Report to the U.S. Congress on the National Oceanographic Partnership Program Fiscal Year 2012
Abstract
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) marked its 15th year in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. NOPP continues to forge interagency and multi-sector cooperation through cross-cutting research and education projects supported by the Federal government and non-Federal funders alike. In accordance with its enabling legislation (PL 104- 201) and codification (10 USC 7901-7903), NOPP promotes 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. NOPP also serves as a forum for the development and advancement of interagency initiatives and priorities that cut across agency missions and multiple disciplines. The NOPP Office, sponsored through a contract from the Office of Naval Research to the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, supports a variety of interagency activities: all meetings and intercessional activities of the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP), the IWGOP s Biodiversity Ad Hoc Group, the IWG-OP s Federal Renewable Ocean Energy Working Group, the Interagency Working Group on Facilities and Infrastructure (IWG-FI), the IWG-FI s Subcommittee on Unmanned Systems, and the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP). ORAP, the Nation s only Federal Advisory Committee Act committee whose scope covers the full spectrum of ocean science, education, and resource management topics, continues to provide advice and guidance to the National Ocean Council. The latest five year contract for the NOPP Office ended in spring 2013, and the competitive process for awarding the next contract is in progress. In FY 2012, NOPP-Managed activities totaled $2.42M. In FY 2012, partner agencies continued to support the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), created through NOPP in 1998 in honor of the International Year of the Ocean.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA635658
Entities
Organizations
- National Oceanographic Partnership Program