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Weather Forecasting: Cost Growth and Delays in Billion-Dollar Weather Service Modernization

IMTEC-92-12FS Published: Dec 17, 1991. Publicly Released: Jan 24, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the National Weather Service's (NWS) modernization and restructuring program for four major automated systems, including cost growth and schedule delays.

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