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Appendix E: NGDC Performance Measures and Milestones
Appendix E: NGDC Performance Measures and Milestones
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Appendix E NGDC Performance Measures and Milestones PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND MILESTONES FROM THE FY 2002 NESDIS ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN Performance Measure Milestone Environmental data archived Environmental data made readily accessible Archived environmental data sets that are systematically quality controlled using scientifically-based standards Environmental assessments produced that respond to priority national policy or environmental monitoring needs Customer services satisfaction level Increase number of signed/approved individual development plans for NESDIS by 20% per year 99 90% of scientifically significant data archived under NARA-recommended standards 55% of scientifically significant archived data made readily accessible 20% of quantity archived data sets having quality control processes in place One assessment per year per data center A customer satisfaction index of at least 75% across all of our services as measured by our customer service survey Establish IDPs for all interested current employees and for all new employees (continued)
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west coast Complete conterminous U.S. coastal relief model, integrating USGS topography with NOS hydrography for a base layer to hazard modeling such as flooding, storm surge, and tsunami NOTE: IDP = individual development plan; NARA = National Archives and Records Administration; NESDIS = National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; NGDC = National Geophysical Data Center; USGS = U.S.
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. Justness practices The availability of on-line NESDIS data sets and products will increase by 10% each year Assume role of primary long-term archive of full-resolution digital NOS hydrographic sounding data Refine design of long term archive of NOS shallow water multibeam bathymetry, digital side scan sonar and associated acoustic backscatter data Collaborate with NMFS to provide NESDIS assistance on needed environmental information technologies, methods and data Complete coastal relief model for the U.S.
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102 Continued APPENDIX E Performance Measure Milestone Develop new products to describe the state of the environment Establish and provide mechanism for multi-agency collaborative projects in hazards support involving key stakeholders Increased utilization of retrospective data for multi-hazard risk management Operationalize web search, subset, and custom CD-ROM capability New NGDC focus clearly defined in report to NGDC staff and NESDIS Reposition Paleoclimate Program into NGDC's fiscal structure Participate in current or new NOAA or NESDIS data rescue programs as appropriate Produce a new state of the environment product Consolidate existing global relief models into one for use as framework data set Provide NGDC staff to support the NOAA efforts in alternate dispute resolution Percent of operational satellite products assimilated into user systems Develop new climate, ocean, and space environment baseline indices Complete conterminous U.S. coastal relief model, integrating USGS topography with NOS hydrography for a base layer to hazard modeling such as flooding, storm surge, and tsunami Expand hazard brochure into a webbased product, complete with internal NESDIS links Capability implemented for GLOBE elevation, DMSP night-lights, marine survey data, and ecosystems data Identify new program thrusts supporting NESDIS or NOAA missions Identify current programs which have been discontinued or transferred Identify funding level and support for paleoclimatology Ingest and archive of 250 GB of DMSP film scan data from NESDIS' CDMP State of the space-weather normals available on the Web Develop a sea ice index prototype Global digital elevation model in GIS compatible format available on appropriate media Requested mediations performed Identify JCSDA tasks needed to optimize satellite data usage in space weather models and applications
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From the SXI sensor operating at full capacity: archive 8640 images/day totaling 2.3 GB per day 100% of NESDIS office/center identifying 0.25 FTE and associated resources committed to outreach Increase website accesses NESDIS-wide by 10% per year 100% of office and center director's use the annual resource plan form to document their program requirements throughout the program and budget development cycle Allow on-line access to satellite reference data sets and spectral demo sets to 100 users at any given time and improve this capacity by 25% each year Increase number of signed/approved IDP's for NESDIS employees by 20% per year Identify office/center contact person for outreach activity Establish office/center space for storage of outreach materials Identify main office/center and program web pages Develop corporate (NESDIS identifier) web look and incorporate NESDIS web look on main office/center pages Prepare the initial FY 2002 annual resource plans for each office and center director for signature approval by the AA and the office and center directors Prepare the FY 2003 annual resource plans for each office and center director for the FY 2003 President's budget Prepare the FY 2004 annual resource plans for each office and center director for the FY 2004 DOC budget submission Develop a plan to establish on-line access to reference datasets that describe the near-Earth space environment Establish IDP for all interested current employees, and for all new employees (continued)
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. Organ1zat1ona1 communications process Implement the "safety first" program at NGDC NOTE: AA = NESDIS assistant administrator; CDMP = Climate Database Modernization Program; COTS = commercial off-the-shelf; DAA = NESDIS deputy assistant administrator; DMSP = Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; DOC = Department of Commerce; FTE = full-time equivalent; GIS = geographic information system; GLOBE = Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program; GOES = Geostationary Satellites; IDP = individual development plan; JCSDA = Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; NESDIS = National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; NGDC = National Geophysical Data Center; NMFS = National Marine Fisheries Service; NNDC = NOAA national data centers; NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOS = National Ocean Service; NVDS = National Virtual Data System; POES = Polar Orbiting Satellites; SXI = Solar X-ray Imager; USGS = U.S.
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