NOAA Priorities
Each year the NOAA Administrator uses the Annual Guidance Memorandum (AGM) to establish priorities and institute adjustments to strategy for the upcoming execution year and five planning years. Within the long-term framework of NOAA’s Next-Generation Strategic Plan (NGSP), the AGM focuses NOAA’s strategy based upon changes in the external environment, performance results, prior year performance, and administration priorities.
Find the latest AGM here
Information on NOAA’s NGSP here
- Climate Services
- Weather and Water
- Sustainable Seafood
- National Ocean Policy
- Strengthening Science
- Place-based Priorities
Climate Services
- Climate Portal – A single point-of-entry for NOAA’s extensive collection of climate data and information
- NOAA’s Regional Climate Centers – Climate data, information and knowledge for decision makers and other users at the local, state, regional and national levels.
Weather and Water
- National Weather Service Strategic Plan
- National Weather Science and Technology Roadmap
- National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway
- Integrated Water Resources Science and Services
- Nation Weather Service Hydrology Plans and Services
- NextGen Weather and the Weather Information Database
- 4-D Weather Information Database
Sustainable Seafood and Jobs
The National Ocean Policy
Strengthening Science
Place-based Priorities
Gulf of Mexico
- NOAA Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Response
- NOAA Gulf Spill Restoration
- Federal Fisheries Closure and Other Information
- NOAA Science Missions & Data
Arctic
