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U.S. IOOS ®. Zdenka Willis U.S. IOOS ® Program Office June 22, 2011. Certification Public Private Process Industry Collaboration. More Sensors, Satellites and New Technologies = Exponentially data. Which data do I use?.
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U.S. IOOS® Zdenka Willis U.S. IOOS® Program Office June 22, 2011
Certification Public Private Process Industry Collaboration
More Sensors, Satellites and New Technologies = Exponentially data Which data do I use? US IOOS® – Right data, Right time, to make the Right Decision
Certification • Provides formal recognition of the RAs • Civil Liability • For the purposes of determining liability arising from the dissemination and use of observation data . . . any non-federal asset or regional information coordination entity incorporated into the system . . . shall be considered to be part of NOAA • A requirement of the Act
Guidance Going In • Be realistic • Review all that has been done before • Interagency Ocean Observing Committee (IOOC) is responsible for publishing the criteria • NOAA has a seat equal to other agencies • US IOOS Office membership • Reflect voice of the Regions • Implementable • Meet the requirements for civil liability
The Process Kick off: Solicit Input, MTS Townhall/FRN/Discussions with Regions – July 2010 Two working groups established Certification criteria drafted Feedback from external partners About here Coordinate/combine working groups criteria and submit to IOOC Publish in Federal Register – 60 day public comment – June/July 2011 Make revisions as necessary Final publication of criteria in Federal Register – October 2011 Begin Implementation – FY12
Working Groups Data Partners RICE Timi Vann – NOAA Linda Lillycrop – USACE Doug Wilson – NOAA April Donnelly – US IOOS Nick Rome – Consortium for Ocean Leadership • Clint Padgett – USACE • John Lever – Navy • Bill Burnett – NOAA • Ted Habermann – NOAA • Samantha Simmons – Marine Mammal Commission • April Donnelly – US IOOS • Sam Walker – US IOOS • Josh Young – Consortium for Ocean Leadership Membership solicited via the IOOC – All agencies invited
Working Groups - Status Data Partners RICE Focusing on governance and management how it relates/supports subsystems Observing DMAC Modeling & Analysis, Training & Education Research & Development • Overall Vision: • Focus on existing protocols • Aligns well with ongoing regional maturity • Related Efforts: • QARTOD* as an existing technical resource pool • DMAC-Steering Team as an effective engagement mechanism • Certification criteria drafted & consultations completed • included NFRA, Weatherflow Inc, NOAA General Counsel, & Jeff DLB • Changes incorporated 2 Groups met at the end of May to reconcile
Certification Public Private Process Industry Collaboration
Public Private Process • Activity: Define processes for making decisions about the roles of the Federal Government, the States, regional information coordination entities, the academic community, and the private sector in providing to end-user communities environmental information, products, technologies, and services related to the System. • ICOOS Act Reference: §12308 • Execution Plan: • Present the IWGOO with a point paper summarizing the outcomes of the Biloxi Town Hall and offer to draft a set of options for the process at the 12/09 meeting. • Research and compile options for presentation to IWGOO at the 02/10 meeting. • Brief IWGOO on options at the February IWGOO meeting. Request comments and feedback from members. • Develop next steps based on IWGOO member comments and suggestions. • Once decision was made, coordinate with IWGOO staff on drafting the policy outlining the process to publish in the Federal Register. • Draft policy was approved by the IOOC and published in the Federal Register for the required 60 day comment period. (completed) • Completion Summary: The final IOOC-approved process was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2010 with a 60 day comment period beginning on that date. This action completed the requirement as stated in the ICOOS Act.
Public Private Policy Process IOOC – Interagency Ocean Observations Committee MTS – Marine Technology Society AEO – Alliance for Earth Observations NFRA – National Federation of Regional Associations for Ocean Observing
Certification Public Private Process Industry Collaboration
Observing Subsystem Buoys, gliders, gauges DMAC Subsystem Working with IOOS regions Modeling and Analysis Subsystem Noblis, Inc. helping create inundation forecasting (CIPS) Partnerships Shell and NOAA NDBC Value-Added Companies Surfline; ROFFS; Weatherflow Industry Participation
Industry Instrument/Data Partnership • Weatherflow installed and retains ownership of the weather stations and data • Data will be distributed freely in standard NOAA/NWS formats/frequency, will share data with NOAA/NWS (in accordance with the terms of the NWS/Weatherflow MOA • CaRA has unrestricted distribution of these data, and data products developed by CaRA, for public display. • In place as long as CaRA/IOOS plays O&M