About NESSO
The Safety and Environmental Compliance Office (NESSO) is a professional services organization that establishes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) policy, guidance and oversight to ensure compliance with regulatory, internal, and other requirements and to drive toward continuous improvement in Safety, Occupational Health, Environment, and Sustainability performance.
Our office is charged with the following responsibilities:
Program and Management System Standards
Establishing minimum requirements to ensure compliance with regulatory and other requirements and to effectively manage Safety, Occupational Health, Environment, and Sustainability processes and systems.
Governance and Oversight
- Conducting and/or coordinating auditing programs to assess and assure compliance with requirements
- Establishing metrics and analyzing trends to allow NOAA Senior Leadership to monitor performance and to effectively plan and allocate resources to ensure continuous improvement.
Communication and Training
- Providing training programs to ensure that Line Offices (LOs) and Staff Offices (SOs) understand the program and management system standards
- Providing training to LOs, SOs, and NOAA Senior Leadership on the most effective ways to lead organizations to excellence in Safety, Occupational Health, Environment, and Sustainability performance
- Communicating to NOAA Senior Leadership the levels of regulatory risk associated with operations and how well these risks are being controlled
Consultation
Assisting and advising LOs and SOs in understanding the technical requirements of Safety, Occupational Health, Environment, and Sustainability standards so they can appropriately manage and execute the requirements