FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Maureen Wylie (NOAA)

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Maureen Wylie - Chief Financial Officer

Everyone likes to talk about the weather. Only, NOAA's challenge is do to more than just talk about the weather. Wylie says NOAA must find ways to go beyond the weather and make sure that taxpayers get value from a wide range of range of earth sciences. Beyond that, she says that NOAA must also find ways to meet increasing expectations from a public that has come to rely on much of the information that NOAA provides. The FY 2009 budget will also be critical for NOAA. Wylie says the President's proposal includes needed money for NOAA's GOES-R (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), will be the agency's eyes in the sky, and to help monitor critical climactic data.

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FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Maureen Wylie (NOAA)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Maureen Wylie - Chief Financial Officer

Everyone likes to talk about the weather. Only, NOAA's challenge is do to more than just talk about the weather. Wylie says NOAA must find ways to go beyond the weather and make sure that taxpayers get value from a wide range of range of earth sciences. Beyond that, she says that NOAA must also find ways to meet increasing expectations from a public that has come to rely on much of the information that NOAA provides. The FY 2009 budget will also be critical for NOAA. Wylie says the President's proposal includes needed money for NOAA's GOES-R (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), will be the agency's eyes in the sky, and to help monitor critical climactic data.

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FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Elizabeth Scheffler (NOS)

The National Ocean Service (NOS), an office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, works to preserve and enhance the nation's coastal resources and ecosystems along 95,000 miles of shoreline and 3.5 million square miles of coastal ocean. NOS works to protect, restore and manage resources in our oceans and coasts; understand climate change and variability; fulfill weather and water information needs; and support commerce and transportation. NOS strives to be a global leader in integrated management of the ocean.

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FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Gary Reisner (NMFS)

"Gary Reisner serves as the NMFS Chief Financial Officer responsible for advising the Assistant Administrator and agency leadership on the agency-wide objectives, measures of accomplishment, and the distribution of resources among the agency's management units. In addition to these planning and monitoring elements, he oversees the Office of Management and Budget, which provides for the agency's administrative processes, budget formulation and execution, strategic planning, performance management and oversight, facility and safety management, grants coordination, audit coordination and oversight development, human resource management, and loan financing services. Prior to his current position, he worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget where he oversaw policy and program development of the NOAA budget and the performance of the Commerce Department under the President's Management Agenda. He brings experience in developing and implementing government-wide natural resources initiatives including Lands Legacy and the Conservation Spending Category, recommendations of former President Bush's Task Force on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Development, and guiding development and review of the first Interior Department Strategic Plan. Mr. Reisner has a Masters of Science degree in natural resource economics and over twenty years of Federal service devoted to advancing public policy on natural resource management, and related science. He has been involved with and a supporter of research that fosters economic and politically feasible solutions to many of the Nation's environmental and management conflicts.

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National Weather Service CFO balances today’s spending, future forecasting needs

Though he may be a numbers guy by trade Bob Byrd, the new chief financial officer at the National Weather Service, has always been fascinated by science. He said his interest in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration goes back to a long time.

“Even as a kid I remembered NOAA, going out on the ships on the ocean, seeing the whales and all of that on National Geographic and on public television. There was always an interest there,” he said. “I also had an interest in the weather service and its mission.”
When it comes to missions, Byrd’s career in the federal government has been diverse. It’s included the agency that makes coins, one that tests food safety and now the agency whose mission is to predict and inform the public about the weather.

While Byrd appreciates the differences among the departments he’s worked for, he’s quick to point out the similarities that accompany managing finances and finding efficiencies in any organization inside or outside of government.

Byrd, who previously was chief financial officer at the Food and Drug Administration, spent a few years in the private sector before returning to government and serving as the associate director and chief financial officer at the U.S. Mint. He took over the post at the National Weather Service July 10.

FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Maureen Wylie (NOAA)

"The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) serves as the principal financial manager for an organization whose appropriated resources approach nearly $4 billion and whose recorded capital asset value exceeds $5 billion. The CFO's Office has the responsibility under the CFO Act to provide the leadership necessary for NOAA to obtain a yearly-unqualified opinion in the audit of its consolidated financial statements. The areas under the direction of the CFO are the Budget and Finance Offices.

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Support the Katrina Relief Effort

This post is intended to provide links to information regarding the Huricane Katrina Relief effort and associated organizations.

Internet Information Resources:

National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
National Weather Service: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html
Hydrologic Information Center (river flooding): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/index.html
Federal Emergency Management Agency: 1-800-621-FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/
Louisiana Homeland Security: http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/
City of New Orleans: http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx
Louisiana Governor's Office: http://www.gov.state.la.us/
Mississippi Emergency Management: http://www.msema.org./index.htm

Relief Organizations:

FEMA Charity tips: http://www.fema.gov/rrr/help2.shtm

Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW or http://www.redcross.org/
Episcopal Relief & Development: 1-800-334-7626 or http://www.er-d.org/
United Methodist Committee on Relief: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/hurricanes/2005/
Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY or http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: 1-800-919-9338 or http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: http://www.nvoad.org/
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: http://www.la-spca.org/

For Federal Employees:

Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund: http://www.feea.org/
Postal Emergency Relief Fund: http://www.apwu.org/dept/human-rel/hr-perf.htm