[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 31686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13273]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051703A]


NOAA's New Strategic Plan

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 
the premier United States agency for environmental assessment, 
prediction and management providing broad benefits to the national 
economy, public safety and environment. NOAA has recently completed a 
new strategic plan for the agency responding to growing national needs 
for environmental information and management. NOAA's new Strategic Plan 
is now the blueprint for the direction of NOAA's core and future 
missions and is being institutionalized in every aspect of NOAA's 
resource planning and priority setting. An important step in this 
process is aligning all organizational components within NOAA to the 
Strategic Plan. To that end, NOAA Line organizations have now drafted 
new strategic plans together with new performance measures and 
performance metrics.

DATES: Comments will be accepted through June 20, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. Kelley Smith, NOAA Strategic Planning, 
Program Planning and Integration Office, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Room 15755, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kelley Smith, phone: 301-713- 
1622, ext. 197 , fax: 301-713-0585.

 
    Status: NOAA encourages all stakeholders and users to review the 
NOAA Line Organization's draft Strategic Plans. All comments must be 
submitted by individuals or individual organizations. Group consensus 
comments will not be accepted. The drafts of the NOAA Line 
Organization's Strategic Plans and directions for submitting comments 
have been posted at http://www.osp.noaa.gov/. Comments, questions and 
suggestions are welcomed from both scientific and stakeholder 
communities. Comments on these draft Strategic Plans can be submitted 
up to June 20, 2003, by using the web site or by submitting directly to 
the following e-mail address: [email protected].
    Matters To Be Considered: All comments received will be reviewed 
and considered in the final drafting of NOAA's new Line Organization's 
Strategic Plans.

    Dated: May 20, 2003.
Joyce Wood,
Director, NOAA Strategic Planning Office.
[FR Doc. 03-13273 Filed 5-27-03; 8:45 am]
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