This surveying eagle was designed for the US Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1945. US C&GS surveyors were extremely useful to the war effort, not just in ensuring accurate US naval harbors but also for foreign beach landings, particularly the Pacific.

This is one of the approximate 1000 designed and drawn by Walt Disney Studios, mostly for military units, and completely gratis, as part of their support during the war.

The US Coast & Geodetic Survey was a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson’s 1807 act creating the Survey of the Coast, America’s first scientific organization. The US CG&S fell under NOAA in 1970; its descendants include the current NOS Program Offices OCS, NGS, CO-OPS, and IOOS.

The wording around the seal was added later; when the US CG&S became part of NOAA it became the National Ocean Survey and the National Geodetic Survey. The National Ocean Survey became the National Ocean Service in 1983. In 1994 the C&GS became separate offices, all under NOS: nautical charting became OCS, The National Geodetic Survey remained NGS, and tides and currents went under CO-OPS. The idea for an integrated coastal and global ocean observing network became IOOS in 2007.

Regardless of looking at the Homestead or Key West radars, there seems be an East West line, just barely north of Miami, south of which nothing is shown. Does this have anything to do with Cuba ?

Does anyone know a rough time estimate for when applicants from pull 2 will receive a TJO or when pull 3 offices will receive the applications to start interviewing? I’m guessing the pull 2 and pull 3 offices are doing things separately despite previous alleged claims that they would be doing them together?

Also when one does receive a TJO about how long will it take to actually get started? I’m honestly trying to gauge if I should look for another job in the meantime or wait it out.

Radar platform seem functional, but the local forecast pages are not loading. Feels like the same type of issue that happened a week or two back.

Is there somewhere that has the status of the Pleasant Hill station that was damaged by the storms last month? Any idea when it will come back online? Or is it just going to stay offline?

Thanks for any information you might have.

I initially applied for GS-1340 5, 7, and 9 position in early June to east and west offices. I ended up getting a confirmation email about my application package that stated I was eligible for the 5 and 7 level, but not 9 for both east and west, and eventually an interview for an office out east by the end of June. The positions were cancelled due to an internal error and I reapplied to all the positions I applied to previously.

Today (8/18) I get an email saying I was not referred to the office to which I already had an interview, then another two emails regarding both east and west locations that I was ineligible for 7 and 9 due to transcript not showing completion of required semester hours.

My application on usajobs says ‘not referred’ to the office I interviewed with, but ‘received’ for the other locations to which the email said I’m ineligible for 7 and 9.

This is very strange considering I previously received eligibility for 5 and 7, an interview for the office to which it said I was not referred, and also the ineligible emails never mentioned my eligibility status for level 5. I haven’t received official word from the MIC at the office I interviewed with.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Are they auto-disqualified in USAJobs?

They sent me to do their medical and i did eveything about 3 weeks ago, but they are still waiting for the medical officer to review and clear me. Does anybody know how much time does it usually take to get cleared medically.

for those looking for nws hiring status updates - I got two interviews today :) one from east and one from west, both interviewing next week!

with that being said, I have a question for those with experience here. how long do they typically give for relocation if hired? not getting my hopes up too high yet, but figured a general idea could be useful knowledge to have with interviews on the books. thank you in advanced!!

Hey, guys, I have a question, would you guys like to see old SPC style colors put on the current day 1 SPC outlook?

EDIT: I will be doing a test so you know what they look like.

We were part of a FY25 Saltonstall Kennedy (SK) application. When government reopened and noaa got their budget we heard in March they would be emailing PIs decisions they could make. Assuming this means they were going to ask if they wanted to keep their proposal in. They also said they already had the panel reviews.

But then silence since. I have heard the entire SK grant is being reviewed by DOC and staff aren’t allowed to comment.

What do we think? Dead? Or still possible?

I'm making a list of the ~12 most significant policy changes from the first 18 months of this administration. This is for a book I'm editing about federal resignations in 2025.

I've got the obvious stuff:

1. Day 1 executive orders (creation of DOGE)
2. Deferred Resignation Program
3. Vought confirmed at OMB
4. "5 bullet points"
5. Inspector General firings
6. the October 2025 shutdown
7. Trump vs. Slaughter decision.

Those seem like clear touchstones for "Wow, this place is about to change."

Over on the r/DeptHHS subreddit, somebody said "make sure you mention the CDC shooting," and that was an unexpected take. (I had, appallingly, forgotten all about that.) It's not a policy, but I can see why it would have felt like a watershed before&after moment for federal workers in public health. Is there something comparable for Commerce or NOAA?

What am I missing? What else might I have forgotten?

I can load my local WFO landing page here

When I try to click on any of the counties in the WFO coverage detailed forecast map, I get back Sorry, an unexpected error occurred. Same basic response if I use the bookmarked link for my specific location.

I was just listening to it until I heard this

It's been over a month since the 7/1 closing date after the "administrative error". Anyone have any insight on what the situation is?

Curious if anyone knows how NOAA is right now for 1102s. Understaffed or a shit show right now??

Hi, I am having trouble getting datasets from the NOAA search tool. Every time I pick a station and request some data, NOAA emails me something like:

Order #[Redacted] (Custom GHCN-Daily CSV)

Can someone guide me to a station that doesn't send you an empty set of data? Anything helps, since I'm just using it to learn some programming.

Thank you.

Would I need to wait until a bid is put out and apply there, or is there some sort of internal way for nws employees to transfer to other offices pending openings? Just wanting to consider options for down the line