National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Supercomputers and algorithms constantly being tweaked has all made NOAA better and better at weather forecasting.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a provision in the annual Defense bill the Senate Armed Services Committee released this week would order a top-to-bottom review of the contractor, civilian and military IT positions in each military service and DoD agency.

The National Guard made some changes in the off season to prepare for big storms like Hurricanes Florence and Harvey.

Not many people can claim to have revolutionized the art and science of weather prediction. Venkatachalam Ramaswamy’s plan was adopted by NOAA.

How does the National Weather Service keep Americans safe by predicting extreme weather events earlier and with more accuracy? What are its strategic priorities? How is the National Weather Service using technology and innovation to meet its mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Louis Uccellini, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Director of the National Weather Service.

NOAA’s broad spectrum of data formats across more than 90 business systems requires regular check on authorization and cyber health.

The Government Accountability Office has taken two items off its high-risk list, a governmentwide inventory of programs that put agencies on-notice about major threats of fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement.

Kevin Cooley, director of the office of planning and programming for service delivery at the National Weather Service, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the details.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take a loan while in non-pay status.

Hundreds of government scientists are missing three major scientific conferences this week because of the partial government shutdown