National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Supercomputers and algorithms constantly being tweaked has all made NOAA better and better at weather forecasting.
June 18, 2019 -
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.
June 14, 2019 -
The National Guard made some changes in the off season to prepare for big storms like Hurricanes Florence and Harvey.
May 30, 2019 -
Not many people can claim to have revolutionized the art and science of weather prediction. Venkatachalam Ramaswamy's plan was adopted by NOAA.
May 17, 2019 -
NOAA's broad spectrum of data formats across more than 90 business systems requires regular check on authorization and cyber health.
April 23, 2019 -
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.
March 07, 2019 -
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.
February 18, 2019 -
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.
February 07, 2019 -
Hundreds of government scientists are missing three major scientific conferences this week because of the partial government shutdown
January 06, 2019 -
The satellite flies in low Earth orbit, circling the planet about 14 times per day and measuring everything from seas surface temperature to cloud and ice cover.
August 22, 2018 -
Satellite researcher Tim Schmit of NOAA played a big role in developing the technology used by local officials in the Caribbean when hurricanes knocked out weather monitoring systems last year.
June 08, 2018 -
The White House is considering two executive orders and lawmakers are adding provisions to bills trying to limit agency exposure to Chinese made technology.
May 14, 2018 -
Ken Graham has worked in systems operations in Texas, taking a leadership role in the Hurricane Katrina recovery. He also established command centers to provide weather forecasts during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
March 28, 2018 -
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tomorrow plans to launch the latest in a series of geosynchronous weather satellites.
February 28, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, despite facing recent scrutiny, some veterans organizations still feel Dr. David Shulkin is the best person to run the Veterans Affairs Department.
February 20, 2018