Forecast for the Future: Assuring the Capacity of the National Weather Service

Congress directed the National Weather Service (NWS) through the Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H. Rept. 112-284, P.L. 112-55) to contract with an independent organization to evaluate efficiencies that can be made to NWS operations. The NWS selected the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) to conduct this independent assessment. The Academy formed a five-member Panel of Fellows to conduct the seven-month study of the NWS’s current operations and structure, and the challenges the agency will face going forward.