The Mid-Level
Retreat:
Working Together
in One NOAA
August
22-25, 2005
Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA
540-347-1300
The Mid-Level Retreat (MLR) is designed for NOAA employees with an interest in:
| • | Hearing directly from NOAA senior leaders on the importance of working together as One NOAA to solve cross-cutting issues. |
| • | Sharing best practices on how to successfully contribute to One NOAA with other Retreat participants. |
| • | Enhancing participants’ knowledge of ways to solve cross-cutting issues by working with employees from other Line Offices (LOs)/Staff Offices (SOs). |
| • | Communicating and networking with other Retreat participants. |
Please note that this is not a leadership development training program.
Who Should Attend the Retreat:
The target audience for the MLR is GS 13-14s (or equivalents), nominated by their LO/SO. Individual LOs/SOs may determine that GS-15 candidates would also benefit from the MLR.
Attendance at the MLR is limited to once every three years per participant. Therefore, if an employee attended the NOAA Mid-Level Retreat (October 21-23, 2003), the NOAA Leadership Seminar (NLS) (August 24-26, 2004), and/or the NLS (March 21-24, 2005), that employee will not be eligible to attend this Retreat until at least 2006.
Retreat Format:
The MLR covers two major themes, One NOAA Success Stories and Working Together to Meet NOAA’s Missions. These themes are explored through:
| • | Presentations from NOAA Senior Leaders. |
| • | Daily break out group exercises where participants from multiple LOs/SOs work together to share success stories and develop recommendations for a current NOAA issue. |
| • | Concurrent sessions where participants select from a variety of One NOAA Success Story presentations to attend to meet their individual needs and interests. |
Retreat Prerequisites:
Participants who plan to attend the Retreat must complete the following prerequisites prior to arriving at the Airlie Center:
| • | Read
the FY06-11 NOAA Strategic
Plan Use your e-mail password when prompted |
| • | Complete the NOAA
Business Model E-Module NOAA Business Model Tutorial |
| • | Read NOAA’s Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information |
| • | Prepare a “One NOAA Success Story” to share at the Retreat |
| • | Retreat Case Studies |
Additional information regarding the MLR can be found in the links below.
General Information:
| • | Retreat Agenda |
| • | Retreat FAQs |
| • | Line and Staff Office Coordinators |
| • | Participant List |
| • | Airlie Center Web Page |
| • | Warrenton, VA Area Hotels |
MLR August 2005 Wrap Up:
| • | MLR Break Out Groups - One NOAA Success Stories.xls |
| • | MLR Case Study Groups - Working Together to Meet NOAA's Missions.xls |
| • | NOAA Council Terms of References |
| • | NOAA Program Coordination Office Terms of Reference |
MLR Presentations:
1. |
Resolution of Disparate FSV Requirements - Geoffrey Fuller, Deputy Director, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations |
2. |
Leadership & Execution: Creating One NOAA - Jack Kelly, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere |
3. |
PPBES - Mary Glackin, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration; Bonnie Morehouse, Director, NOAA Program Analysis and Evaluation |
4. |
Coordination of NOAA’s Response to the Ocean Action Plan and its Implementation - Mary Glackin, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration |
5. |
Tsunami Response and Mitigation - David Green, Tsunami Program Manager, NOAA National Weather Service |
6 |
NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information - Edward Johnson, Director of Strategic Planning and Policy, NOAA National Weather Service |
7. |
NOAA’s PCO - Tim McClung, Special Assistant to the Deputy Director, NOAA National Weather Service |
8. |
Why America Needs NOAA - Michael Mercer, International Aviation Program Leader, NOAA National Weather Service |
9. |
Transforming the NOAA Web Presence - Allison Soussi-Tanani, Information Technology Communications Manager, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research |
10. |
The Benefits of One NOAA - VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere |
11. |
NOAA-N Prime Recovery Effort - Gary Davis (NESDIS), Director, Office of Systems Development, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service |
12. |
NOAA Support to the US Ocean Action Plan - Jack Hayes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA Ocean Service |
13. |
Ocean Ecosystem Studies in Alaska - Steven Murawski, Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, NOAA Fisheries Service |
14. |
Working with External Stakeholders - Scott Rayder, NOAA Chief of Staff |
Web Sites and Additional Guidance:
| • | NOAA Communications Guidelines |
| • | NLS VADM Lautenbacher Presentation, Your Role in Making NOAA Vision a Reality |
| • | NOAA Organizational Chart - Photos of the NOAA Senior Leaders |
| • | NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) |
| • | Overview of NOAA |
| • | Program, Planning,
Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES) (requires your NOAA address/password to access this site) |
Information on Past NOAA Leadership Seminars:
Page Content: MLR Program Manager