Presentation to IOOS FAC
Josie Quintrell
April 2014
11 IOOS RAs
IOOS Association
• Non Profit
• 4 Objectives
• Advocacy For IOOS
• Funding
• Legislation
• Common Issues
• Represent Regions in DC
• Administration (OMB,
NOAA, etc)
• Hill
• Partners
• Emerging Issues
• Changed name last year
Recent Activities
APPRO LETTERS
ICOOS Reauthorization
Program Planning and Coordination
OMB, NOAA, DOC
The Need: Independent Cost Estimate
$54 b over 15 years
• $45 b Federal
(including
satellites)
• $8 b Non-Federal
Based on Blueprint • $.98 Central
Functions
and Regional Build
Out Plans
Strat Plans: Certification Requirements
• 5 Years
• Themes - Marine
Ops, Coastal
Hazards,
Ecosystem,
Fisheries and WQ,
Climate
• Outcomes Products
and Services
• System Elements:
Obs, Modeling,
DMAC, Product
Development, Mgmt,
Engagement
Requirements, Con’t
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Qualifications of staff
O&M plans
Operating Procedures
How RA will balance regional needs
with need for established data sets
• Annual operating plans
• DMAC
• Budget Plan, including “Diversifying
Funds”
Diversifying Funding
• All RAs have a business plan or
strategic plan
• Will update for certification
• Identify needs, users, products,
assets- observations, modeling,
DMAC
• SWOT – strength, weakness,
opportunities and threats - analysis
• Diversify funds, priority for all
Success Stories
State Funding: 2005 CA $21 m bond
for ocean current mapping: BUT no
more
M.J Murdock Charitable
Foundation: La Push
Buoy, NANOOS
NERACOOS: Boston LNG
Permit Condition
Success Stories Con’t
• Competitive Funding – Data Management
– ROP
– Fed Agencies (NSF, DHS, EPA, USGS)
• In Kind Support
– State, Tribal, Academia
• Highly Leveraged
Public Private Partnerships
Membership: Dues and Don’ts
• Some Do - SECOORA, NERACOOS
and GLOS
• Some Don’t - feel that membership is
open to all
• Provides sources of non-Federal funds,
source of “rainy day” funds
GoMOOS: Ahead of its time?
• Precursor to
NERACOOS
• Jobs from the sea
• Regional Utility
• Owned assets
• Contract provisions on
Intellectual property
• Data sharing
• Market research
Lessons Learned
• Government provides long
term commitment
• Foundations - O&M is
challenge
• Boston LNG permit
requirement- could be
something to pursue more,
BOEM, leasing of public trust
resources should require
monitoring
Lessons Learned, con’t.
• Lack of national
observations hinders
development of national
value-added products
• RA Capacity
• Private sector concerns
about unfair competition
Unique IOOS RA Mission
Bridging the Valley of Death?
RA serve as pre-operational bridge to private sector
and Federal operational centers
Provide regional context for Federal agencies
Mission to expose and serve data for all
Opportunities?
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Sell adds on websites?
IOOS Foundation?
Charge for services?
Development Director at IOOS A?
Intellectual property - can address through
contracts but what is?
• Asset ownership – GoMOOS owned assets
(buoys, etc)
• Challenges:
• Everyone’s #2 Priority
• Oil spill, Hurricanes, SAR,
• Enabling utility - who funds?
• Private comp do not want to pay – PORTS
FAC help:
• Practical advice for diversifying and growing
funding for IOOS - there is an urgency
• What are IOOS strategic advantages?
• How to focus limited resources? Where is the
ROI that would be attractive?
• How to fund an enabler?
• Build high level interagency leadership –
Summit recommendation
Questions?
Enabling IOOS
• IOOS is enabler … but
• How to enable IOOS to do it’s job?
• No one funds an enabler - Private
sector and public want to fund those
that deliver
– NWS is not funding IOOS
– CG is not funding IOOS
– Navy exercise –