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2 Planning, Review, and Implementation
2 Planning, Review, and Implementation
Pages 103-120
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concern future review, updates, and implementation of the final Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy (ORPPIS)
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The final ORPPIS indicates that there will be both annual and fiveyear assessments of progress. On an annual cycle, a performance assessment based on the federal Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
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BASIC CHALLENGES FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Many of the issues discussed here have been confronted by the federal government in the development of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)
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. These external committees would provide expertise that would assist the JSOST in achieving the research priorities outlined in the ORPPIS.
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The committee refers to this as the Advisory Committee.
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How should these external committees be formed? There are various models for establishing science advisory groups, including federal advisory committees, NRC committees, science advisory boards, and scientific steering committees.
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For example, the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) , a federal advisory committee (FACA)
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This clearinghouse will require a dependable flow of information that can readily be shared with the multiple partners, implementing organizations, and stakeholders. This coordination function might also be extended to data systems, ocean observing 1 Some organizations use biennial budgeting, and there are variations in phasing of annual budget cycles.
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• Keep the JSOST and agencies up to date on community progress • Tap expertise of external committees JSOST and ocean The JSOST makes presentations at • Keep community up to date with community meetings and national conferences technical progress summarizing progress on near-term • Foster technical interchange among priorities. agencies and with nonfederal scientists Five-Year JSOST (with input from the One to two years prior to refreshing the • Inform community of progress to date Subcommittee on Integrated ORPPIS, hold community workshops to on near-term priorities Management of Ocean focus on each of the six societal themes • Solicit ideas on research priorities for Resources)
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TABLE 2-1 Continued Frequency Key Participants Effort Purpose When a new near- JSOST, Advisory To develop a new near-term priority, the • Provide community input and ideas term priority Committee, and new Near- JSOST will consult with the Advisory • Offer external objective view of becomes Term Committee Committee and establish a new Near-Term proposed changes necessary Committee. • Assist in the development of a detailed (exceptional implementation plan circumstances)
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Currently, the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP, which is governed by the National Ocean Research Leadership Council [NORLC]
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: The National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) is a col laboration of fifteen federal agencies to provide leadership and coordination of national oceanographic research and education initiatives.
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, and it would be advisable to ensure coordination of that effort with the JSOST efforts on the ORPP near-term priority on "Assessing Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability: Implications for Rapid Climate Change." FINDING: The proposed JSOST-OMB budget mem orandum is a critical element of the implementation strategy that would serve to both incorporate the ORPPIS into the federal budget planning process and provide accountability across agencies for par
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RECOMMENDATION: Upon finalization of the President's budget, a public version of the JSOST budget memorandum should be released to inform Congress, states, and stakeholders about the federal government's plans, including budget projections, for advancing the national ocean research priorities. It will be important for agency budget requests to specify how funds will be used to support the interagency research priorities to ensure accountability and encourage participation among all federal ocean agencies.
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A broad sense of "ownership" in the success of the program cannot be achieved otherwise, with corresponding risk to continuity of implementation. It is also essential, for the reasons discussed previously, that this major review be spearheaded by a well-respected and objective Five-Year Committee of manageable size, encompassing a broad range of the competences that are relevant to the ocean research priorities.
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REVIEW OF THE OCEAN RESEARCH PRIORITIES PLAN 118 Committee will need documentation of the achievements in addressing the ORPPIS priorities over the preceding five years. The following two main information streams will be needed to adequately review the program: • A cumulative record of the JSOST plans made and plans realized, as identified in the set of IPMs, particularly including any substantial adjustments of research priorities during the five-year period, and • Concise programmatic summaries of research conducted and results obtained as part of ORPPIS or identified by agencies and program managers as being associated with the ocean research priorities.
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For CCSP, the NRC's Climate Research Committee, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, and Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program provide the expertise for such review and advice.
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REVIEW OF THE OCEAN RESEARCH PRIORITIES PLAN 120 municating results, and translating research into better policies for a sustainable and productive future.
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