Current Projects
National Marine Sanctuary Program

Client/Funder:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (posted 1/26/06)

Purpose and Scope:

The Academy is evaluating the planning and performance-based management processes of the National Marine Sanctuary Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service. The Panel is examining how those processes are intended to operate now and the extent to which they have changed since an Academy Panel completed its prior evaluation in February 2000.

Center:

Academy Studies

Project Director:

DeWitt John

Project Status:

On-going

Panel:

The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to oversee and direct the study.

F. Stevens Redburn* - Chief, Housing Branch, U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Former Economist, Special Studies, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; Program Analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Director, Center for Urban Studies, Youngstown State University.

James Murley* - Director, Anthony James Catanese Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions, Florida Atlantic University. Former Secretary and Director, Division of Resource Planning and Management, Department of Community Affairs, State of Florida; Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Florida. Former positions with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce: Director, Coastal Program Office, and Gulf Coast Regional Manager, Office of Coastal Zone Management; Congressional Officer.

*Academy Fellow

Meetings

Meeting 1: February 22, 2006 ( closed )

Meeting 2: June 9, 2006

For Further Information

Charlene Walsh
Senior Administrative Specialist
cwalsh@napawash.org
(202) 347-3190 x 3651