National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)
Weather, oceans, fisheries, climate data, satellites, and coastal resilience.
Function
Sub-agency or bureau
Parent
Department of Commerce
FY2026 Budget Authority
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Official Data
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Evidence Confidence
MediumVerification Status
AI-researched, unverifiedLast Reviewed
Jul 5, 2026
Retrieved On
Jul 5, 2026
Modernization Levers
Digital case/grant/service workflows, interoperable data, risk-based oversight, and shared services where the parent department can supply them without erasing mission expertise.
Administrative Burden Review
Identify who is forced to learn this bureau's rules: beneficiaries, applicants, regulated entities, grantees, state partners, researchers, or frontline staff. Reduce that burden through reusable evidence and clearer status information.
Duplication & Coordination Review
Coordinate with sibling bureaus before proposing consolidation. Some overlap is useful when it supplies checks, field presence, or resilience.
Risk & Guardrails
Do not cut mission-critical inspectors, adjudicators, scientists, field staff, or technical experts before the replacement process has proved it can preserve accuracy and rights.
Innovation Party Proposal
Improve NOAA through Satellite acquisition discipline, open weather/ocean APIs, fisheries data modernization, and warning systems measured by reach and lead time.