Mr. BILL PROENZA (Director, National Hurricane Center): I was concerned that there was nothing on the books and nothing in the process of our budget process that showed that indeed NOAA was planning for what I would consider the next generation replacement for QuikSCAT, especially since it's in on borrowed time as we speak.

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More than anything, career break travel places an emphasis is on planning, says Jung, who lays out the budget process in The Career Break Handbook.

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The Capital Planning and Investment Control processes must be documented, and provided to OMB consistent with the budget process.

WHITEHOUSE: CIRCULAR NO. A-130 Revised