Review of the Draft Plan for the Modernization and Associated Restructuring Demonstration (1999) / Chapter Skim
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On September 10, 1998 the National Research Council approved a review of the current MARD plan including the following areas: MARD objectives and goals · measures planned to test, evaluate, and demonstrate key elements of the modernized NWS, with emphasis on the effectiveness of weather forecast office (WFO) operations, including workload and staff utilization measures planned to evaluate the quality of modern ized service, including the satisfaction of user groups measures planned to test and evaluate the operational effectiveness of a network of WFOs, river forecast centers (RFCs)
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Demonstrate that the quality of warnings and forecasts has not been degraded by modernized and restructured operations. The one-tier operating structure is the replacement for the previous two-tier structure of NWS forecast offices and smaller NWS offices with a single tier of WFOs.
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Roles of National Weather Service Personnel and Special Evaluation Teams Sections 6 and 7 specify the people who will direct and conduct MARD and the staffing of the 10 field offices participating in MARD. Outside support services are mentioned as assisting in collecting, processing, and analyzing evaluation data and surveys.
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This section also describes how an extra forecaster, beyond the end-state staffing for some MARD sites, may be used to ensure an operational "safety net" when significant weather cannot be handled by the scheduled staff.2 MARD Verification, Evaluation Methodology, and Measures of Success Section 12 and Appendix A describe the plan for verifying that the weather services provided by the NWS have not been degraded as a result of the modernization. Section 13 describes the methodology by which the NWS will evaluate how well it has met the five MARD objectives (listed in Box 1-1~.
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