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facilitates communication among university researchers, 1 Of the 30 Sea Grant programs, 28 are individual Sea Grant College programs and 2 are Sea Grant Institutional programs. California and Massachusetts have two Sea Grant programs each, namely the University of California (located at Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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There are Web sites3 where individual Sea Grant program directors and the general public can obtain information on the NSGCP and all funded projects. ORIGIN OF THE NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM The idea of a Sea Grant college program was originally put forward by oceanographer, inventor, and writer Dr.
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Code,4 The National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C.
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94461 completely rewrote the Congressional statement of findings, objectives, and purposes of the National Sea Grant Program Act to reflect the extension and strengthening of the national sea grant program to promote research, education, training, and advisory service activities in fields related to ocean and coastal resources through federal support to sea grant colleges, sea grant regional consortia, and other institutions through NOAA, and to make education, training, research, and advisory services responsive to state, local, regional, or national needs and problems. 6The term `'Secretary'' refers to the "Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere" (33 U.S.C.
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. In addition, the National Director encourages the establishment and growth of individual Sea Grant programs and facilitates the cooperation and coordination of the National Program with other Federal activities in fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources.
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The NSGO also facilitates the Department of Commerce designation of Sea Grant College programs9 and oversees the program assessment process. The NSGO, in consultation with the NSGRP and individual Sea Grant programs, is responsible for the development of a strategic plan that establishes priorities for the NSGCP, provides an appropriately balanced response to local, regional, and national needs, and is reflective of integration with relevant portions of the strategic plans of the Department of Commerce and NOAA.
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The SGA provides the mechanism for these institutions to coordinate the research, education, training, and outreach activities of individual Sea Grant programs and to set program priorities (to enhance the economic, environmental, and social potential of the nation's coastal, marine, and Great Lakes resources) at both the regional and national level (SGA Brochure, available online at http://www.sga.seagrant.org)
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. With regard to the proposal and program review process, the 1994 NRC report suggested that the review process for research proposals be decoupled from the NSGO evaluation of individual Sea Grant programs.
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ISSUE 3 -- OVERLAPPING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITES The roles and responsibilities of the state Sea Grant directors [individual Sea Grant program directors] , NSGO, and National Sea Grant Review Panel [NSGRP]
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in determining the relative performance of programs of individual Sea Grant programs, and to evaluate whether the individual Sea Grant programs have improved as a result of the evaluation process. The National Academies was also requested to make recommendations to improve the overall effectiveness of the evaluation process.
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· Evaluate metrics for relevance and clarity; · Determine whether metrics provide a quantitative measure of quality of performance; and · Assess whether metrics improve consistency and objectivity of reviews from different teams evaluating a diverse portfolio of state Sea Grant programs. The committee will make recommendations for improving the overall effec tiveness of the evaluation process to ensure fairness, consistency, and enhance ment of performance.
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and their staff members regarding the evaluation process and its impact on the individual programs. During the two-year study, the Committee observed a number of Program Assessment Team visits to individual Sea Grant programs-several day meetings where individual Sea Grant programs are reviewed by an assigned Program Assessment Team (detailed discussion in Chapter 2)
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, PAT reports, director response letters, final evaluation letters, information on costs of preparing for and conducting PAT reviews during Cycle 2, PAT briefing materials, and answers by individual Sea Grant directors to the questions raised in a formal letter written by the chair of the Committee (see Appendix I for the text of this letter sent to each individual Sea Grant program director)
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24 EVALUATION OF THE SEA GRANT PROGRAM REVIEW PROCESS tions for improving the reliability, efficiency, and transparency of the competitive process. Chapter 4 discusses the broader need for program oversight and management and makes suggestions for how to move beyond the periodic assessment process in an effort to strengthen NSGCP efforts to provide an appropriately balanced response to local, regional, and national needs.
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