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Locally-developed system’s impact reaches Gulf
When David Evans and Associates recently set off to tackle a mapping project of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the firm turned to a unique software system it had installed on an 82-foot hydrographic survey vessel called the S/V Blake.
Final touches being added to Newport NOAA facility
While political outcry erupted, workers pushed steadily forward to build a new facility for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Newport. The city last week issued a certificate of occupancy for the last portion of the dock, and remaining work is expected to wrap up this week 鈥� a few days ahead of schedule.
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Work on schedule for NOAA to move in May
A few miserable winter days didn't stop crews from Andersen Construction from a timely finish of the in-water work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's new Marine Operations Center in Newport.
Work under way at Newport NOAA center
Workers from Andersen Construction are busy driving the first pier pilings and preparing equipment for the start of dredging at the new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Operations Center in Newport.
For NOAA center, Washington state fighting a fight it can’t win
It’s been one year, one week and one day since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration signed a 20-year lease with the Port of Newport to move its Pacific fleet […]
For NOAA center, Washington state fighting a fight it can’t win
It’s been one year, one week and one day since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration signed a 20-year lease with the Port of Newport to move its Pacific fleet […]
Newport NOAA selection affirmed, despite errors
A federal report released on Tuesday upholds the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to move its Pacific fleet and operations from Seattle to Newport.
It’s settled — NOAA is sticking with Newport
The third time's a charm as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announces it has settled on Newport as the location of choice for the agency's new operations facility.
Newport site reaffirmed for NOAA center
The project to build a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration center in Newport has survived its latest challenge. NOAA determined there was no practicable alternative to Newport for siting the new Marine Operations Center-Pacific, which will host the Pacific Fleet.
Newport NOAA center included in federal budget
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has not backed away from its decision to move the Pacific fleet from Seattle to Newport. Work continues on the new Marine Operations Center-Pacific. NOAA spokesman David Hall denied rumors that the federal budget for fiscal year 2011 had omitted money for the project until an analysis of the decision to award the project to the Port of Newport [...]
NOAA re-evaluates Newport lease
In a formal response to the Government Accountability Office, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will assess whether there is a "practicable alternative" to awarding a long-term lease for its operations center to the Port of Newport.
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