NOAA Adopts New Net Policy

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 1, 2004 @05:50PM from the you-can't-handle-the-weather dept.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has adopted a new policy which applies to provision of all National Weather Service environmental information, including forecasts, warnings, and observations. In June, /. reported that NOAA was taking comments on the proposed policy. Hundreds of Slashdotters responded. And it made a difference: NOAA will make its data and products available in internet-accessible, vendor-neutral form and will use other dissemination technologies, e.g. satellite broadcast, NOAA Weather Radio, and wireless, as appropriate. Congrats to the Slash community for making a difference and helping to set US Govt policy.

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Re:Government not a lost cause yet by mrchaotica · 2004-12-01 18:42 · Score: 4, Interesting

Ironically, the bureaucracy apparently listens better than actual elected officials!

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GREAT!! Who do we THANK?! by tweedlebait · 2004-12-01 19:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

We should write them some nice 'thank you' letters!

I missed this story and acting on it, but if someone with some political savvy could direct myself and others to the people who listened (and those who didn't) to ./'ers input and made decisions with our ideas in mind it would be great!

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