Coast Survey participates in Boy Scout Day
Jonathan Haines with two Boy Scouts at the Nauticus
museum.
On December 7, Atlantic Hydrographic Branch (AHB) with help from the crew of
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, participated in Boy Scout Day at
Nauticus in Norfolk, Virginia. They led visitors through activities such as the sounding box and gumby suit races. Expected attendance was 400-800 Scouts and families along with general Nauticus and
Battleship Wisconsin guests. Thank you to
Rita Bowker for coordinating Coast Survey participation in this event!
For more information contact
Rita.S.Bowker@noaa.gov.
Hydrographic Surveys Team meeting held in Monaco
Attendees of the fourth meeting of the Hydrographic Surveys
Project Team.
Megan Greenaway of the Hydrographic Surveys Division (HSD) attended the Hydrographic Surveys Project Team fourth (HSPT4) meeting from December 3-6, 2019, in Monaco. The objectives of HSPT are to review and update the
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (Publication No. 44) and determine if a standing project team should continue. There were approximately 25 attendees from member states, industry, and the IHO. The principle objectives at this meeting were implementing feedback from the public via the Hydrographic Services and Standards Committee (HSSC) and coming to consensus on a few contentious updates. In addition, the project team voted on a new front cover page. The United State's proposal from Coast Survey's own,
Rick Powell, of the Navigation Services Division (NSD) won! Congratulations Rick and thanks for your support.
For more information contact
Megan.Greenaway@noaa.gov.
Volunteers needed to participate in NOS Zero Waste Assessment
Marine debris collected from a beach clean up
As you may have heard during the December 3 All Hands and Employee Recognition Ceremony, the newly formed NOS Zero Waste team is working to better understand the quantities and types of wastes we are producing in every day office activities. By collecting and analyzing data from individual waste assessments, the Zero Waste Team will be better equipped to suggest waste reducing efforts that will have the greatest impact moving forward. If you are able, please consider participating in the upcoming waste assessment this January. The assessment would entail taking less than 10 minutes each day to tally, in a Google Sheet, the waste you produce for one week. You may choose any work week (five consecutive days) in January to record the items you dispose of and/or recycle during working hours. We are encouraging participation by NOAA offices across the country. If you would like to participate, please complete this
Google Form to receive further instructions For more information contact
Christine.Burns@noaa.gov.
Coast Survey presents on eNavigation2019 panel
Capt. Kretovic presenting at eNavigation2019
On December 3 and 4, Coast Survey's
Capt. Elizabeth Kretovic and
Heather Gilbert attended the eNavigation2019 conference in Seattle. Capt. Kretovic spoke on a panel titled "Advances in Data Collection and Dissemination," where she discussed the
plan to sunset raster products and services and provided a status update of the
Precision Navigation program. This conference provides an opportunity to connect with stakeholders across industry and with other federal agencies. For more information contact
Capt. Elizabeth.Kretovic@noaa.gov.
Hampton University students learn about opportunities at NOAA
Rear Adm. Smith, while performing the duties of deputy assistant administrator for ocean services and coastal zone management, spent half a day at Hampton University meeting with students and faculty and providing a presentation describing who NOAA is and the career opportunities NOAA has to offer. The slide deck created for this will be made available to the rest of NOAA leadership to do similar events when traveling around the country.
Atlantic Hydrographic Branch hosts National Ocean Service leadership for site visit
Nicole LeBoeuf, acting assistant administrator for ocean services and coastal zone management, and other National Ocean Service leadership including the directors and deputy directors of Coast Survey, the National Geodetic Survey and the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, visited the Marine Operations Center-Atlantic and AHB campus for a site visit in November. The purpose of the visit was to meet with employees and evaluate the facilities. For more information contact AHB Branch Chief Cmdr. Meghan McGovern, at
AHB.Chief@noaa.gov.
Staff Updates
Congratulations to our very own
Capt. Rick Brennan who was elected as the president of
The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA)! THSOA is a non-profit organization committed to promoting education in hydrography, inshore surveying, inland waters surveying, offshore surveying, positioning and mapping/charting, including related earth sciences. His one year term will begin on Janurary 1, 2020.
Opportunities
The Hydrographic Surveys Division's announcement for two (2) Physical Scientist, ZP-1301-2/3 positions in Silver Spring, MD, has been posted. The announcement will be open for
14 days and will close on
December 23, 2019.
NOS-OCS-2020-0001 (MAP)
NOS-OCS-2020-0002 (DE)
If you have any questions, please contact
Lorraine.Robidoux@noaa.gov, deputy chief, Hydrographic Surveys Division (240-533-0029).
