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CORE Board of Governors Meeting

CORE Board of Governors Meeting. Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | NOAA March 3, 2004. FY 05 Budget Summary.

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CORE Board of Governors Meeting

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  1. CORE Board of Governors Meeting Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | NOAA March 3, 2004

  2. FY 05 Budget Summary • Enables NOAA to maintain current essential services that play a vital role in the lives of our citizens • Supports the Presidential mandates: • Climate • President’s Management Agenda • Reflects our strategic plan

  3. Summary • Current Administration has increased NOAA appropriations • This Budget maintains current services

  4. Strategic Plan • NOAA’s Mission Goals in Budget Priority Order • Understand climate variability and change to enhance society’s ability to plan and respond • Protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem approach to management • Serve society’s needs for weather and water information • Support the Nation’s commerce with information for safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation • Area of Organizational Excellence • People & Infrastructure • Every dollar in NOAA’s budget is allocated to one of these 6 goals

  5. Cross-Cutting Priorities Integrated Global Environmental Observation and Data Management System Environmental Literacy, Outreach, and Education Sound, Reliable State-of-the-Art Research International Cooperation and Collaboration Homeland Security Organizational Excellence Facilities, Infrastructure, Safety, Human Capital and Administrative Services Strategic Plan

  6. Program Changes by Goal

  7. Overview by Line Office

  8. NOAA Grants ProfilesFY03 by Line Office

  9. NOAA Grants Profiles Indicates number of FTEs (17) 20 Year Grants History by Number of Awards 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

  10. Grants Online Project • Increased convenience for NOAA applicants and grantees • NOAA accountability and visibility • Integrates with e-grants • Drastically reduce effort, time and cost of grants processing • Redirects 2,000 FTE labor days to technical review of applications • 1,500 grants annually, $850 million total • Fully operational November 2004 • Selected as Excellence.gov Finalist www.ofa.noaa.gov/~grantsonline/

  11. NOS/NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Research • Congress identified $9.5 M for extramural research in FY04 • Funding: FY03: $16.8M FY04 (President’s Budget): $15.8M FY04 (omnibus-Extramural Research): $9.5M FY05 President’s Request: $11.4 M • Programs Funded: ECOHAB MERHAB Hypoxia Ecological Forecasting Northern Gulf of Mexico: Nutrient Effects on Watershed, Coral Reef Ecosystem Research, Sea Level Rise

  12. NOAA’s Oceans and Human Health (OHH) Program • Approved program plan calls for establishment of: • Center(s) for Excellence in Oceans and Human Health, and an internal NOAA competition ($3,600,000) • External Peer-Reviewed Grants Program ($3,000,000) • Distinguished Scholars and Traineeship Program ($880,000) • Workshop and Community Building Activities ($201,800) • Small Business Innovative Research ($200,000)

  13. International EffortsEarth Observation Summit 34Nations 20International Organizations Washington, D.C. July 31, 2003

  14. International EffortsGEO • Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations • Goal: Develop 10-Year Implementation Plan • 44 Countries and 25 International Organizations represented • 5 Subgroups • Architecture • Capacity Building • Data Utilization • International Cooperation • User Requirements and Outreach

  15. NOAA Education • Office of Education and Sustainable Development • Ocean Exploration Program • National Undersea Research Program • Sea Grant fellowship programs and funded research assistantships • National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship Program • NOAA’s Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions • Coastal Management Fellowships • Joint and Cooperative Institutes

  16. Funding • Ocean Exploration Program • FY 03 $15,100 (Includes $2,000 for NMNH East Wing) • FY 04 $29,800 (Includes $15,800 for NMNH East Wing) • FY 05 $11,200 • National Undersea Research Program • FY 03 $13,500 • FY 04 $11,900 • FY 05 $11,900 • Sea Grant Program • FY 04: $61.968 M (after 1.05% recission) • FY 05 President's Budget Request: $57.4M *Dollars in thousands

  17. FY03 Federal Sea Grant Funding By NOAA Matrix Invasive Species Aquaculture Habitat Restoration Coastal Resource Management Fisheries Management Ecosystem Research Corals FY 03 Total $60.018 Million

  18. Upcoming Issues & New Developments • NOAA Research Review • Booz Allen Hamilton Study • NOAA Ocean Council • Integrated ocean programs across the lines • NSTC Joint Subcommittee on Oceans • Co-chaired by NOAA & NSF • 1st time oceans have link to White House

  19. Ocean Commission • Out at the end of March • Comment period for Governors and Public • Collective Consistent Voice

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