Solomon

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Mary Glackin now Deputy Under Secretary

RADM Jonathan W. Bailey now directing the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

RMDL Philip M. Kenul assumed command as Director of Marine and Aviation Operations Centers

Dr. Jack Hayes serving as NWS Assistant Administrator

Vickie Nadolski now Acting NWS Deputy Assistant Administrator

Abby Harper now NESDIS DAA for Systems

Scott Smullen now Deputy Director of Office of Communications

Bill Hogarth steps down as Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries

Mary Glackin

RADM Jon Bailey

Dr. Jack Hayes

RDML Phil Kenul

Vickie Nadolski

Abby Harper

Dr. Bill Hogarth

Scott Smullen

Page 16: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

Hurricane Research

National Climate Service

Integrated Ocean Observing System

NOAA Corps Legislation

NOAA Organic Act

Aquaculture

Ocean Exploration and Undersea Research

Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection ActHarmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Act

National Marine Sanctuaries Act

Page 17: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

National Ice Center

Atmospheric Observatories

Ocean Observatory in Bering and Chuckchi Seas

Sea Ice

Climate Change Detection and Analysis

NOAA IPY Web SiteNOAA IPY Web Site: www.ipy.noaa.gov

Ice coring operation. R/V Thompson in background

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National Weather ServiceNext Generation of AWIPSRadar Modernization (Super Resolution)National Unified Operational Prediction Capability (NUOPC) (NOAA, Navy, Air Force partnership to improve numerical weather prediction capability)

NESDISLaunch of GOES-O (8/08)

OMAOFleet ModernizationNew Tail Doppler Radar System on Gulfstream-IV

GOES Satellite

AWIPS workstation

Next-Gen SWATH vessel

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OARUnmanned Aircraft SystemsClimate Services

NOAA FisheriesMSA ImplementationMarine Aquaculture

National Ocean Service National System of Marine Protected Areas Aquaculture

(Hawaii)

Manta (UAS)

Page 20: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

National Climate Service Definition / VisionWhy do we need a Climate Service?

Organizational StructureCentralized Governance and Execution

Principles of OperationRegular Outputs to Society

Partnership Model

Time is short!

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Carbon Tracker

Bottom Line: there is general scientific agreement that anthropogenic activities are increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and driving climate change.

Bottom Line: there is general scientific agreement that anthropogenic activities are increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and driving climate change.

Page 21: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

Water: A NOAA Priority

Water Cuts Across All Parts of NOAA

Partnership with other Agencies

Water Cycle Forecasting

Earth System Framework

The Future?

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“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

“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

Page 22: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

Goals of Regional Collaboration

Improved services for the benefit of NOAA’s customers

Increased value and productivity of partnerships

Improved stakeholder relations and support

Improved internal communications and efficiency across line offices and programs

A more visible and valued NOAA

Hazard Resilient Coastal CommunitiesIntegrated Ecosystem AssessmentsIntegrated Water Resource ServicesOutreach & Communication

Priority Areas

2008 Regional Framework

2007 EvaluationTeams have demonstrated progress in each goalRegional activities have informed NOAA strategy in priority areas both at regional and national scale Regional Collaboration has been established and holds potential for substantial benefits for NOAA

2008 Regional Collaboration WorkshopRegional Teams and Priority Area Task Teams will meet in Kansas City, MOEnhance communication and understanding of regional issues and approachesEnable a critical review of NOAA’s current approach to Regional Collaboration to recommend future activities

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Observations Basic to Science

GEO Ministerial Summit— November 30, 2007, Cape Town

73 Members + 52 International OrganizationsGEO Continuity

Large Umbrella for Earth Sciences

NOAA Retain Intergovernmental Leadership

Global Carbon Monitoring System

Ecological Observing System

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NOAA devotes nearly 40% of our spending to Earth Observing Systems

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EcosystemsAquacultureCoastal & Marine ResourcesCoral Reef ConservationEcosystem ObservationEcosystem ResearchHabitat

ClimateClimate Observations and Monitoring

Modeling and Observing Infrastructure

IOOSEnvironmental Modeling

Weather and WaterAir QualityCoasts, Estuaries & OceansHydrologyLocal Forecasts & WarningsSpace WeatherTsunamiScience & Technology Infusion

Commerce and TransportationAviation WeatherGeodesyMarine Transportation SystemsMarine Weather & Surface Weather

Page 25: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

America COMPETES ActNew Legislation = New Opportunities

Strategic Approaches

Internal Understanding

Coherent and Consistent Message – NOAA is Indispensible

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Science on a Sphere

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.

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.

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What is the Message?

One Band, One Sound

Elevator Speeches

Web Site

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* Survey participants were allowed to vote on more than one priority

Priority Issues for the Public

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An Insider’s Perspective

OpportunitiesProgramsBudgets

Timing

Preparation

Page 29: TOWN HALL AMS 88th Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) | NOAA Administrator January 23, 2008

Attracting and Cultivating Talented People

Achieving High Level Goals

Shared Ideals

Organic Act

NOAA OrganizationFlexibleRelevant

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