transportation / data collection technologies / resource management / transportation costs / information delivery systems / oil / weather-based vessel routing services / similar data and information products / operational systems / federal systems / technology priorities / energy / real-time observations / energy production / existing regional observing systems / satellite programs / geospatial information / pilot systems / backbone systems / federal agency systems / observing systems / ecosystem-based management / nautical charting / data management / oceanographic services / operational observing systems / Internet technologies / Ocean observing systems / coordination / link observation technologies / /
NaturalFeature
Ocean Observation Capabilities NOAA / Gulf of Mexico / United States Geological Survey stream / /
OperatingSystem
GCOS / /
Organization
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy / NOAA Observing Systems Council / office of Naval Research / National Marine Fisheries Service / National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce Legislative Hearing / Subcommittee on Environment / Technology / and Standards / Committee on Ocean Policy / Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology / Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Ocean Service / and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce Legislative Hearing / Department of Justice / NOAA Ocean Council / Senate / Pew Oceans Commission / Congress / National Data Buoy Center / Fisheries and Oceans Committee / Technology Council / federal government / U.S. House of Representatives / lead federal agency / Center for Science / Economics and the Environment / Department of Commerce / Drivers for the U.S. Coastal Global Ocean Observing System Design / Subcommittee on Fisheries / National Ocean Research Leadership Council / National Governor’s Association / /
Person
George W. Bush / Mary Altalo / Charles Colgan / Richard W. Spinrad / Hauke Kite-Powell / Rodney Weiher / /
Position
issued Executive / driver / Chief Economist / national and international leader in the development / representative to the committee / President / farmer / manager / Chairman / this concludes my testimony / Assistant Administrator / Secretary / Chairman / Executive / Co-Chair / fisher / Secretary of Commerce / U.S. representative / /
Product
IOOS / federal control / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / /
Technology
remote sensing / Internet technologies / GPS / data collection technologies / link observation technologies / Ado / /
Written Testimony of Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D. Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1489, the “Coastal