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The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring. A Retrospective Assessment.
Committee On The Assessment Of The National Weather Service'S Modernization Program; National Research Council; Board On Atmospheric Sciences & Clima
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Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 358.
The Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS) was a large and complex re-engineering of a federal agency. The process lasted a decade and cost an estimated $4.5 billion. The result was greater integration of science into weather service activities and improved outreach and coordination with users of weather information. The MAR created a new, modernized NWS, and, significantly, it created a framework that will allow the NWS to keep up with technological changes in a more evolutionary manner. The MAR was both necessary and generally well executed. However, it required revolutionary, often difficult, changes. The ... Read more
The Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS) was a large and complex re-engineering of a federal agency. The process lasted a decade and cost an estimated $4.5 billion. The result was greater integration of science into weather service activities and improved outreach and coordination with users of weather information. The MAR created a new, modernized NWS, and, significantly, it created a framework that will allow the NWS to keep up with technological changes in a more evolutionary manner. The MAR was both necessary and generally well executed. However, it required revolutionary, often difficult, changes. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
National Academies Press United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780309217989
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V9780309217989
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