National Weather Service: Closure of Regional Office Not Supported by Risk Analysis.

Abstract

This report is in response to your request that we review proposed staffing cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS), a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the Department of Commerce. The objective of our review, based on subsequent discussions with your staff, was to assess the NWS analysis supporting the planned closure of its southern regional headquarters office, and its analysis of alternative plans for maintaining its current regional structure of four mainland offices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1997
Accession Number
ADA329198

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Commerce
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Degradation
  • Electronic Mail
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Money
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense