Ten Year Strategic Plan for the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP)
Abstract
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP)was established by the U.S. Congress (Public Law 104-201) in Fiscal Year 1997 for two general purposes: 1. to promote the national goals of assuring national security, advancing economic development, protecting quality of life, and strengthening science education and communication through improved knowledge of the ocean; and 2. to coordinate and strengthen oceanographic efforts in support of those goals by: a) identifying and carrying out partnerships among federal agencies, academia, industry, and other members of the oceanographic scientific community in the areas of data, resources, education, and communication, and b) reporting annually to Congress on the Program. NOPP is governed by the National Ocean Research Leadership Council (NORLC). The NORLC consists of the heads or sub-heads of fifteen federal agencies involved in conducting, funding, or using ocean research and its applications. The NORLC has the responsibility to establish NOPP policies and implement procedures, including selection of projects and allocation of funds. NORLC has assimilated the Federal Oceanographic Facilities Committee (FOFC) and formed an interagency coordinating office. The NORLC reports the activities of the Program annually to the Congress. The Appendix to this Plan gives some additional NOPP organizational and management details. The intention of this Strategic Plan is to provide a structure valid for ten years, during which time the NOPP partners can work to pursue at least the Critical Actions. More Actions will be added, implementation plans will be prepared, and metrics will be developed and tracked for each agreed Action. This Strategic Plan will be updated periodically as needed, but it is intended to be generally valid for a decade. Plans to address the Actions, and their associated metrics, will be documented separately from this Strategic Plan, and are intended for annual assessment and update.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA475495
Entities
Organizations
- National Oceanographic Partnership Program