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Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
September 22, 2016 -
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Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
September 07, 2016 -
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Welcome to #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
August 31, 2016 -
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Hurricane hunting by aircraft has been both the job and the passion of James McFadden for most of his 50-year federal career. He's chief of programs and projects at the Aircraft Operations Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He's also a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. He talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the honor.
August 19, 2016 -
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After three years on the Government Accountability Office's high risk list, a satellite program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made progress. But not enough. There's the risk of a launch delay and ongoing cybersecurity issues. Dave Powner, director of information technology management issues at GAO, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 15, 2016 -
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It's hard to forget the videos of oil spewing forth from the hole at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon accident took 87 days to cap off. But it will take thousands and thousands of days to totally clean up. The job of overseeing what might be a 15-year effort belongs to Christopher Doley, chief of habitat restoration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He's also a finalist for this year's Service to America Medals. He spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the cleanup effort.
May 27, 2016 -
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Federal agencies are experimenting with different ways of incorporating mobile data into their missions: some are trying to protect citizens' data, while others are recruiting volunteers to collect and share more.
April 26, 2016 -
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The DATA Act will usher in a new way of reporting federal spending information, but information systems officials say it's also time to revisit job descriptions for data experts.
April 21, 2016 -
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Robert Bunge, Michael Gerber and the Wireless Alerts Team developed the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, which has sent our over 15,000 warnings since it was implemented in 2012.
September 04, 2015 -
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The Western states are experiencing an historic drought. But a strong El Niño is building in the Pacific. Forecast models predict a strong event. That raises several questions. Will the rain bring relief or devasting floods and mudslides? Will it come at all? How soon can the government predict the effects of this year's storm so agencies and citizens can prepare? For answers, we turn to Mike Halpert, Deputy Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center in College Park. He spoke with Tom Temin on the Federal Drive for an inside look at El Niño forecasting.
July 28, 2015 -
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The National Weather Service can now pinpoint the exact location where a storm might hit, and send an emergency message to the people who might be affected on their cell phones. Michael Gerber is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, and a member of the Wireless Emergency Alerts Team. He and three of his colleagues are finalists for a Service to America medal in the homeland security and law enforcement category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how the new weather alert systems are different from the old ones.
June 11, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plan to release major IT and services solicitations in the coming month. The draft RFPs are part of the broader effort to change the government's approach to acquisition.
February 20, 2015 -
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With the help of higher resolution modeling systems, less disruption to daily life and the economy occurred than otherwise might have when hurricane Arthur made landfall last year. That's thanks to a highly accurate landfall prediction made possible by supercomputers. This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration begins the next phase of a $44.5 million upgrade to its supercomputers. Dr. Louis Uccellini is director of the National Weather Service at NOAA. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain the strategy behind NOAA's newest upgrade.
January 19, 2015 -
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Mark Doms, the Commerce Department's undersecretary for Economic Affairs, said the agency is hiring a chief data officer, setting up a Data Advisory Council and looking to private sector experts to make its information more accessible and easier to use. Commerce also is testing mapping and other tools to improve the presentation of data.
November 11, 2014
