National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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Off‌ice of Oceanic and Atmospheric

Research The Off‌ice of Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research (OAR) carries

out research on weather, air quality and

composition, climate variability and

change, and ocean, coastal, and Great

Lakes ecosystems. OAR conducts and

directs its research programs in coastal,

marine, atmospheric, and space sciences

through its own laboratories and off‌ices,

as well as through networks of university-

based programs across the country.

For further information, contact the Off‌ice of

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Room 11458,

1315 East-West Highway,Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Phone, 301–713–2458. Fax, 301–713–0163.

Internet, http://www.oar.noaa.gov.

Off‌ice of Marine and Aviation

Operations The Off‌ice of Marine and

Aviation Operations maintains a f‌leet of

ships and aircraft, and manages several

safety programs. Ships and aircraft are

used for operational data collection and

research in support of NOAA’s mission,

the Global Earth Observation System, and

the Integrated Ocean Observing System.

This includes f‌lying “hurricane hunter”

aircraft into nature’s most turbulent

storms to collect data critical to hurricane

research.

For further information, contact Off‌ice of Marine

and Aviation Operations, Suite 500, 8403 Colesville

Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone, 301–713–

1045.

Sources of Information

Publications and Resources The

Administration provides technical

memoranda, technical reports,

monographs, nautical and aeronautical

charts, coastal zone maps, data tapes,

and a wide variety of raw and processed

environmental data. Information on

NOAA products is available through

the Internet at www.noaa.gov. Contact

the Off‌ice of Public and Constituent

Affairs, Fourteenth Street and Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Phone, 202–482–6090. Fax, 202–482–

3154.

For further information, contact the Off‌ice of Public Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202–482–4190. Internet, http://

www.noaa.gov.

National Telecommunications and Information

Administration

Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230

Phone, 202–428–1840. Internet, http://www.ntia.doc.gov.

Assistant Secretary for Communications and

Information

LAWRENCE E. STRICKLING

Deputy Assistant Secretary ANNA M. GOMEZ

Chief Counsel KATHY D. SMITH

Associate Administrator for Spectrum

Management

KARL NEBBIA

Associate Administrator for Policy Analysis and

Development

DANIEL J. WEITZNER

Associate Administrator for International Affairs FIONA ALEXANDER

Associate Administrator for

Telecommunications and Information

Applications

BERNADETTE A. MCGUIRE-RIVERA

Director, Institute for Telecommunication

Sciences

ALAN VINCENT

[For the National Telecommunicationsand Information Administration statement of organization, see the

Federal Register of June 5, 1978, 43 FR 24348]