Mismanagement of Funds at the National Weather Service and the Impact on the Future of Weather Forecasting

Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Time: 02:00 PM Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515

Opening Statements

Ranking Member Paul Tonko

Witnesses

Panel I

Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan - Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction and Deputy Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

INVITED – Ms. Maureen Wylie - Chief, Resource and Operations Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Inspector General Todd J. Zinser - U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General

Panel II

Dr. William B. Gail - Chief Technology Officer, Global Weather Corporation, Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Modernization Program, National Research Council of the National Academies

Mr. Richard Hirn - General Counsel and Legislative Director, National Weather Service Employees Organization