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Presentation to IOOS FAC Josie Quintrell April 2014

Presentation to IOOS FAC Josie Quintrell April 2014. 11 IOOS RAs. IOOS Association. Non Profit 4 Objectives Advocacy For IOOS Funding Legislation Common Issues Represent Regions in DC Administration (OMB, NOAA, etc) Hill Partners Emerging Issues Changed name last year.

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Presentation to IOOS FAC Josie Quintrell April 2014

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  1. Presentation to IOOS FAC Josie Quintrell April 2014

  2. 11 IOOS RAs

  3. IOOS Association • Non Profit • 4 Objectives • Advocacy For IOOS • Funding • Legislation • Common Issues • Represent Regions in DC • Administration (OMB, NOAA, etc) • Hill • Partners • Emerging Issues • Changed name last year

  4. Recent Activities APPRO LETTERS ICOOS Reauthorization Program Planning and Coordination OMB, NOAA, DOC

  5. The Need: Independent Cost Estimate • $54 b over 15 years • $45 b Federal (including satellites) • $8 b Non-Federal • $.98 Central Functions Based on Blueprint and Regional Build Out Plans

  6. Strat Plans: Certification Requirements • 5 Years • Themes - Marine Ops, Coastal Hazards, Ecosystem, Fisheries and WQ, Climate • Outcomes Products and Services • System Elements: Obs, Modeling, DMAC, Product Development, Mgmt, Engagement

  7. Requirements, Con’t • Qualifications of staff • O&M plans • Operating Procedures • How RA will balance regional needs with need for established data sets • Annual operating plans • DMAC • Budget Plan, including “Diversifying Funds”

  8. Diversifying Funding • All RAs have a business plan or strategic plan • Will update for certification • Identify needs, users, products, assets- observations, modeling, DMAC • SWOT – strength, weakness, opportunities and threats - analysis • Diversify funds, priority for all

  9. Success Stories State Funding: 2005 CA $21 m bond for ocean current mapping: BUT no more M.J Murdock Charitable Foundation: La Push Buoy, NANOOS NERACOOS: Boston LNG Permit Condition

  10. Success Stories Con’t • Competitive Funding - • Data Management • ROP • Fed Agencies (NSF, DHS, EPA, USGS) • In Kind Support • State, Tribal, Academia • Highly Leveraged

  11. Public Private Partnerships

  12. Membership: Dues and Don’ts • Some Do - SECOORA, NERACOOS and GLOS • Some Don’t - feel that membership is open to all • Provides sources of non-Federal funds, source of “rainy day” funds

  13. GoMOOS: Ahead of its time? • Precursor to NERACOOS • Jobs from the sea • Regional Utility • Owned assets • Contract provisions on Intellectual property • Data sharing • Market research

  14. Lessons Learned • Government provides long term commitment • Foundations - O&M is challenge • Boston LNG permit requirement- could be something to pursue more, BOEM, leasing of public trust resources should require monitoring

  15. Lessons Learned, con’t. • Lack of national observations hinders development of national value-added products • RA Capacity • Private sector concerns about unfair competition

  16. Unique IOOS RA Mission Bridging the Valley of Death? RA serve as pre-operational bridge to private sector and Federal operational centers Provide regional context for Federal agencies Mission to expose and serve data for all

  17. Opportunities? • Sell adds on websites? • IOOS Foundation? • Charge for services? • Development Director at IOOS A? • Intellectual property - can address through contracts but what is? • Asset ownership – GoMOOS owned assets (buoys, etc) • Challenges: • Everyone’s #2 Priority • Oil spill, Hurricanes, SAR, • Enabling utility - who funds? • Private comp do not want to pay – PORTS

  18. FAC help: • Practical advice for diversifying and growing funding for IOOS - there is an urgency • What are IOOS strategic advantages? • How to focus limited resources? Where is the ROI that would be attractive? • How to fund an enabler? • Build high level interagency leadership – Summit recommendation

  19. Questions?

  20. Enabling IOOS • IOOS is enabler … but • How to enable IOOS to do it’s job? • No one funds an enabler - Private sector and public want to fund those that deliver • NWS is not funding IOOS • CG is not funding IOOS • Navy exercise –

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