NOAA Transition: Councils
NOAA Fleet Council
RADM Jonathan W. Bailey, NOAA
Director, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations and Director, NOAA Commissioned Corps
Chair(s)
Director, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Principals
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
National Weather Service
National Ocean Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Program, Planning and Integration
Advisors
Program Analysis and Evaluation
NOAA Program Managers
NOAA Goal Team Leads
Office of Legislative Affairs
NOAA Ocean Council
NOAA Observing Systems Council
NOAA Research Council
NOAA Education Council
NOAA Finance
NOAA Safety Council
Role
The NOAA Fleet Council is established as the principal advisory body to the Administrator and serves as the focal point for the agency’s ship and aircraft platforms, including their missions, naming, funding, staffing, safety, maintenance, repair and replacement, including major equipment thereon. Specific purposes of the Council include, among others as deemed appropriate:
- Allocation of NOAA and charter ship and aircraft time to support NOAA's research and operational programs and missions, including approval of significant deviations (greater than five days) from approved schedules.
- Assist with the planning, coordination and communication of platform requirements to NOAA Program Managers to ensure they are effectively represented in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System.
- Proposing priorities and investment strategies for ship and aircraft Fleet Modernization Plans in order to provide the most efficient means to support NOAA’s programs and strategic goals.
- Coordination and review of NOAA’s participation in the Federal Oceanographic Facilities Committee, including the exchange of information on long-range plans regarding the construction, deactivation or chartering of research platforms.