PIA Op-ed Criticizing NOAA is Published in the Miami Herald

 

An opinion article written by PIA National Vice President of Communications Ted Besesparis was published last week in the Miami Herald. The article faults the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for spending taxpayer dollars in an attempt to “re-brand” all hurricane information as coming from NOAA, while diminishing the public profile of the National Hurricane Center and cutting hurricane-related research. You can read the article here.

Bureaucrats Mar Storm Preparations (Miami Herald 6/14/07)

June 19, 2007

 

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Patricia A. Borowski
Sr. VP, Government/Regulatory Affairs
patbo@pianet.org
(703) 518-1360

Mike Becker
Director of Federal Affairs
mikebe@pianet.org 
(703) 518-1365