Jack Fellows UCAR Vice President Agenda Dimensions of the Budget Players How this really works Interesting Issues I dealt with while in the government How you can be involved.

Background 1983 PhD in Civil Engineering – parametrizing continental scale watershed models with remotely sensed data AGU Congressional Science Fellow OMB Science and Space Branch Chief present: UCAR Vice President

2010 Budget Overview

Executive Office of the President (The Players) White House Office: Rahm Emanuel White House Office Council of Economic Advisers: Christina Romer Council of Economic Advisers Office of Management and Budget: Peter Orszag Office of Management and Budget Domestic Policy Council: Melody Barnes Domestic Policy Council National Economic Council: Lawrence Summers National Economic Council National Security Council: James Jones National Security Council Council on Environmental Quality: Nancy Sutley Council on Environmental Quality Office of Science and Technology Policy: John Holdren Office of Science and Technology Policy President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board: Paul Volcker President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board President's Intelligence Advisory Board: Chuck Hagel and David Boren President's Intelligence Advisory Board Office of National AIDS Policy: Jeff Crowley Office of National AIDS Policy Office of National Drug Control Policy: Gil Kerlikowske Office of National Drug Control Policy Office of the Trade Representative: Ron Kirk Office of the Trade Representative Office of Administration: Brad Kiley Office of Administration White House Military Office: Vacant White House Military Office

Office of Management and Budget (Keeper of the President’s Policy)

OSTP-OMB R&D Guidance (Started in 1991)

R&D Budget Bush SrClintonBush Jr Obama

Basic Research ClintonBush Jr Obama

R&D Doubling Initiatives Bush JrObama

Interesting Issues (Why did I stay?) Learning about incoming Administration policies Space Shuttle and Space Station Doubling of the NSF Budget US Global Change Research Program Political punishments

How can you be involved? Congressional Science Fellowship – the ultimate civics lesson Professional Societies – sign up for action alerts or Congressional Visits Day Advocacy Activities

Transition Document Advice to the New Administration and Congress: Actions to Make our Nation Resilient to Severe Weather and Climate Change Nine partners – University Corporation for Atmospheric Research – Weather Coalition – American Meteorological Society – American Geophysical Union – Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science – National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges – Consortium for Ocean Leadership – Alliance for Earth Observations – Reinsurance Association of America Recommendations: – Observations. – Computing. – Research and Modeling. – Societal Relevance. – Leadership and Management. – Budget Resources: +$9B over the next five years based on community documents. Community Nominations Collected Science is not Done!

Reorganizing the Federal climate enterprise in the NSTC and Earth Observations Committee