The Federal Plan
for Meteorological Services
and Supporting Research
FISCAL YEAR 1999
FCM-P1-1998
PREFACE
Since 1965, the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM) has developed a federal plan that articulates the provision of meteorological services and supporting research by agencies of the federal government. The plan provides Congress and the Executive Branch with a comprehensive document that reviews agency programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 and documents proposed programs for FY 1999. Narratives, timelines, and schedules are current as of June 1998.
With this edition, we began an evolutionary effort to enhance the plan's format and presentation of information. While the overall content of the publication remains unchanged, we have shifted the focus from the federal coordination process to the services and programs within each federal agency. The Executive Summary was expanded to enable it to serve as a stand-alone report. Section 1 is now our feature article entitled Aviation Weather: Taking a Leadership Role. Section 2 summarizes the resources requested in the President's FY 1999 Budget and includes a comparison with those resources that Congress appropriated for FY 1998. Section 3 contains departmental and agency narratives on meteorological services and supporting research programs. Appendices A through E describe the OFCM's coordination, program, and planning activities; a list of acronyms and abbreviations; a table of previous feature articles; a World Weather Program summary; and a White Paper on Frequency (Radio Spectrum) Management.
As we embark on the 21st Century, the OFCM will restructure the interagency coordination process during FY 1999 to address the priorities, issues, and concerns expressed by the federal agencies. The Federal and Interdepartmental Committees for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (inside-front cover) will continue to provide policy and program guidance to the OFCM, and the program council structure will remain unchanged. Radical change comes with the standing committee structure, and the committees will be tasked to take on increased strategic planning responsibilities. Working groups will be reduced in number and will cover broader areas of responsibility, and the joint action groups will be used to address specific, time-critical issues or to work short term projects. The restructured OFCM organization is shown on the inside-back cover.
We solicit your comments and feedback regarding improvements we've made to the federal plan. We also look forward to your suggestions to assist us in improving our web site--WWW.OFCM.GOV.
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Executive Cover, Preface, Table of
Contents, and Executive Summary (116kb)
Section 1 Aviation Weather: Taking a
Leadership Role (45kb)
Section 2 Resource Information and Agency
Program Updates (143kb)
Section 3
DOC Department of Commerce Weather Programs (271kb)
DOD Department of Defense Weather Programs (207kb)
DOT Department of Transportation Weather Programs (111kb)
USDA Department of Agriculture Weather Programs (31kb)
DOE Department of Energy Weather Programs (99kb)
DOI Department of the Interior Weather Programs (57kb)
DOS Department of State Weather Programs (24kb)
EPA Environmental Protection Agency Weather Programs (31kb)
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency Weather Programs (33kb)
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Weather Programs (286kb)
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission Weather Programs (20kb)
Appendix A Federal Coordination and
Planning (120kb)
Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations (50kb)
Appendix C Previous Feature Articles (22kb)
Appendix D World Weather Program (77kb)
Appendix E White Paper on Frequency (Radio
Spectrum) Management (33kb)
Inside Back Cover Organizational Chart
(17kb)
Federal Plan for Meteorological
Services and Supporting Research, Fiscal Year 1998
Federal Plan for Meteorological
Services and Supporting Research, Fiscal Year 1997