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encourage positive relationships between economic growth and 

 environmental protection. 



Question 9: Is NOAA planning to create other new offices or get 

 rid of any as part of the strategic review? 



Answer: NOAA has created an Office of Policy and Strategic 

 Planning to provide advice and counsel to the Under Secretary in 

 achieving NOAA's goals through policy development, planning, and 

 monitoring of appropriate agency policies. The Office will 

 develop and evaluate, in coordination with Program Directors, 

 policies, strategies, and long-range plans for new initiatives. 

 Also, the affice will conduct and coordinate research and program 

 and economic evaluations to provide an analytical basis for 

 identifying changing national needs in NOAA's mission areas. 



Question 10: How are the Strategic Plan and the Fleet 

 Modernization Plan linked? 



ANSWER: NOAA's Strategic Plan identifies long-term goals and the 

 general strategy to reach those goals. The Strategic Plan 

 includes a long-term goal of a modern fleet of ships capable of 

 meeting NOAA's program requirements. 



The FRAM Plan builds on the strategic plan and provides specific 

 actions directed toward meeting strategic goals. 



The National Performance Review 



Question 1: The National Performance Review contains a 

 suggestion for the President to issue directives to establish 

 ecosystem management policies across the government. How does 

 NOAA plan to respond to this directive? 



Answer: NOAA has adopted an Ecosystem Management Policy and has 

 explicitly incorporated it into the NOAA Strategic Plan. The 

 FY 1995 initiative includes the restructuring of NOAA programs to 

 achieve integrated ecosystem management. We have also begun this 

 process with other Federal agencies. We use this approach with 

 EPA on nonpoint source pollution control and on environmental 

 monitoring. We work closely with the Department of the Interior 

 (DOT) on management issues relating to the South Florida 

 ecosystem. NOAA's coastal management programs have always worked 

 closely with state and local governments on ecosystem issues. 

 Clearly NOAA is among the leaders in making coordinated ecosystem 

 management policies a reality. 



