[nws-changes] 20101008: NWS Facebook-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20101008: NWS Facebook-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:32:38 -0600

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1030 AM EDT Fri Oct 8 2010

TO:      Subscribers:
         -Family of Services
         -NOAA Weather Wire Service
         -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
         -NOAAPORT
         -Other NWS Partners, Users, and Employees

FROM:    Craig Hegemann
         NWS Chief Information Officer (Acting)

SUBJECT: National Weather Service Facebook Presence

NWS is exploring expansion of its presence on Facebook.
Facebook is a commonly used social networking service which
allows participants to share information with other users. NWS
has already has an effective national Facebook presence for
purposes of outreach and education.  NWS is now exploring
expansion of this presence to the field office level to include
provision of existing NWS products such as warnings.

Because exploration of possibilities for a local Facebook
presence cannot be done outside of the public Facebook
environment, our prototyping efforts will be publicly visible.
We are currently using WFO Fort Worth for our preliminary
prototyping efforts.

Work on this local Facebook page is in preparation for an
experimental service to be provided at six local offices. More
information and initiation of a public comment and review period
will be provided when NWS is prepared to offer this service on a
more consistent basis.

Disclaimers regarding NWS use of social media services can be
found at:

  http://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php
  http://www.weather.gov/credits.php#socialmedia


If you have comments or questions regarding this public
information statement, please contact:

  Ronald C. Jones
  National Weather Service
  1325 East West Highway
  Silver Spring Maryland 20910
  301-713-1381 x 130
  ronald.c.jones@xxxxxxxx

For technical questions regarding the local Facebook pages
please contact:

  David Billingsly
  819 Taylor Street
  Fort Worth, TX 76102
  817-978-1300
  david.billingsley@xxxxxxxx

National public information statements are online:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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