[nws-changes] 20110418: Facebook comments-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110418: Facebook comments-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:39:14 -0600

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Public Information Statement, Comment Request
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
848 AM EDT Mon Apr 18 2011

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

FROM:    Iftikhar Jamil, NWS Chief Information Officer
         David B. Caldwell, Director, NWS Office of Climate,
          Water, and Weather Services

SUBJECT: Soliciting Public Comments Through April 30, 2012
         On Experimental Local NWS Facebook Pages and
         Enhancement to National NWS Facebook Page

The NWS is currently seeking comments on provision of
environmental information via experimental local Facebook pages
and the national NWS Facebook page. Facebook is a commonly used
social networking service which allows participants to share
information with other users. NWS has already established an
effective national Facebook presence for purposes of outreach
and education and has prototyped several local Facebook pages to
explore expansion of this presence to the field office level.

The local NWS Facebook pages will provide a complementary means
to disseminate important information about hazardous weather
conditions. The local pages also will be used for public
outreach and education and to direct users to official NWS web
sites. The enhanced national Facebook page may now also include
environmental information of national significance in addition
to outreach and education.

Experimental local Facebook pages are available at this time for
the following NWS offices:

WFO Fort Worth:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.FortWorth.gov

WFO Seattle:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Seattle.gov
WFO Pleasant Hill:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.PleasantHill.gov

WFO Honolulu and Central Pacific Hurricane Center:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Honolulu.gov

WFO Norman, OK:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Norman.gov

WFO New York:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.NewYorkNY.gov

WFO Billings:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Billings.gov

Alaska Region offices:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Alaska.gov

National Hurricane Center:
www.Facebook.com/US.NOAA.NationalHurricaneCenter.gov

North Central River Forecast Center:
www.Facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.NCRFC.gov

It is NWSs intent to implement local Facebook pages for all NWS
offices. New pages will be added gradually throughout the
comment/review period.  A search within Facebook for "US
National Weather Service" will identify current pages.

Experimental local Facebook pages will serve as a supplemental
channel to disseminate environmental information. Availability
of this service is subject to constraints of Facebook service
availability and to availability of users internet service.
Users should not rely on this service as the primary means of
receiving alerts/warnings of hazardous weather. NWS
alerts/warnings are available on NOAA Weather Radio and on our
official website: http://www.weather.gov/.  Responses to users
posts are made on a time-available basis and may be limited,
especially during periods of severe weather.

Additional information on the experimental Facebook pages may be
found at:

  http://products.weather.gov/PDD/facebook_sdd.pdf

Users must have valid Facebook accounts to search for pages or
post content.  Information on Facebook can be found at:

  http://www.facebook.com/

Comments on this experimental service may be provided through
April 30, 2012 at:

  http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=lofb


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

National Public Information Statements are online at:

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

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