The meeting was well attended with over 20 representatives from the NOAA Offices of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Administrative Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Ocean Service (NOS), and NOAA’s Homeland Security Program Office. 

The purpose of the meeting was to learn about each other’s devolution process and procedures; identifying opportunities for coordination across line and staff offices. Devolution is a part of continuity planning that establishes procedures to transfer statutory authority and responsibilities from an organization’s primary operating staff and facilities to other designated staff and or facilities for the purpose of maintaining our mission essential functions.

The meeting provided an opportunity for the line and staff offices to work through devolution scenarios; identifying potential impacts and areas at risk. Although we hope to never have to activate our devolution option having a viable, actionable and comprehensive devolution plan/annex is important. 

For further information, contact Alyson.Finn@noaa.gov.

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