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NOAA’s People & Infrastructure

Our People

Public demand for services and information produced by NOAA's people is expected to increase sharply in FY 2002 and beyond. Answers to many questions of National policy and economy are grounded in NOAA's scientific services and information products. Rising trendlines include:

• support to State and National energy communities
• volume of protein from marine-sources
• market response to, and demand for, increasingly accurate climate forecasts
• pharmaceutical manufacturing applications of the "first fruits" gleaned from increased ocean exploration

Americans depend on NOAA's ability to collect and interpret environmental data in the context of a scientific model and to translate that data into information of value to commercial and policy decision-makers.

The $60.0 million requested for ATBs are essential for NOAA to continue meeting core mission-related requirements even at existing levels of growing demands.

Our Infrastructure

Data collected by sensors on land, on sea, in the air, and in orbit are transmitted over an information architecture to people in buildings for processing on computer systems.

People and Infrastructure (All dollars in millions)
Line Office/ Strategic Plan	Item	FY 2001 Enacted	Increase/Decrease	FY 2002 Total
	People
NOAA/All goals	Mandatory Costs (all accounts)		[$60.0]	[$60.0]
	Infrastructure
	Systems
NMFS/BSF	NMFS Computer Hardware and Software	3.5	0.5	4.0
NWS/ ASTWF	NWSTG Backup-Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)	0.0	7.5	7.5
NESDIS/ ASTWF	Critical Single Point of Failure	0.0	0.3	0.3
NESDIS/ ASTWF	Continuity of Critical Facilities - Satellite Ops. (PAC)	0.0	4.6	4.6
	Subtotal, Systems	3.5	12.9	16.4
	Construction
NMFS/BSF	Honolulu Laboratory	0.0	3.0	3.0
NWS/ASTWF	NWS Weather Forecasting Office (WFO) Construction	9.5	2.5	12.0
NOS/SHC	Coastal Services Center (CSC) Wing	0.0	1.0	1.0
	Subtotal, Construction	9.5	6.5	16.0
	Operations and Maintenance
NMFS/BSF	NMFS Facilities Operations and Maintenance	4.0	0.4	4.4
NWS/ASTWF	Weather Forecasting Offices (WFO) Maintenance	4.3	0.3	4.6
Facilities/All goals	NOAA Maintenance, Repairs, and Safety	1.9	1.7	3.6
NOS/SHC	Beaufort Lab Repairs	0.0	1.0	1.0
OMAO/BSF	GORDON GUNTER upgrade	0.0	1.8	1.8
OMAO/BSF	ALBATROSS IV repairs	0.0	4.0	4.0
Facilities/All goals	Boulder Facilities Operations	4.0	1.0	5.0
	Subtotal, Maintenance	14.2	10.2	24.4
	Support
NWS/ASTWF	Cooperative Observers Network	0.4	1.9	2.3
OMAO/ASTWF	Aircraft Services (Flight Hours)	11.8	2.4	14.2
	Subtotal, Support	12.2	4.3	16.5
	Subtotal, Infrastructure	39.4	33.9	73.3
	TOTAL	$39.4	$33.9	$73.3

* Funding is also provided for the Alaska facilities Fisheries Center in Juneau at $11.7 million for FY 2002.

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