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NOAA plans for 4 furlough days, begins talking to unions
Employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be furloughed four days starting in July, acting Administrator Kathryn Sullivan wrote in an email to staff Monday.
Tags: NOAA , Commerce Department , furlough , sequestration , budget , Ciaran Clayton , Michael OConnell , Kathryn Sullivan
Federal Drive Interviews -- Feb. 15, 2013
Tags: Federal Drive , sequestration , IRS , USDA
NWS ramps up to track Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy
Steve Cooper, acting deputy director of NOAA's National Weather Service, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp, his agency added staffing to follow progress of the major East Coast storm.
Tags: Steven Cooper , NOAA , Hurricane Sandy , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell
Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 30, 2012
The Federal Drive gets post-superstorm Sandy updates from the National Weather Service and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Tags: Federal Drive , Coast Guard , Steven Cooper , Sandy , Jamie Frederick , Steven Musser , FDA , Debra Katz , Legal Loop , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service
NWS could furlough 5,000 employees to cover budget shortfall
The National Weather Service says it must furlough as many as 5,000 employees for 13 days by Sept. 30, unless Congress allows the agency to move around funds within its budget.
Tags: NOAA , Dan Sobien , Jack Hayes , budget , workforce , furlough
Say goodbye to inaccurate weather forecasts?
The National Weather Service has developed and tested a more precise forecasting and warning system. Don Berchoff, the science and technology director at NWS, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how the agency got the program up and running.
Tags: Commerce , Don Berchoff , Raytheon , technology , IT , information sharing , In Depth , Francis Rose
Will snow affect Tuesday's operating status?
Tags: weather , OPM , operating status
Open? Closed? OPM redefines operating statuses
The Office of Personnel Management provides a behind-the-scene look at how Director Berry plans to handle the winter ahead, introduces a new set of operating status notifications, and looks at the National Weather Service's long range forecast.
Tags: pay and benefits , operating status , OPM , John Berry , la Nina , Suzanne Kubota
GOP plan would cut tsunami warning center budget
A spending plan approved by the House would slash funding for a tsunami warning center that issued an alarm after the devastating earthquake in Japan.
Tags: NOAA , budget , tsunami warning center , Japan , tsunami
NWS hunts for data on record-breaking heat
It's not as easy as it sounds.
Tags: technology , Chris Strong , Heat wave , DorobekInsider
