Weather Forecasting: National Weather Service Is Planning to Improve Service and Gain Efficiency, but Impacts of Potential Changes Are Not Yet Known Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Weather Forecasting: National Weather Service Is Planning to Improve Service and Gain Efficiency, but Impacts of Potential Changes Are Not Yet Known
Creator
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Author: United States. Government Accountability Office.Creator Type: Organization
Publisher
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Name: United States. Government Accountability Office.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2006-07-14
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "To provide accurate and timely weather forecasts, the National Weather Service (NWS) uses systems, technologies, and manual processes to collect, process, and disseminate weather data to its nationwide network of field offices and centers. After completing a major modernization program in the 1990s, NWS is seeking to upgrade its systems with the goal of improving its forecasting abilities, and it is considering changing how its nationwide office structure operates in order to enhance efficiency. GAO was asked to (1) evaluate NWS's efforts to achieve improvements in the delivery of its services through system and technology upgrades, (2) assess agency plans to achieve service improvements through training its employees, and (3) evaluate agency plans to revise its nationwide office configuration and the implications of these plans on local forecasting services, staffing, and budgets."
Subject
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government accountability -- United States.
- Keyword: science and technology
- Keyword: weather forecasting
- Keyword: letter report
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Government Accountability Office ReportsCode: GAORT
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Rights
- Rights License: pd
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Report No.: GAO-06-792
- Accession or Local Control No: 250805
- URL: http://gao.gov/products/GAO-06-792
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc296269