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National Weather Service
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It's only been orbiting the earth since about Thanksgiving, but the new GOES-16 satellite, operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is proving its worth in the data and imagery it produces. Joseph Pica, director of the office of observations at the National Weather Service, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin a progress report.
January 30, 2017 -
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The National Weather Service Employees Organization condemned the Weather service for allegedly spying on online union meetings in a complaint filed with Federal Labor Relations Authority.
July 29, 2016 -
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The National Weather Service's Global Forcecast System has twice the resolution as before, promising to have profound effect on weather forecasting. Joining me to explain it all, the National Weather Service director Dr. Louis Uccellini, NWS director, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 20, 2016 -
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A call of the Metropolitan Council of Governments will help determine when and if the federal government should open, close early or not close early ahead of the impending blizzard.
January 21, 2016 -
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The Air Force's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron are preparing for their winter mission of tracking winter storms to provide data to the National Weather Service.
December 23, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget has been pushing federal agencies to improve customer service, whether online or in-person. But one group has been pushing better service for years. The Government Customer Contact Services Community of Practice was founded by Daryl Covey. A Weather Service executive with 38 years of federal service, Covey tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the Community of Practice is all about.
December 02, 2015 -
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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 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 Office of Personnel Management closed federal offices in the D.C. area Thursday due to an impending snow storm. Emergency workers and telework-ready employees required to work "must follow their agency's policies, including written telework agreements," according to OPM. Federal agencies in the Baltimore area are also closed.
March 05, 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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The National Weather Service launched the ambassador program in February, and it now has more than 350 private sector, state, local, federal agency and other partners. The ambassador program is part of the NWS Weather Ready Nation effort to set an example of how to prepare for weather related events.
June 18, 2014 -
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The National Weather Service is recruiting federal agencies to be ambassadors as part of its Weather-Ready Nation initiative. NWS says ambassadors are helping citizens and businesses prepare for weather emergencies. Laura Furgione, deputy director for the National Weather Service, tells Federal News Radio's Executive Editor Jason Miller about the new ambassadors program and how agencies can get involved. Read Jason's related article.
June 17, 2014 -
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Kathryn Sullivan, the acting under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, sent an email to staff today announcing she was lifting the hiring freeze ban on non-mandatory training NOAA put in place last year to offset the impact of sequestration.
January 31, 2014 -
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The National Weather Service Employees Organization (NWSEO) says the agency blamed lack of funds when it implemented a hiring freeze last March. But the union says NWS budget documents posted to its website show the agency actually ended fiscal 2013 with $125 million in unspent funds. NWS officials dispute the union's contentions that they agency left money on the table. The union's concerns over agency vacancies were the focus of recent arbitration hearings.
January 22, 2014
