Current Projects
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Business Operations Manual (posted 8/1/2002)

Client/Funder:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Purpose and Scope:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently completed a Task Force review directed by the new head of NOAA. In this report, there were recommended changes to the planning and budgeting processes that will strengthen the way NOAA budgets for its programs and will directly correlate senior management priorities, program performance, and accountability. There were also recomended changes to panels and boards, and an overall recognition that there are a lot of process, but no one place where one could easily see how these processes interrelate.

Center:
Center for Improving Government Performance

Project Director:
Chris Wye

Project Status:
Concluded

Panel:
The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to cwye@napawash.org.

Philip J. Rutledge (Chair) - Professor Emeritus, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and former Special Assistant to the President and Professor, Indiana University. Former Director, Department of Human Resources, Government of the District of Columbia; Professor of Public Administration, Howard University; Director of Policy Analysis, National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors; Deputy Administrator, Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Deputy Manpower Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor.

Nanette Blandin - Senior Staff Member, Center for Public Policy Education, The Brookings Institution. Former positions with Center for Public Policy Education, The Brookings Institution: Vice President and Director, and Acting Director. Former Director, Division of Program and Policy Assessment, and Special Assistant to the Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor; Budget Examiner, National Security and International Affairs Division, and Management Analyst, Executive Development and Labor Relations Division, U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Herbert N. Jasper - Senior Consultant, McManis Associates, Inc. Former Executive Vice President, American Council for Competitive Telecommunications; Specialist in American Government, Congressional Research Service; Legislative Counsel, Research Director and Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; Assistant Director, Office of Legislative Reference; Assistant Chief, Government Organization Branch, U.S. Bureau of the Budget.

Daniel L. Skoler - Former Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, National Council on Aging; Associate Commissioner, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration; Director, Division of Continuing Education and Training, Federal Judicial Center; Deputy Associate Commissioner, Social Security Administration; Chairman, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and Deputy Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Director, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Justice Department; Executive Director, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; Director of Public Service Activities, American Bar Association.

Charles W. Washington - Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, Clark Atlanta University. Former Professor of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University; Chair and Director, John C. Stennis Institute of Government, Mississippi State University; Associate Dean and Professor, School of Government and Business Administration, George Washington University.

Meetings:

Meeting 1: August 7, 2002 (posted 8/1/2002)
Meeting 2: September 16, 2002 (posted 9/4/2002)

For information on panel meetings, please contact Alison Brown at abrown@napawash.orgor by phone at (202) 347-3190.