National implementation plan for modernization of the National Weather Service for fiscal year 1999

This National Implementation Plan for the Modernization of the National Weather Service (NIP) describes the systematic modernization and restructuring effort being undertaken by the agency. Virtually every NWS activity has changed, or will, during this transition period. The approach to the transition has been to plan, schedule, execute, monitor, and report on the essential activities necessary to effect this undertaking. Transition planning and implementation must maintain operations and service delivery without major disruptions. Public Law 102-567 imposed a certification requirement to ensure operations and services are not degraded as a result of the transition. The NIP describes how the NWS will comply with this certification requirement.