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Join Jennifer Sprague, Policy Analyst at NOAA's National Weather Service, for an essential update on the NOAA Partnership Policy timeline and recent developments. Discover insights from past reviews and meetings aimed at enhancing communications among NOAA's partners, including the public, private, and academic sectors. Also, learn about changes to the NWS Information Services, approve new initiatives, and how stakeholders can stay informed via the RSS feed. Stay engaged with the evolving partnership landscape in weather services.
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NWS Partners Workshop Partnership Policy Update Jennifer Sprague, Policy Analyst, Strategic Planning & Policy Office National Weather Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Jennifer Sprague
NOAA Partnership Policy Timeline and Update 2009 – Partnership policy in place 5 years – review required 2007 (Aug) – Meeting of the SAB Working Group to Examine Advisory Options for Improving Communications Among NOAA's Partners 2006 (July) - The SAB recommended an ad hoc working group to examine/recommend advisory options for improving communications among public/private/academic entities 2006 (Apr) – NEC requested Science Advisory Board (SAB) advice on Fair Weather Recommendation #2 2006 (Jan) – Clarification adopted 2005 (Aug-Nov) – Clarification proposed and comments received 2005 (Jun) – NWS policy implements partnership policy 2004 (Dec) – NOAA partnership policy issued 2004 (Jan) – NOAA partnership policy proposed/comments received 2003 (Jan) – “Fair Weather” published Jennifer Sprague
NCIM/NOAA Short Course • Jointly-sponsored NCIM/NOAA Short Course, entitled "The Nation's Weather Enterprise: Public/Private Sector Partnership held June 1, 2006 • Web-based learning module available • NCIM web site (for private sector folks) -- http://www.ncim.org/pppcourse2006/ • DOC e-learning site (for NOAA folks) -- http://e-learning.doc.gov/ Jennifer Sprague
Notification of Proposed NWS Information Service Changes • At Jan Partners meeting, partners requested email notification of updates to NWS Database of Changes to NWS Information Services. • Decided to notify using Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed to avoid overhead and privacy issues associated with maintaining email address lists. • RSS feed has been active since mid-April (April 19 PNS). • Subscribe at http://www.weather.gov/infoservicechanges/ Jennifer Sprague
NWS Information Service Change Database (http://www.weather.gov/infoservicechanges/) NWS information service change status (6/7/07) • Summary of 2006 Decisions: • 17 new services approved • 2 new services disapproved • 3 modifications approved • 1 termination approved • 1 termination disapproved • 2007 Decisions to date: • 14 new services approved • 3 new services disapproved • 1 termination approved • 1 termination disapproved Jennifer Sprague
References • “Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Information” (National Academy Press, 2003) http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10610.html • NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information http://www.noaa.gov/partnershippolicy/ • NWS policies in Directives system (See especially 1-10, 1-1001, 1-1002, 10-102) http://weather.gov/directives/ • URLs for Web Course http://e-learning.doc.gov/ (NOAA) and http://www.ncim.org/pppcourse2006/ (Private Sector) Jennifer Sprague