Contact Us

Thank you for visiting the National Ocean Service (NOS) Website. Please send us your ideas, concerns, comments, and suggestions using the contacts below for NOS headquarters and different sections of the NOS website. You may also provide us feedback about our website by completing our short survey.

NOS Headquarters

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management
NOAA's National Ocean Service
SSMC4, Room 13632
1305 East-West Hwy
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
(301) 713-3074

For media inquiries, contact NOS Public Affairs:
(301) 713-3066
Ben.Sherman@noaa.gov or Keeley.Belva@noaa.gov

For constituent and interest group inquiries, contact NOS Constituent Affairs:
(301) 713-3060
nos.constituent@noaa.gov

For general public inquiries about NOS, contact:

Communications and Education Division
NOAA's National Ocean Service
SSMC4, Room 13317
1305 East-West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph: (301) 713-3010
Email: nos.info@noaa.gov

NOS is happy to supply any available publication produced by the National Ocean Service that is not available for downloading from this website or the website of an NOS program or staff office. Refer to the contact information in the Outreach or Publications sections of this website for the name or email address of the individual or office to contact.

NOS regrets that it is unable to conduct research in response to questions for the purpose of meeting school assignments or filling extremely broad and all-encompassing requests for materials.

NOS Website

For questions or comments about the technical aspects of this site, email: nosweb@noaa.gov. For questions or comments about the content on the site, email: nos.info@noaa.gov.

To report an error, please go to the page which contains an error, and use the link 'Report Error On This Page' found at the bottom of the page. This will help us to locate and fix the problem.

Data Explorer

For general information, comments, or questions on the NOS Data Explorer Web site, contact nosdataexplorer@noaa.gov.

Education

For information, comments, or questions on the educational tutorials on NOS science topics on this website contact:

Communications and Education Division
NOAA's National Ocean Service
SSMC4, Room 13317
1305 East-West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph: (301) 713-3010
Email: oceanserviceseducation@noaa.gov

 

NOS Program and Staff Offices, Outreach, and Websites

For general information, comments, or questions on NOS program offices, program office outreach materials, or NOS program websites, contact the individuals listed below.

Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Linda Austin
Ph: (301) 713-2981, ext. 126
Email: Linda.Taylor-Austin@noaa.gov

International Program Office
Arwen Edsall
Ph: (301) 713-3078, ext. 214
Email: Arwen.Edsall@noaa.gov

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Timothy Dorch
Ph: (301) 713-3028, ext. 129
Email: Timothy.Dorch@noaa.gov

National Geodetic Survey
Bobbi Simmons
Ph: (301) 713-3230, ext. 101
Email: Bobbi.Simmons@noaa.gov

NOAA Coastal Services Center
Donna McCaskill
Ph: (843) 740-1272
Email: Donna.McCaskill@noaa.gov

NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System Program
Jennie Lyons
Ph: (301) 427-2446
Email: Jennie.Lyons@noaa.gov

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Lou Cafiero
Ph: (301) 563-1141 ext. 141
Email: Louis.Cafiero@noaa.gov

National Estuarine Research Reserves

Lou Cafiero
Ph: (301) 563-1141 ext. 141
Email: Louis.Cafiero@noaa.gov

Marine Protected Areas

Kara Schwenke
Ph: (301) 563-1162
Email: Kara.Schwenke@noaa.gov

Office of Coast Survey
Dawn Forsythe
Ph: (301) 713-2780, ext. 146
Email:Dawn.Forsythe@noaa.gov

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Ph: (301) 713-3125
Email: sanctuaries@noaa.gov

Office of Response and Restoration
Vicki Loe
Ph: (206) 526-6464
Email: Vicki.Loe@noaa.gov