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Senate, House differ on NOAA satellite programs
Senators also chide NOAA for cutting down on JPSS sensors, noting that the original plan for 13 has gone down to five. "NOAA is running out of sensors and satellites to cut, and at this rate JPSS-1 will launch in 2017 with an empty spacecraft bus," a Senate report states.
NOAA cuts data collection technology in effort to rein in satellite costs
Reduced funding amounts in the president's fiscal 2013 budget request will help get the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's beleaguered weather satellite projects on track--at least
Minibus makes science cuts; NSTIC survives
A multi-agency funding bill signed into law Nov. 18 by President Obama will make cuts to science and research programs relative to the budget request made earlier this year, but only a few agencies
NOAA looks internationally in preparation for weather satellite gaps
Fearing that budget cuts could compound weather satellite program woes, officials stressed the importance of continuous weather data during a Nov. 16 Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Degraded weather forecasts a certainty in 2017, says Commerce IG
A gap in polar-satellite earth observation satellites will in all probability occur despite a last minute infusion of funds into the Joint Polar Satellite System, according to a Sept. 30 Commerce
NASA acquisition capabilities questioned at JPSS hearing
The Joint Polar Satellite System has not yet launched, but lawmakers and the Government Accountability Office are already warning the involved agencies about possible problems. The National Oceanic
Senate harder on science appropriations than House
Many scientific federal efforts covered by the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies annual spending bill do relatively better under the House Appropriations Committee version than under
House subcommittee scales back Commerce, science budgets for fiscal 2012
Fiscal 2012 budgets at the Commerce Department and many of its technology-centric components will fall short of requested amounts, if an appropriations bill set to appear before the House
NOAA IG: Budget shortfalls will lead to gap in weather data
A fiscal 2010 budget shortfall at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will likely create a gap in weather and climate data that could last between 18 and 30 months, according to an
Commerce Department to face IT challenges in the coming year, says IG
Information technology issues figure prominently in a Dec. 20 inspector general report (.pdf) on management and performance challenges facing the Commerce Department in fiscal 2011. The report, which
