[nws-changes] 20110811: proposed redesign of weather.gov-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:30:49 -0600

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Public Information Statement, Comment Request
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
325 PM EDT Thu Aug 11, 2011

TO:      Subscribers:
         -Family of Services
         -NOAA Weather Wire Service
         -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
         -NOAAPORT
         Other NWS Partners, Users, and Employees

FROM:    Curtis D. Carey
Director, NWS Office of Communications

SUBJECT: Soliciting Public Comments through September 12 on
         Proposed Design Refresh of Weather.gov

NWS is proposing a design refresh of the National Weather
Service website

http://weather.gov

The proposed design was developed based on:

-Ongoing web survey
-Ongoing user feedback
-Search query analysis
-Survey of NWS local offices
-Usability testing
-Best practices

The proposed design refresh is the beginning of a phased effort
to update the NWS web presence and improve customer access to
information and services. The goal of this phase is to improve
content organization, navigation, look and feel, functionality,
and usability of Weather.gov.

Later phases will advance delivery of information and decision
support services from weather.gov. Integration of an interactive
watch and warning map is also under consideration.

If NWS decides to proceed with implementation, the proposed
design refresh will be executed gradually across the NWS web
presence. Weather.gov top-level pages and local point forecast
pages will adopt the new design first. Regions, national
centers, Weather Forecast Offices, and other NWS Websites will
adopt the refreshed design in later stages. Mockups of the
proposed design refresh are available at:

  http://www.weather.gov/redesign

Submit comments on the proposed design refresh by September 12:

  http://www.weather.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=newwebdesign

Information on subsequent phases of updating the NWS web
presence will be provided at a later time.

If you have other comments or questions, please contact:

  Bradley Akamine
  National Weather Service
  Silver Spring Maryland 20910
  301-713-0763 x 110
  Bradley.Akamine@xxxxxxxx

National Public Information Statements are online:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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