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AIMD-95-239R 1 (1995-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackyh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-266250 September 26, 1995 The Honorable Phil Gramm Chairman Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear M. Chairman: This letter responds to your office's September 21, 1995, request for information relating to the National Weather Service's (NWS) Modernization and Restructuring Program. In particular, your staff requested information on NWS' current and future field and headquarters staffing levels and field office structure. Through its Modernization and Restructuring Program, NWS promised sizeable staff reductions. Specifically, in fiscal year 1989, NWS set a goal of ultimately reducing its staffing level by about 1,072, from 5,100 to 4,028. This 21 percent staff reduction was to be made possible through the introduction of new weather observing, information processing, and communication technologies and the restructuring of field offices. Since establishing these original staffing goals, NWS has increased both its onboard staffing and target staffing levels. As of September 22, 1995, NWS reported that its staffing level was 5,230.1 More importantly, however, the target staffing level for the modernized and restructured NWS has grown to 4,678. This is a staffing reduction of 422, or 8 percent, from NWS' 1989 staffing level of 5,100-a significantly smaller reduction in staff than was originally anticipated. This aggregate increase in 'This increase is consistent with NWS' planned bulge in staff to maintain conventional operations while implementing its modernized operational activities. GAO/AIMD-95-239R Weather Service Modernization Staffing

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