Draft NOAA Education Plan Available for Review 

   The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is revising its
Education Strategic Plan.  NOAA recently received broad legislative
authority from Congress through the America COMPETES Act to develop,
support, promote, and coordinate education activities to enhance public
awareness and understanding of the ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, and
atmospheric science. The draft plan establishes the goals for NOAA education
for the next twenty years as specified by the America COMPETES Act. NOAA
encourages all stakeholders and users to review the Plan and provide
comments.

Comments on this draft Plan must be received by 5 p.m. EDT on August 29,
2008.

The plan is available at: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/draft_ed_plan.html
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Theresa Schwerin
Associate Director, Education
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)