Sen.
Mikulski Visits Science Center
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Maryland
Senator Barbara Mikulski paid a visit to the NOAA Science
Center last month for a quick overview on the agency’s
mission and accomplishments from NOAA Administrator
Lautenbacher. |
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Afterwards,
as she toured exhibits in the Science Center, Sen. Mikulski
was given a NOAA Weather Radio by Dennis McCarthy, director
of the NWS Climate, Water and Weather Services office. |
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Catching
the Train in Silver Spring
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As
part of their orientation, the NOAA Corps' Basic Officer Training
Class 107 visited Silver Spring in March, and met with NOAA
Administrator Lautenbacher and representatives
from the line offices. Most NOAA Corps officers are recruited
directly from universities; some transfer from other uniformed
services. Officers must have a degree in science, engineering
or mathematics. BOTC training is held at the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., and lasts 13 weeks.
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Pictured
with NOAA Administrator Lautenbacher (center) are
members of the NOAA Corps' Basic Officer Training
Class 107— (front row) ENS Carol Arsenault,
ENS Laurel Jennings, ENS Jason Saxe, ENS Paul Smidansky,
ENS Melissa Ford, ENS Rebecca Waddington; (back row)
ENS Sean Finney, ENS Madeleine Adler, ENS Guinevere
Lewis, ENS John Christensen, ENS James Brinkley, ENS
Jamie Wasser, ENS David Strausz, ENS Allison Martin.
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| Employee and Team Member of the Month |
| Employee of the Month
Allyson
Ouzts
NOAA
Fisheries Service
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Team Member of the Month
Ed
Hastings
NOAA Fisheries Service
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This
month’s Employee and Team Member of the Month
are Allyson Ouzts and Ed Hastings, both from the NOAA
Fisheries Service. You can read about their accomplishments
in the upcoming issue of NOAA Report. |
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Lautenbacher
Helps to Open Contractor HQ
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Administrator Lautenbacher joined Mississippi
Gov. Haley Barbour in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new
United States headquarters for Tenix, which performs light
detection and ranging (LIDAR) hydrographic and bathymetric
surveys throughout the country for NOAA and other clients.
The data collected by Tenix will be critical to the environmental
security, economic security and the overall safety of the
gulf coast, and the new facility, located in Biloxi, will
create technology jobs in the region.
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Administrator Lautenbacher helps to open the new U.S.
headquarters of Tenix, a NOAA contractor, in Biloxi,
Miss., along with Michael Janus, president, Tenix Holdings
Inc. (at rear), and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour
(right).
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| In
a prelude to Earth Day, NOAA Administrator Lautenbacher
joined more than 100 volunteers from NOAA and the National
Aquarium in Baltimore in the annual tidal wetland restoration
at historic Fort McHenry in Baltimore's inner harbor. This
was the sixth year NOAA had joined in the clean-up effort.
Created as tidal marsh in 1985, and managed by the National
Aquarium in Baltimore, the 10-acre Fort McHenry wetland is
a highly visible site and serves as a living exhibit of habitat
restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay. It is one of the
few tidal wetlands in Baltimore harbor, and provides a unique
opportunity to study how a man-made wetland functions over
time. It is also a wonderful classroom for educating and connecting
city dwellers to be stewards of their environment.
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Volunteers
from NOAA and the National Aquarium in Baltimore worked
last month to clean up Baltimore’s historic Fort
McHenry. But who’s the man hard at work on the
right?
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none other than NOAA Administrator Lautenbacher, who
was joined by his wife, Susan (right), in the wetlands
restoration project.
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AOC
Honored With Hagemeyer Award
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Aircraft Operations Center was awarded the fourth annual Richard
Hagemeyer Award at the 59th meeting of the Interdepartmental
Hurricane Conference in Jacksonville, Fla. in March. The award
— a box made of Hawaiian Koa wood — is awarded
annually to those people and personnel who have contributed
to the overall hurricane program. AOC was honored along with
the Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
and Dr. Frank Marks, Director of
the Hurricane Research Division of AOML.
The
award honors the late Richard Hagemeyer,
considered the father of the U.S. Tsunami Warning System.
Hagemeyer, who died on October 25, 2001, worked for NOAA and
its predecessor agencies for 51 years, finally as director
of the NWS Pacific Region.
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| NOAA's
Aircraft Operations Center received the Richard Hagemeyer
Award (pictured) in March.
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