[Federal Register: January 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 11)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket Number: 080108032-8033-01]
Science Advisory Board; The Preliminary Report of the NOAA
Science Advisory Board, Extension, Outreach and Education Working Group
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
(DOC).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: NOAA Research (OAR) publishes this notice on behalf of the
NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to announce the availability of the
preliminary report of the SAB Extension, Outreach, and Education
Working Group's (here called the EOEWG) external review of NOAA's
activities in extension, outreach and education activities for public
comment. The preliminary report of the EOEWG has been prepared pursuant
to the request initiated by the NOAA Science Advisory Board, and
approved by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere,
for an external panel of experts to conduct a review of NOAA's
extension, outreach and education programs and provide advice to NOAA
on ways to strengthen, coordinate, organize and improve its extension,
outreach and education activities to fully engage its constituents.
DATES: Comments on this preliminary report must be received by 5 p.m.
EDT on February 15, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The Preliminary Report of the EOEWG will be available on the
NOAA Science Advisory Board Web site at http://www.sab.noaa.gov/Reports/EOEWG
.
The public is encouraged to submit comments electronically to
noaa.sab.comments@noaa.gov. For individuals who do not have access to
the Internet, comments may be submitted in writing to: NOAA Science
Advisory Board (SAB) c/o Dr. Cynthia Decker, 1315 East-West Highway-R/
SAB, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive
Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway-R/SAB,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-734-1459,
E-mail: Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov) during normal business hours of 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, or visit the NOAA SAB
Web site at http://www.sab.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The preliminary report of the EOEWG has been
drafted pursuant to the request initiated by the NOAA Science Advisory
Board and approved by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere to conduct an external review of NOAA's extension, outreach
and education activities. This report was prepared in response to the
charge to the working group to explore opportunities to enhance the
impact of NOAA's extension, outreach and education activities with its
constituents, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Define NOAA's purpose and unique role in extension, outreach,
and education.
2. Identify opportunities at different levels of geographic
granularity (e.g., local, state, regional, national, and
international).
3. Identify opportunities for NOAA's research enterprise to better
connect with constituencies through extension, outreach, and education.
4. Review the legislative authorities of NOAA in extension,
outreach, and education and the opportunities to expand these
authorities.
5. Explore the communication paths between NOAA and its
constituents with the goal to improve channels and enhance processes.
6. Cite best management practices and examples that could be
broadly utilized within NOAA.
7. Review training opportunities and funding support for NOAA
programs and staff involved in extension, outreach, and education.
The SAB is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and
is the only Federal Advisory Committee with the responsibility to
advise the Under Secretary on long- and short-term strategies for
research, education, and application of science to resource management
and environmental assessment and prediction.
NOAA welcomes all comments on the content of the preliminary
report. We also request comments on any inconsistencies perceived
within the report, and possible omissions of important topics or
issues. This preliminary report is being issued for comment only and is
not intended for interim use. For any shortcoming noted within the
preliminary report, please propose specific remedies. Suggested changes
will be incorporated where appropriate, and a final report will be
posted on the SAB Web site.
Please follow these instructions for preparing and submitting
comments. Using the format guidance described below will facilitate the
processing of comments and assure that all comments are appropriately
considered. Overview comments should be provided first and should be
numbered. Comments that are specific to particular pages, paragraphs or
lines of the section should follow any overview comments and should
identify the page and line numbers to which they apply. Please number
each page of your comments.
Dated: January 10, 2008.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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