| Fifteen
thousand cheering spectators lined the streets of Silver Spring
for the annual Montgomery County Holiday Parade, with NOAA
again playing a prominent role. Announced as “Silver
Spring's largest employer” and the “Sentinels
of the Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere,” NOAA parade
participants received a long list of kudos from emcees Maureen
Bunyon and Doug Hill from WJLA-TV news.
Rear
Adm. Sam DeBow served as the NOAA Parade Marshal,
leading a crew of NOAA staff representing each line office.
The procession featured a 20-foot wide NOAA banner, followed
by a 1965 Mustang convertible carrying the NOAA Parade Marshal.
Two large helium-inflated weather balloons served as the centerpiece
of the NOAA contingent, surrounded by smaller blue and white
NOAA balloons. The NOAA procession was concluded with the
NOAA Blues Band led by Tom Cox and
Moe Nelson from NOAA’s National
Ocean Service.
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Sam DeBow, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations director,
led the NOAA contingent at the annual holiday parade
in Silver Spring, Md., this November. |
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| NOAA
mascot Capt. Fish at the annual holiday parade, visiting
with the crowd. |
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| The
NOAA Northwest regional education and outreach group coordinated
a “One NOAA Fair,” for NOAA employees and contractors,
at NOAA’s Western Regional Center in Seattle. This well
attended lunchtime event, held in late October, featured speakers
and exhibits from many of the NOAA line offices represented
in Seattle and how they affect the local community. Getting
to know NOAA colleagues in your area, but within different
line offices, is a key ingredient in fostering the One NOAA
concept.
One
NOAA workshops were also held in Taunton, Mass., where 19
New England NOAA managers met to discuss their missions and
NOAA-wide initiatives with potential cross-cutting application
for New England.
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NOAA
Fisheries' Lisa Hiruki-Raring shows fellow NOAA employees
a sample of baleen from a whale.
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Future
NOAA Leaders Minted
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seven NOAA employees — the members of Class IV of the
NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program — participated
in a graduation ceremony in Silver Spring, in October. The LCDP
program, a key component of NOAA’s Strategic Human Capital
Management Plan, is the agency’s premier succession planning
initiative. The 18-month leadership development program provides
training and learning experiences for NOAA employees looking
for greater leadership responsibilities. The program promotes
cross-line, multidisciplinary experiences that broaden participants’
understanding of NOAA’s strategic vision, mission and
goals, as well as its business processes.
Among
the graduates were Karen I. Hester Abrams, Lcdr.
John Adler, Robert M. Bassett, Christopher A. Burr, Kelvin
K.Y. Char, Daryl Covey, Steven K. Davis, Cdr. Michael Gallagher,
Timothy R. Goodspeed, Dr. Vincent Grano, Kristine Holderied,
Amy Holman, Fiona Horsfall, Jerry B. Janssen, Cdr. William
B. Kearse, Kristen Koch, Ed Levine, Stephen Paul Matula, Earl
K. Meredith, Eric Miller, Thomas Renkevens, R. Randall Schneider,
Cliff Schoenberger, Lisa F. Vaughan, Richard L. Wantuck, Donell
Woods, and Chris E. Yates.
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| The
NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program graduated
27 from its latest class earlier. |
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| Employee and Team Member of the Month |
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Employee of the Month
Elizabeth
Scott-Denton, NOAA Fisheries Service
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Team Member of the Month
Leo
Carling, NOAA Marine & Aviation Operations
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This
month’s Employee and Team Member of the Month
are Elizabeth Scott-Denton of NOAA Fisheries Service,
and Leo Carling of NOAA Marine & Aviation Operations.
You can read about their accomplishments in the upcoming
issue of NOAA Report. |
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Combined
Federal Campaign Ends Soon!
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| NOAA’s
2005 Combined Federal Campaign ends in mid-December, so make
your contribution now, during this holiday season.
NOAA
kicked off the CFC this October and is enthusiastic about
reaching its goal this year. NOAA and other federal employees
have consistently demonstrated generosity and caring in support
of the CFC. If you give to the CFC every year, thank you!
If you haven't participated in the past, please consider it
this year. It is an easy and efficient way to contribute,
there are over 3,000 approved charities to donate to, and
the CFC was designed and is managed by federal employees —
just like you. The strength of the CFC is in the great number
of people who make contributions, large or small — so
every dollar makes a difference. See your office’s CFC
coordinator for more details.
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