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efficient integrated national ocean science eind technology strategy and recommends 

 specific actions to accelerate and improve the applicability of ocean research to 

 national interests. 



To this end the following three recommendations are made: 



New Partnership Opportunities - The Operators 



Definition of specific research and education opportunities for 

 partnerships between and among academia, industry and the Federal 

 government: These partnerships should adhere to the principles cited 

 in the report, and should foaas on optimizing the use of data, resources 

 and educational/communication tools. The partnerships should 

 include potential involvement by all sectors of research and education. 

 Specific partnership areas were defined including: data collection, 

 declassification, and quality control; sharing of community resources 

 including people, laboratories, research platforms and computing 

 capabilities; and partnerships in formal (classroom) education, using 

 the oceans to integrate teaching of classical scientific disciplines, and 

 infonnal education raising the awareness in the general public of the 

 importance of the oceans to our Nation. 



Management Blueprint - The Executive Branch 



Integration at the Federal agency and non-Federal agency levels: 

 Develop and implement an integrated Federal agency to non-Federal 

 agency partnership management plan to help provide the desired level 

 of effectiveness and cost efficiencies in the execution of 

 federally-funded ocean science and technology programs. Invoking the 

 partnership principle of 'high-level involvem.ent', there must be a 

 long-standing oversight committee of the principal operational Federal 

 agencies, with ex-officio membership from the Federal Administration, 

 academic (including the National Academies), industrial and other 

 non-Federal sectors. The critical nature and high visibility required of 

 the partnership activities dictates continued involvement by the 

 highest level representatives of the agencies. This National Ocean 

 Leadership Council (NOLC) should be a chartered orgaiuzation under 

 legislation defined below. 



