Office of Planning and Programming for Service Delivery (OPPSD) - OPPSD
The Office of Planning and Programming for Service Delivery (OPPSD), led by Director Kevin C. Cooley, ensures that the end-to-end, fully integrated capabilities needed to enable the NWS to achieve its strategic objectives for building a Weather-Ready Nation are resourced, developed and fielded. OPPSD is responsible for defining and articulating long term strategic goals and objectives through NWS/NOAA/DOC strategic plans and priorities and out-year budget cycle planning activities for the evolution of NWS products and services. The Office is responsible for oversight of subordinate portfolios to ensure portfolio management and budgetary planning is coordinated and integrated across all the NWS portfolios (Facilities; Observations; Central Processing; Dissemination; Science and Technology Integration; and Analyze, Forecast, and Support).
The Strategy Planning and Integration Division of OPPSD under Director Steve Brescia coordinates and manages the NWS Annual Operating Planning process with financial guidance from the Chief Financial Officer. The Office manages and carries out continuous evolution of NWS services by planning and executing service delivery improvements identified by the AFS portfolio, including the 11 National Service Programs. The Office tracks and reports on strategic and tactical performance measures and evaluation criteria.
The Engineering Standards Division of OPPSD under Director Benjie Spencer provides end-to-end system engineering oversight across all Offices, assesses risks from a systems engineering perspective, and ensures subordinate offices follow and apply consistent engineering standards and processes, project management, system requirements management. The Office provides and conducts independent operational testing and evaluation services for the major systems in the subordinate offices. The Office oversees maintenance; systems development; logistics; repair; acquisitions; engineering; configuration management; the research to operations process; construction; and safety/environmental compliance policies, procedures, and directives.
OPPSD also houses the Evolve NWS Program Management Office (PMO) that was established to lead specific initiatives that evolve the National Weather Service (NWS) to achieve the vision of a Weather-Ready Nation. The PMO provides the overall guidance, alignment and integration of the initiatives and programs so that their status and dependencies are identified, easily understood, coordinated and actively managed. For more information please visit the Evolve NWS page.
Kevin C. Cooley, Director, OPPSD
301-427-9810
Benjie Spencer, Director, OPPSD Engineering Standards Division
301-427-9400
Steve Brescia, Director, OPPSD Strategy Planning and Integration Division
301-427-9765
Lara Hinderstein, Executive Officer, OPPSD
301-427-9208