Consolidate National Weather Service Engineering Services
Some of the National Weather Service engineering, regarding weather radar in particular, is done at Norman, OKlahoma in coordination with the FAA and the US Air Force. Some engineering is accomplished at a main engineering facility in Silver Spring, MD.. Still other engineering is accomplished at the 6 regional headquarters offices and here and there and everywhere. The National Weather Service Logistics Center is located ...more »
Some of the National Weather Service engineering, regarding weather radar in particular, is done at Norman, OKlahoma in coordination with the FAA and the US Air Force. Some engineering is accomplished at a main engineering facility in Silver Spring, MD.. Still other engineering is accomplished at the 6 regional headquarters offices and here and there and everywhere. The National Weather Service Logistics Center is located in Kansas City, MO. The National Weather Service, National Repair Center (NRC) is located in Kansas City, MO. The National Weather Service Training Center is located in Kansas City, MO. The Severe Storms Center is located in Kansas City, MO. The Central Region Headquarters is located in Kansas City, MO. When you think of where you could consolidate engineering services, Kansas City, MO comes to mind. It's not rocket science: if you have a highly-fractured engineering service, it's gonna probably be more ineffective and inefficient than it could be. I believe if NWS Engineering Services were to consolidate in KC, MO it would save millions and make our engineering services more, "productive".
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