Straight Talk
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Straight Talk
VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.)Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
NOAA Administrator
November 30, 2005
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Today’s MenuToday’s Menu
Goals of the Summit
Update from Previous Summit
Recent One NOAA Success
Current Challenges
Got an Act-On Plan?
Straight Talk: Communications
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Goals of the Summit
Goals of the Summit
Where is NOAA as an organization going and how can we improve in Challenge areas?
Building Hazard Resilient CommunitiesNOAA’s Value to BusinessCapitalizing on Policy OpportunitiesBuilding External Relationships
Government/Academia/NGO/Private Sector/Congress/Media
NOAA’s Workforce NeedsPlanning, Recruiting, Retention, Training & Education
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Goals of the Summit
Goals of the Summit
How well is NOAA implementing the Strategic Plan?
What are the impediments to successful action?
How are we going to meet our Strategic Plan Goals?
Sit down togetherIdentify obstacles and figure out ways to move forward to actionNot about creating new management processes – but using existing structures
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Update from Previous Summit
OODA Loop
Update from Previous Summit
OODA Loop
Observe Decide
Act
Orient
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Update from Previous Summit
OODA Loop
Update from Previous Summit
OODA Loop
Policy Planning
MonitoringEvaluation
Improved Understanding
Adaptation
ImplementationEcosystem Approach
to Management
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Update:Communications
Update:Communications
Office of Communications:Goal to provide effective communications both within and outside of NOAA
Required notification to Hill on Office of Communications is at DOCChief Administrative Office working necessary steps to make Communications Office a reality
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Update:Communications
Update:Communications
NOAA Executive Intranet central, dynamic location for information for NOAA leadership
NOAA Web PresenceSingle point of access to NOAA products and servicesPrototype NOAA Intranet created June 2005Rollout of New Look and Organization for NOAA.gov—3rd Quarter FY06
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Update:IntegrationUpdate:
Integration
Important to reward integration effortsAwards and promotions based on effective integrationLinking integration to performance plans
Important to act on it in our management structure
Integrating NOAA infrastructure, e.g. facilities, ITMulti-disciplinary job announcements
In what ways have you made progress in these areas?
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Update:Organizational & Mission
Excellence
Update:Organizational & Mission
Excellence
Requirements based PPBESReal program tradeoff analysis
GPRA GoalsRealistic measuresIntegration of Performance Plans with GPRA goals
Real progress towards achieving NOAA mission goalsCompleted operational ocean observing system?Ecosystems based fishery management plan?Operational climate monitoring system?Real hurricane intensity forecasting improvement?Assimilation of NASA & NSF research into operational satellites?
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Update:Organizational & Mission
Excellence
Update:Organizational & Mission
Excellence
Have you planned for success in your program?
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Recent One NOAA Success
Recent One NOAA Success
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Recent One NOAA Success
Recent One NOAA Success
NOAA Incident Coordination Center (ICC)
NOAA Safety Program A shared success—attributable to the integrated efforts of the many, rather than the few
GEOSSNOAA Target Architecture developed for future integrated observationsNOSC developing iterative process to move NOAA towards the target
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Recent One NOAA Success
Recent One NOAA Success
Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)Adopted in 1976, and last reauthorized by the Sustainable Fisheries Act in 1996
provides for federal management of fisheries in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.
NOAA & Administration wrote a bill to reauthorize Magnuson-Stevens Act & transmitted it to Congress Sept 19
Chairman Stevens (R-AK) and Co-Chairman Inouye (D-HI), co-authored S2012, (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Reauthorization Act of 2005) and introduced it Nov 19NOAA received accolades for their efforts & coordination from Senate & DOC
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NOAA Organic Act: Working
Success
NOAA Organic Act: Working
SuccessNOAA Formed by Executive Order #4 in 1970
Since 1970 over 200 Disconnected Authorities
NOAA Organic Act serves as a Charter Providing Coherent, Cohesive Set of Authorities
Key Recommendation of the Ocean Commission
Explicitly Authorizes Broad Education and Outreach Effort that Bridges Programs
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($ in billions)
$3.6$3.3$3.2
$2.4
$2.8$3.1
$3.4
$3.9$3.9$3.7
$3.3$3.3$3.1
$2.4
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
President’s Budget Enacted
Current Challenges:NOAA Budget
Current Challenges:NOAA Budget
Conference Mark
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Current Challenges:
NOAA Funding Trends
(Constant Dollars in Billions)
Current Challenges:
NOAA Funding Trends
(Constant Dollars in Billions)
1.8 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3
1.1110.80.80.80.6
0.10.10.10.10.20.2
0
3.53.53.43.13.13
2.4
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total
Other
PAC
ORF
Total 2.4 3 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.5
Other 0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
PAC 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 1 1 1.1
ORF 1.8 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3
FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
Data Source: DOC Summary of enacted BA
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Current Challenges:
One NOAA vs. Budget Year 2007
Current Challenges:
One NOAA vs. Budget Year 2007In FY06….
NSF: $5.6BNASA: $16.5B
NOAA: $3.9B NASA vs. NWS
NASA vs. OAR
NASA vs. NOS
NASA vs. NMFS
NASA vs. NESDIS
NSF vs. NWS
NSF vs. OAR
NSF vs. NOS
NSF vs. NMFS
NSF vs. NESDIS
OR
NASA vs. NOAAOR
NSF vs. NOAA
Strength in numbers!
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Current Challenges:
Presenting One NOAA
Current Challenges:
Presenting One NOAA
Acting as One NOAA Internally
How are you communicating this to all NOAA employees?How are we coordinating with each other? Are we efficiently and continuously making decisions?
ExternallyWith the Public and With Constituents?On the Hill—Legislative Affairs? On the Web?
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Understand you are a
part of this organization
—
This organization is a part of You
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Current Challenges:
Presenting One NOAA
Current Challenges:
Presenting One NOAA
“NOAA is one of the best-kept secrets in government.”“It’s remained a collection of
somewhat separate agencies as opposed to a coherent whole.”
Andrew Rosenberg, member of the Commission on Ocean Policy and former deputy director of NOAA Fisheries.Government Executive, August 1, 2005
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Current Challenges:
Workforce Management
Current Challenges:
Workforce Management
52% of all NOAA employees are eligible for retirement in the next five years
Are we investing in the future leaders of NOAA?MentoringTrainingRotational Opportunities
Are we effectively using career development programs?
Leadership Development Competency ProgramPresidential Management FellowsSea Grant Knauss Fellows
Are we filling our critical occupation positions with good people?
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Action Plan Action Plan
Are you representing One NOAA in your communications and actions?
Are you involved in continuous decision making?
Are you growing future NOAA leaders?
Are you moving NOAA forward and making it a “good”—not just a “lucky”—organization?
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Action Plan Action Plan
Breakout Sessions Use existing processes and mechanisms to find executable paths around road blocksFind opportunities, create action plans, be accountable to these plansNot to add work—but to find ways forward for NOAA
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Rigorous vs. Ruthless
Rigorous vs. Ruthless
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INTERNAL
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Good “internal” communication...
...begins to look like “external”
communcation
Everything we do, say, or write that is
apparent to one or more individuals
We Live in A Sea Of Bubbles...
Personal & Organizational Failure
results from written communication
Late Inaccurate
IncompleteIncomprehensible
Internally Focused
Personal & Organizational
Successdepends directly on
written communicationOn TimeComprehensive
Customer Friendly
Easy to Understand Externally Focused
EXTERNALLittle or No Individual Contact & Knowledge
Perception
1 1000
EA
SYEASY
EASY
EASYREALLY DIFFICULT
DIFFICULT
EASY
Questions