Stopgap Spending Bill Gives NOAA a Measure of Flexibility on Key Satellite Programs

摘要

The stopgap spending measure the U.S. Congress has vowed to pass to keep the federal government running through late March gives the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) budgetary leeway to keep two crucial civilian weather satellites on track for launch. But even with the additional flexibility, NOAA's overall satellite acquisition budget stands to fall tens of millions of dollars short of what the agency requested for 2013.