1. Scott Rayder NOAA Chief of Staff AMS Corporate Forum March 22,2007 Scott Rayder NOAA Chief of Staff AMS Corporate Forum March 22,2007

2. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 2 Menu NOAA Organic Act NOAA Budget Outlook NOAA Updates GEOSS Update Partnerships

3. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 3 NOAA’s Vision

4. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 4 NOAA’s Mission

5. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 5 NOAA Organic Act NOAA Formed by Executive Order #4 in 1970 Serves as a Charter Providing Coherent, Cohesive Set of Authorities Strong Policy Statement in Support of NOAA’s Mission

6. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 6 NOAA Organic Act Education Aspect Explicitly Authorized Broad Education Effort Bridges Programs Benefits Range Across Different, Larger, Interrelated User Groups Wider, Educated User Group for Current Products/Services Leads to Demand for Next Generation Offerings

7. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 7 Hill and the Budget NOAA Funding Trends * *In FY’03, the House did not report or pass an SJC appropriations bill. The House-Introduced bill total is used here. * ($ in Billions) *

8. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 8 Hill and the Budget NOAA Funding Trends 2007 Constant Dollars ($ in Billions)

9. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 9 Hill and the Budget Top 10 NWS Program Increases FY08 1. Hurricane Intensity Research +2.0M 2. Hurricane Data Buoys O&M + 3.0M 3. National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) + 4.4M 4. IOOS + 16.4M 5. Strengthen Tsunami Program + 1.7M 6. Wind Profiler Conversion + 3.5M 7. Research Supercomputing for Assessing Abrupt Climate Change + 1.0M 8. HWRF + 1.0M 9. Telecommunications Gateway + 700K 10. Tao Array Refresh + 1.1M

10. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 10 Updates Major NOAA Accomplishments U.S. Tsunami Warning Program Deployed the first DART in the Indian Ocean Magnuson-Stevens Act Boost efforts to end overfishing and rebuild fish stocks 2007 National Offshore Aquaculture Act P romote safe and sustainable aquaculture stocks Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Act Thailand DART II Deployment

11. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 11 Updates Legislative Priorities Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) Coral Reef Conservation Act (CRCA) National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) National Offshore Aquaculture Act National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act Hydrographic Services Improvement Act (HSIA) Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Cooperative Conservation of Marine, Estuarine, Coastal, and Riverine Habitat Act Aquaculture Florida Keys Sanctuary West Indian manatees

12. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 12 Updates Regional Collaboration Improvements in… Services for the benefit of NOAA’s customers Value and productivity of partnerships Stakeholder relations and support Internal communications and efficiency across line office and program

13. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 13 Updates Major NOAA Accomplishments Fleet Modernization More equipped to take critical measurements and surveys of the Nation’s coasts NOAA Activates Climate and Weather Supercomputer Increases computational might by 320% 14 trillion calculations/second! HENRY B. BIGELOW Launch NOAA Climate and Weather Supercomputers Annette Nevin Shelby inscribing PISCES keel plate Admiral Lautenbacher at PISCES Keel Laying Ceremony

14. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 14 Updates Major NOAA Accomplishments Weather Radios in all classrooms Collaboration with DHS/DOC/DOE NOAA Provides Support to the Development of the IPCC Latest International Climate Science Report public-alert-radio.nws.noaa.gov

15. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 15 Updates Major NOAA Accomplishments GOES-N Successfully launched! MetOp-A Will provide global data for forecasts of severe weather, disaster mitigation GOES N Prep & Launch MetOp-A Prep & Launch

16. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 16 One NOAA: GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems A distributed system of systems Improves coordination of strategies and observation systems Links all platforms: in situ, aircraft, and satellite networks Identifies gaps in our global capacity Facilitates exchange of data and information Improves decision-makers’ abilities to address pressing policy issues

17. Forecasting NOAA's Future—AMS Corporate Forum 17 Intersection of Public Sector & Private Sector Needs How do we get the “biggest bang for the buck”? Prioritize needs based on benefits Target resources to highest priorities Leverage existing activities and investments Build GEOSS/IEOS principles into planning of future systems