NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES 2007 BUDGET REQUEST Retired Navy Vice Adm.
“This proposed budget is a clear indication of the Bush Administration’s commitment to protect lives and livelihoods through the missions of NOAA,” said Lautenbacher. “This budget request will provide improvements to fisheries management, increases for tsunami and hurricane warnings, marine transportation safety, and to ensure environmental satellite continuity.”
Budget priorities for this year and key program increases include:
Ecosystem management + $107.6 million
Fisheries stock assessments + $7.6 million
Enhancement for protected species + $22.5 million
Fisheries habitat restoration + $7.5 million
Alaska composite research and development + $6.7 million
Southeast fisheries region monitoring and assessment program + $3.8 million
Climate services + $24.1 million
Critical drought research and operational improvements + $ 4.0 million
Climate reference network + $1.2 million
Global climate observing system + $2.7 million
Global ocean observing system + $6.1 million
Climate reanalysis data sets to improve predictions + $2.0 million
Weather and water information + $46.1 million
Strengthen tsunami warning capabilities + $12.4 million
Tornado-severe storms research + $2.0 million
Enhancements to National Weather Service telecommunications network + $2.5 million
NOAA wind profiler network + $3.5 million
Hurricane data buoy operations and maintenance + $1.4 million
Commerce and transportation + $19.5 million
Critical mapping, charting and data improvements + $5.1 million
Address survey backlog + $ 10.5 million
Add 70 additional electronic navigation charts for a total of 620 built and maintained + $1.9 million
Procurement and fielding of 75 additional water vapor sensors for aviation weather + $1.2 million
Maintain and expand the Physical Oceanographic Real-time System (PORTS) + $0.7 million
Mission Support/People and Infrastructure + $148.1 million
Vessel operations and maintenance + $7.5 million
National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) development + $20.3 million
Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite (GOES) development + $104.0 million
Corporate services to support NOAA mission + $13.7 million
NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of the nation’s coastal and marine resources.
Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners and nearly 60 countries to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes.
Relevant Web Sites
NOAA FY 2007 Blue Book (Budget Summary)
NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES 2007 BUDGET REQUEST
Retired Navy Vice Adm.
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, outlined highlights of President Bush’s proposed 2007 budget for NOAA. Lautenbacher said NOAA’s request totals $3.68 billion, including program increases of $345 million.
“This proposed budget is a clear indication of the Bush Administration’s commitment to protect lives and livelihoods through the missions of NOAA,” said Lautenbacher. “This budget request will provide improvements to fisheries management, increases for tsunami and hurricane warnings, marine transportation safety, and to ensure environmental satellite continuity.”
Budget priorities for this year and key program increases include:
Ecosystem management + $107.6 million
Fisheries stock assessments + $7.6 million
Enhancement for protected species + $22.5 million
Fisheries habitat restoration + $7.5 million
Alaska composite research and development + $6.7 million
Southeast fisheries region monitoring and assessment program + $3.8 million
Climate services + $24.1 million
Critical drought research and operational improvements + $ 4.0 million
Climate reference network + $1.2 million
Global climate observing system + $2.7 million
Global ocean observing system + $6.1 million
Climate reanalysis data sets to improve predictions + $2.0 million
Weather and water information + $46.1 million
Strengthen tsunami warning capabilities + $12.4 million
Tornado-severe storms research + $2.0 million
Enhancements to National Weather Service telecommunications network + $2.5 million
NOAA wind profiler network + $3.5 million
Hurricane data buoy operations and maintenance + $1.4 million
Commerce and transportation + $19.5 million
Critical mapping, charting and data improvements + $5.1 million
Address survey backlog + $ 10.5 million
Add 70 additional electronic navigation charts for a total of 620 built and maintained + $1.9 million
Procurement and fielding of 75 additional water vapor sensors for aviation weather + $1.2 million
Maintain and expand the Physical Oceanographic Real-time System (PORTS) + $0.7 million
Mission Support/People and Infrastructure + $148.1 million
Vessel operations and maintenance + $7.5 million
National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) development + $20.3 million
Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite (GOES) development + $104.0 million
Corporate services to support NOAA mission + $13.7 million
NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of the nation’s coastal and marine resources.
Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners and nearly 60 countries to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes.
Relevant Web Sites
NOAA FY 2007 Blue Book (Budget Summary)