1. June 20, 2007Jennifer Sprague1 Partnership Policy Update Jennifer Sprague, Policy Analyst, Strategic Planning & Policy Office National Weather Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NWS Partners Workshop

2. June 20, 2007Jennifer Sprague2 NOAA Partnership Policy Timeline and Update 2009 – Partnership policy in place 5 years – review required 2007 (Aug) – Meeting of the SAB Working Group to Examine Advisory Options for Improving Communications Among NOAA's Partners 2006 (July) - The SAB recommended an ad hoc working group to examine/recommend advisory options for improving communications among public/private/academic entities 2006 (Apr) – NEC requested Science Advisory Board (SAB) advice on Fair Weather Recommendation #2 2006 (Jan) – Clarification adopted 2005 (Aug-Nov) – Clarification proposed and comments received 2005 (Jun) – NWS policy implements partnership policy 2004 (Dec) – NOAA partnership policy issued 2004 (Jan) – NOAA partnership policy proposed/comments received 2003 (Jan) – “Fair Weather” published

3. June 20, 2007Jennifer Sprague3 NCIM/NOAA Short Course Jointly-sponsored NCIM/NOAA Short Course, entitled "The Nation's Weather Enterprise: Public/Private Sector Partnership held June 1, 2006 Web-based learning module available –NCIM web site (for private sector folks) -- http://www.ncim.org/pppcourse2006/ http://www.ncim.org/pppcourse2006/ –DOC e-learning site (for NOAA folks) -- http://e-learning.doc.gov/ http://e-learning.doc.gov/

4. June 20, 2007Jennifer Sprague4 Notification of Proposed NWS Information Service Changes At Jan Partners meeting, partners requested email notification of updates to NWS Database of Changes to NWS Information Services. Decided to notify using Really Simple Syndication ( RSS) feed to avoid overhead and privacy issues associated with maintaining email address lists. RSS feed has been active since mid-April (April 19 PNS). Subscribe at http://www.weather.gov/infoservicechanges/ http://www.weather.gov/infoservicechanges/

5. June 20, 2007Jennifer Sprague5 NWS Information Service Change Database (http://www.weather.gov/infoservicechanges/)http://www.weather.gov/infoservicechanges/ NWS information service change status (6/7/07) NewModificationTermination Open for Comment1700 Decision Pending5112 Totals6812 Summary of 2006 Decisions: 17 new services approved 2 new services disapproved 3 modifications approved 1 termination approved 1 termination disapproved 2007 Decisions to date: 14 new services approved 3 new services disapproved 1 termination approved 1 termination disapproved

6. June 20, 2007Jennifer Sprague6 References 1.“Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Information” (National Academy Press, 2003) http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10610.html 2.NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information http://www.noaa.gov/partnershippolicy/ 3.NWS policies in Directives system (See especially 1-10, 1-1001, 1-1002, 10-102) http://weather.gov/directives/ 4.URLs for Web Course http://e-learning.doc.gov/http://e-learning.doc.gov/ (NOAA) and http://www.ncim.org/pppcourse2006/ (Private Sector) http://www.ncim.org/pppcourse2006/