Milton is expected to grow in size and remain an extremely dangerous hurricane when it approaches the west coast of Florida Wednesday. Moderate to major river flooding, life threatening storm surge, heavy rainfall and hurricane-force winds are expected. Hurricane, Tropical Storm and Storm Surge warnings have been issued for portions of Florida's west coast. Read More >
The Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO) manages the day-to-day mission execution units responsible for delivering NWS weather, water, climate and space weather products, services, and information as well as the budgetary planning for 11 National Service Programs. The Office is responsible for coordinating and integrating all aspects of mission execution to ensure consistency of NWS products and services. The Office is responsible for enforcing National Service Program policy. The Office manages the NWS Operations Center (NWSOC) and provides liaison services to other partnering agencies. The Office is the lead for Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning to ensure organizational and management continuity. The Office monitors and reports service delivery performance measures, conducts and evaluates operational service efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction, and develops NWS policy delineating NWS's mission and its public sector responsibility to produce and disseminate information. The Office manages and oversees resources to maintain and sustain effective mission execution, identifies and validates needed service requirements, and ensures those needs are incorporated into cross-portfolio planning activities. These activities require active coordination and collaboration with all members of the climatological, hydrometeorological, space weather, and oceanographic communities as well as all weather-sensitive constituent communities including other Federal, state, and local government agencies; the media; the private weather information sector; academic institutions; non-governmental organizations; constituent organizations; and the public.
Contact
Mike Sowko
mike.sowko@noaa.gov
301-427-9307
The OCOO’s Operations Division is responsible for providing Headquarters-level support to the entire field structure through the provision of objective and impact-based performance metrics, monitoring forecast and warning consistency, facilitating communications between senior leadership, core Federal partners and the field and focusing on Continuity of Operations (COOP). The Division provides oversight and insight to NWS service performance and ensures NWS is responsive by delivering products and information that are useful to customers and partners. The Division also oversees NWS service assessments and their recommendations as many affect NWS partners in the delivery of services including the media, local officials, emergency managers, and weather and climate enterprise. The Division ensures optimal resources are available to cover the HQ-based NWS Operations Center as well as liaison support to partnering Federal agencies. The Division ensures that training requirements for both operations and service assessments feed into the Office of the Chief Learning Officer.
Contact
Mike Sowko
mike.sowko@noaa.gov
Brian Montgomery
brian.montgomery@noaa.gov
301-427-9341