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Consortium of Ocean Leadership. Public Policy Forum. Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | NOAA Administrator February 28, 2008. Agenda. FY 2007 Accomplishments FY 2008 Highlights FY 2009 Budget
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Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | NOAA Administrator February 28, 2008
Agenda FY 2007 Accomplishments FY 2008 Highlights FY 2009 Budget FY 2009 Highlighted Programs Transition and Opportunities Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
2007 Accomplishments Ocean Acidification Buoy Launched Expedition to the Deep Slope Living Ocean Foundation’s Underwater Classrooms Exploration to the Deep Slope Living Ocean Foundation: Project SeaCAMEL Ocean Acidification Buoy Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
2007 Accomplishments Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery Program NCCOS report on nutrient pollution California Department of Water Resources Awards Coastal America Partnership Award Harmful Algal Bloom, FL Bonnethead Shark, GoM Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
2007 Nobel Peace Prize NOAA IPCC Members Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum Thomas R. Karl Dr. David Easterling Dr. David Fahey Dr. Isaac Held Sydney Levitus Ron Stouffer Dr. Thomas Peterson Dr. Venkatachala Ramaswamy Dr. Susan Solomon
2008 Highlights International Year of the Reef International Polar Year New Marine Debris Initiative Aquaculture Ocean Today Kiosks Climate Data on global sea level Lophelia II Project Fishnet-entangled Seal Artist sketch of Ocean Today Kiosk Offshore Aquaculture Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Legislative Priorities 2007 – Continuing to Push on Capitol Hill • NOAA Organic Act • National Offshore Aquaculture Act • Coral Reef Act • Hydrographic Services Improvement Act • Titanic 2008 – Working through NOAA/Administration for Clearance • Coastal Zone Management Act • National Sea Grant College Program • NOAA Corps Legislation Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Congressional NOAA Initatives Integrated Ocean Observing System Ocean Exploration and Undersea Research Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act National Climate Service Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Act National Marine Sanctuaries Act Hurricane Research Other Potential Initiatives • Magnuson-Stevens Implementation Deadlines • Seafood Inspection • NOAA Corps Legislation Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
FY2009 Budget Context NOAA Services Crucial to Our Nation’s Competitiveness Increasing Need to Monitor and Understand Global Climate Change Increasing Pressure on Ocean and Coastal Resources Severe Weather Affecting our Economy and Public Safety NOAA Environmental Information Key to Millions of Decisions Fiscal Environment Continues to Require Careful Resource Decisions Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
NOAA Budget Trend Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Extramural & Intramural FundingFY2005-2009 Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Enacted Budgets % IncreaseFY’01 to FY’07 Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Summary by Line Office Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
FY2009 Budget Highlights Request of $4,109.8M is $202.6M or 5.2% above the FY 2008 Enacted Budget Supports Core Mission Services Restores Funding Levels from FY2008 President’s Request Supports Key Capital Acquisition Needs for Satellites and Facilities Continues Investment in the President’s Ocean Initiative Supports Climate Change Research and Observations Supports Investments in Weather Forecast Infrastructure Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
FY2009 Highlighted Programs Supporting The President’s Ocean Initiative IOOS Ocean Exploration & Research Climate Monitoring & Predictions Improving Weather Warnings & Forecasts Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Supporting the President’s Ocean Initiative Coastal and marine waters generate over $63 billion annually in goods and services Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Integrated Ocean Observing SystemIOOS 2001-2008 • Transitioned Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOSs) to a competitive, peer-reviewed funding process • 2007 - Established NOAA IOOS Program in NOS Highlights • FY2009 President’s Budget Request – $21.0M for IOOS • $14.5M IOOS Regional Observations • $6.5M NOAA IOOS • The future of IOOS Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Ocean Exploration & Research The National Undersea Research Program and Office of Ocean Exploration Offices Have Been Merged Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Climate Monitoring & Predictions During 1980-2003, the U.S. sustained 58 weather or climate-related disasters, with damages and costs exceeding $1 billion per event Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Improving Weather Warnings & Forecasts NOAA’s forecasts, warnings, and associated emergency responses result in $3 billion in savings in a typical hurricane season Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
The Transition for NOAA An Insider’s Perspective Capitalize on Change Timing Preparation Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
The Transition for the Ocean Community Opportunities • Programs • Budgets Consistent Strategy Communicate growing demand for ocean community’s services Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
In Conclusion… It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face in marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt: “Citizenship in a Republic” Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum
Consortium of Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum Questions? Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | NOAA Administrator February 28, 2008