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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE 97-17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
115 PM EDT FRI APR 25 1997
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ EMPLOYEES...FAMILY OF
SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
/FAA/ CUSTOMERS...OTHER NWS CUSTOMERS
FROM: DR. ELBERT W. "JOE" FRIDAY JR.
DIRECTOR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SUBJECT: SERVICE AND PRODUCT CHANGES FROM THE NWS
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER...STORM PREDICTION
CENTER...AND NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
REFERENCE: NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 97-16...DATED
APRIL 11 1997
U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WILLIAM M. DALEY HAS ANNOUNCED THE
REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S NATIONAL OCEANIC
AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION /NOAA/...WHICH IS THE PARENT AGENCY
OFTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
QUOTING SECRETARY DALEY: "WHILE I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE
STREAMLINING WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IS PRUDENT...IN CONSIDERATION OF
THE CONCERNS RAISED BY COMMUNITIES...CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS
AND GOVERNORS...I HAVE DECIDED TO MAINTAIN LAST YEAR'S LEVEL OF
EFFORT AND FUNDED POSITIONS AT NOAA'S NATIONAL CENTERS INCLUDING
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
...AND THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
1997 HURRICANE SEASON...WE WILL CAREFULLY EVALUATE THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE NHC AND THE OTHER NATIONAL CENTERS TO
DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM STAFFING LEVEL FOR THE FUTURE."
AS A RESULT OF SECRETARY DALEY'S ACTION...PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
SERVICE CHANGES AT THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER /DESCRIBED IN
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 97-16/ AND SERVICE CHANGES
AT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AND THE STORM PREDICTION
CENTER...HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF
SEPTEMBER 1997 /THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR/.
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