Click 2012-02-14 FoNOAA FY13 PresBud NOAA Impacts Table to see summary information on the President’s FY2013 budget request for NOAA.
FoNOAA Concerned by President’s NOAA Relocation Plan
Since 2005, Friends of NOAA has worked to support NOAA’s interdependent science, service, and stewardship missions, and we are concerned about the proposed reorganization’s short- and long- term impacts on NOAA’s ability to execute core, Congressionally-mandated missions. It is essential that NOAA’s home in the federal government ensures that the agency is best able to fulfill critical requirements to save lives and property and conserve our ocean, coasts, and fisheries…
Global Science & Technology, Inc.
Headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland, Global Science & Technology, Inc. (GST) provides service in the fields of science, engineering, Information Technology (IT), and technical support to government, industry, and academic clients. Our major customers include NOAA, National Weather Service (NWS), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and NASA Headquarters.
GST provides system and software design, development, engineering, test and integration for enterprise architecture, having been a major developer of NOAA’s Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS). GST has also developed and supported programs at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and the National Mesonet, including creating the nation’s first mobile platform observing system known as MoPED (Mobile Environmental Data Platform System). GST is heavily involved in the ProTech Satellite Domain.
GST has built a reputation for partnering through effective technology utilization focused on the customer. Our passion for innovation, tempered by years of real-world business experience, has made us a technology solution provider of choice for Government and industry. We pride ourselves on the public and private partnerships we have built and maintained since 1991.
Ocean Exploration Trust
Dr. Robert Ballard, oceanographer and explorer, created the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) in 2007 to guide and coordinate the different organizations and research tools he founded and developed which are dedicated to supporting our nation’s ocean exploration in search of both its human and natural history. These include the Institute for Exploration (IFE) in Mystic, Connecticut; the Exploration Ship NAUTILUS and associated robotic ocean exploration equipment; the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography; educational outreach with Immersion Presents at Mystic; and the JASON Project which brings Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education programming based on ocean exploration activities to young people in K-12. Bringing together technical and scientific expertise for the past 20 years, Dr. Robert Ballard and his group conduct exploration expeditions to different parts of the planets where they consistently make cutting edge discoveries which push the envelope of our knowledge of the oceans. The Ocean Exploration Trust is committed to keeping America at the forefront of ocean exploration and inspiring young people to pursue educational and research opportunities and the general public to support the preservation of our oceans.
Friends of NOAA Speak Out on NOAA Relocation Proposal
2/7/12: NOAA grapples with uncertainty over Obama reorganization plan (Government Executive)
1/22/12: NOAA’s proposed move raises questions about its role (Washington Post)
1/17/12: Proposed NOAA move to Interior facing opposition (Washington Post Capital Weather Gang)
1/17/12: Obama’s reorganization plans earn early criticism (Washington Post Federal Eye)
1/14/12: White House Seeks to Merge Agencies (Wall Street Journal)
1/13/12: Obama’s Reorganization Plan Could Erode NOAA’s Capabilities (NRDC)