National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 file photo, National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini speaks to the National Governors Association Winter Meeting Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, in Washington. Uccellini, who has been the director of the National Weather Service for more than eight years, says he will retire at the end of 2021. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

The man behind the nation’s weather forecasting operations says farewell

Dr. Louis Uccellini has spent more than 40 years as a federal weather practitioner, first at NASA and then at the National Weather Service, where he’s…

People

Two agencies launch a joint challenge involving data, climate decision applications

Technology

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After 15 years of Best Places to Work, data findings consistently point to engagement needs

Hiring/Retention

NOAA Fisheries

Marine mammal research and discoveries earn federal scientist a Sammies nod

People

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The technology clock is ticking, as agencies move toward modernization

IT Modernization

Census Bureau training 5 agencies to run ‘do-it-yourself’ data sprints

Big Data

NOAA uses AI for more accurate weather forecasts, prompting data storage challenges

Technology

FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. A new government report estimates that government will be paying nearly half the nation’s health care tab within 10 years. That’s even without “Medicare-for-all,” the government-run plan for all Americans that some Democratic presidential contenders are calling for. Driving the increase is traditional Medicare, experiencing a surge in enrollment as aging baby boomers shift out of private coverage. The report comes from nonpartisan experts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Is Uncle Sam your career coach?

Federal Report

A group of people play Spikeball at twilight on the beach, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Ocean Park, Maine. As the summer tourist season reaches its peak Maine's coronavirus positivity rate remains among the lowest in the nation. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

NOAA’s data sharing with windmill developer could yield ocean insight for both parties

Big Data

NOAA upgrades Global Forecast System to get more weather data

Technology

Disparate agencies encountering similar lessons, pitfalls in prioritizing AI efforts

Artificial Intelligence

DOJ could start looking closer at cybersecurity fraud on government technology providers

In today’s Federal Newscast, officials at the Justice Department are sending a warning to government contractors, they will be turning up the False Claims…

Federal Newscast

This Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 satellite image made available by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Eta in the Gulf of Mexico at 1:51 p.m. EST. At left is Texas and at bottom is Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. (NOAA via AP)

NOAA, Google teaming up to use satellite data, AI

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The…

Cloud Computing

DoD wants industry’s help in taking out space trash

Defense

Debris orbiting the Earth is getting out of hand and the military thinks businesses can help solve the problem.