CHAPTER 5 Table 5.1 The SEE Process
PRODUCT SEE PHASE PURPOSE RESPONSIBLE PARTY

Annual Guidance Memorandum (AGM)

Strategy

Focuses planning on strategic priorities (for out-year and next year’s budget); identifies fiscal constraints

NOAA Administrator, PPI

Implementation Plan (IP)

Strategy

Outlines strategic performance expectations and resource requirements by strategic objective; offers risk-based assessment of choices

Goal and Enterprise Objective Leads (LOs and SOs)

Corporate Portfolio Analysis (CPA)

Strategy

Analyzes IPs and other relevant information to identify key issues and corporate priorities for the next budget formulation phase; draws attention to short and/or long-term concerns for leadership decision or action; concludes with CPA Decision Memo documenting decisions

PPI, NOAA CFO, NBO, NEP/NEC

NOAA Budget Submission

Strategy

Justifies NOAA funding request to DOC, OMB, Congress; describes performance measurements and targets

NOAA CFO, NBO, LOs and SOs CFOs

Corporate Portfolio Review (CPR)

Execution

Reassesses commitments made in CPA; reconciles IPs and performance expectations with appropriation

NOAA CFO, NBO

Annual Operating Plan (AOP)

Execution

States how LO and SOs will execute and evaluate annual appropriation

LOs and SOs

Annual Performance Plan and Performance and Accountability Report

Execution

Report progress made on GPRAMA measures to OMB

NOAA CFO

Progress to Plan (P2P)

Evaluation

Assesses progress toward NGSP objectives; evaluates executed programs to determine what has been working, what has not, and what might be changed for better performance

PPI

Mid-year and End-of-Year Execution Review

Evaluation

Report on progress toward meeting annual priorities

LOs and SOs