1. 1 Technical Workshop for Climate Services Portal Development National Climatic Data Center Asheville, NC August 13-15, 2008

2. 2 Workshop Objectives Technical discussions for a National Climate Service Portal Enhance the accessibility and usability of NOAA climate data, products, services—e.g., datasets, climate monitoring, predictions, etc Focus initially on the most-used products, not on existing access systems Enhance interoperability and leveraging of software and product development, including discussion of web technologies & standards to focus our efforts Address metadata standards and requirements Promote consistency in web-based climate services delivery across NOAA Determine plans and timelines for NCS Portal “Phase 1” along with beta-testing plan, etc Establish “business rules” and governing board for the NCS Portal

3. 3 Participating Offices NWS Climate Prediction Center NWS Climate Services Division NWS CIO NOAA Regional Climate Centers NCDC, including the IDEA Center NOS Coastal Services Center NOAA Climate Program Office NOAA CIO NOAA Office of Education Information Architect, Office of the Under Secretary

4. 4 Mission Statement Central service for discovery and delivery of NOAA’s climate information and resources

5. 5 NCS Home Page Climate Science Magazine Climate Progress Portal Climate Education Portal Data & Services Portal For Peers & Users For Policy Leaders & Peers For Public Continuum, Media & Peers For Educators, Students & Publishers Centralized access, decentralized process NOAA Data, Models, & Services Audience Expert Subject Expert Medium Expert NCS Partnership NOAA CommComm, Ed Council, Public Affairs, Leg Affairs, etc. For everyone

6. 6 NCS Portal - Teams Coordination/Governance Team –Lead: TBD Web Design Team –Lead: Dave Eslinger (CSC) Data, Products, Services Team –Lead: Jason Marshall (CSC) User Testing Team –Lead: Ron Jones (NWS) Development –Lead: TBD

7. 7 Timeline Late-Aug –Consolidated Team work-plans & timelines Sep –Requirements documents (data, design, products, etc) –Brief CIO Council –Software Development Begins Late-Oct Initial user testing (continuing through project) Nov~DecNext NCS workshop JanFinal testing and refinement FebPrototype for management review 4QFY09Phase 1 Public Release

8. 8 Assumptions, risks, mitigation Portal is NOAA centered initially Mission creep for phase 1—must be controlled Resources (FTE & infrastructure) out-of- hide/in-kind Opportunity costs—some tasks on hold Current target is Feb-Mar ’09 timeframe— internal, not publicly accessible Beyond Phase 1….funding, resources?

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