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To Observe and Protect: How NOAA Procures Data for Weather Forecasting


Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Time: 02:00 PM Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515

Opening Statements

Ranking Member Brad Miller


Witnesses

Panel 1

Testimony from NOAA

Ms. Mary Kicza, Assistant Administrator, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA

Dr. Alexander MacDonald, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA

Mr. John Murphy, Chief, Programs and Plans Division, National Weather Service, NOAA

Panel 2

Mr. Eric Webster, Vice President and Director, Weather Systems, ITT Exelis

Dr. David Crain, Chief Executive Officer, GeoMetWatch

Mr. Bruce Lev, Vice Chairman, AirDat LLC

Dr. Berrien Moore, Dean, University of Oklahoma College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, and Director, National Weather Center