Building a Weather-Ready Nation NWS Partners Building a Weather-Ready Nation NWS Partners NWS Roadmap Andrea Bleistein NWS Roadmap Deputy Team Lead Andrea Bleistein NWS Roadmap Deputy Team Lead June 29, 2011 ** PRE-DECISIONAL

NWS Strategic Plan - Goals GOAL 1: Improve weather decision services for events that threaten lives and livelihoods. GOAL 1: Improve weather decision services for events that threaten lives and livelihoods. GOAL 2: Deliver a broad suite of improved water forecasting services to support management of the nation’s water supply GOAL 2: Deliver a broad suite of improved water forecasting services to support management of the nation’s water supply GOAL 3: Support climate services to help communities, businesses, and governments understand and adapt to climate-related risk GOAL 3: Support climate services to help communities, businesses, and governments understand and adapt to climate-related risk GOAL 4: Improve sector-relevant information in support of economic productivity GOAL 4: Improve sector-relevant information in support of economic productivity GOAL 5: Enable integrated environmental forecast services supporting healthy communities and ecosystems GOAL 5: Enable integrated environmental forecast services supporting healthy communities and ecosystems GOAL 6: Sustain a highly-skilled, professional workforce equipped with the training, tools, and infrastructure to meet our mission GOAL 6: Sustain a highly-skilled, professional workforce equipped with the training, tools, and infrastructure to meet our mission 2

3 BUSINESS SERVICES S&TWORKFORCE Making the extraordinary ordinary Operations Concept Developing the NWS Roadmap ** PRE-DECISIONAL

Roadmap Alignment Four teams: – Services Plan Defines NWS services of the future and how they will be managed, communicated, marketed, and executed – S&T Plan Defines technical solutions to meet services needs of the future; provides technical solutions to IT infrastructure issues – Workforce Evolution Plan Address the strategic management of the workforce over the next 5 to 10 years, along with the training/tools required to enable the workforce to implement new services in the future – Business Plan Outlines the current cost of services and investment required to implement this initiative; calculates the anticipated Return on Investment 4 Making the extraordinary ordinary ** PRE-DECISIONAL

Organization Business Plan Services Plan S&T Plan Workforce Plan Chris Strager Team Lead Andrea Bleistein Deputy Team Lead & Project Manager Advisory Board Jack Hayes Laura Furgione Jason Tuell Don Jiron Mike Hudson David Manning Brad Colman Marie Lovern Steven Cooper Jennifer Sprague 5 Making the extraordinary ordinary Bob Byrd Gary Carter Ed Johnson Lynn Maximuk Dan Sobien Mark Paese Tracy Rouleau David Caldwell Don Berchoff CONTRACTOR SUPPORT ** PRE-DECISIONAL

Schedule Flexibility is key Advisory Board Review of all Roadmap documents – end July 2011 Corporate Board (CB) Review/Approval – August 2011 Incorporate Results of National Academies Study (NAS) - August 2011 Final CB Review/Approval – September 2011 – SES Retreat Present to SAB EISWG and EMs (NEMA, IAEM) for review/comments – October – November 2011 Finalize Roadmap V1.0 – November 2011 Begin Draft Implementation Plan – December 2011 Additional Schedule Considerations Link to budget process Obtain NOAA approval Incorporate second NAS Study results - Summer Making the extraordinary ordinary ** PRE-DECISIONAL

Ongoing internal – Regular briefings to NWS Corporate Board – Working with Office of Communications – Monthly status updates to NOAA DUS Past external engagement – NWS Strategic Plan, 2010 – National Severe Weather Workshop, March 2011 – NEMA Mid-Year Conference, March 2011 – USGS, June 2011 Upcoming external engagement – AMS Summer Meeting – SAB EISWG, August 2011 – National Weather Association, October 2011 – NEMA and IAEM Annual Meetings, October and November 2011 Communications/Briefings 7 ** PRE-DECISIONAL Making the extraordinary ordinary

What to Expect Today Informational briefings by each of the team leads Clarification questions 8 ** PRE-DECISIONAL Making the extraordinary ordinary