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Partnership Policy Update

NWS Partners Workshop. Partnership Policy Update. Jennifer Sprague, Policy Analyst, Strategic Planning & Policy Office National Weather Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA Partnership Policy Timeline and Update.

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Partnership Policy Update

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  1. NWS Partners Workshop Partnership Policy Update Jennifer Sprague, Policy Analyst, Strategic Planning & Policy Office National Weather Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Jennifer Sprague

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

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