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 APPENDIX II 



HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 



HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS 



& 



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT 



JOINT HEARING ON: DUAL-USE OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIPS 



25 JANUARY 1996 



QUESTION FOR THE RECORD 



QUESTION NUMBER 1 



REPRESENTATIVE FARR; Admiral Boorda, I noticed on page 

 8 of your testimony, reference to Fleet Numerical and 

 NOAA's partnership in dual use products that are 

 transferred to the private sector. Did you know that 

 NOAA closed the Ocean Applications Branch? You might 

 want to ask Dr. Baker iTOWwe are going to get data into 

 the Fleet Numerical ' s private sector. I [sic] did a 

 great job and local Navy and NOAA employers feel a big 

 gap has occurred. 



ADMIRAL BOORDA: I understand that, driven by budget 

 shortfalls, NOAA closed their Ocean Applications Branch 

 in October 1995. As an interim measure to avoid an 

 interruption in the public distribution of Navy data,- 

 NOAA executed a short-term contract with a commercial 

 firm to continue the service. We continue to work 

 closely with NOAA to develop a long-term strategy for 

 public access to real-time Navy-unique data. 



