No alone has 5,700 contracts set to expire this year. These contracts include everything from post hurricane flood assessments to janitorial services. Recently, NOAA came close to letting the contract expire for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System. The system is critical for weather forecasters to access weather data from satellites, radar surface stations and computer models and to issue weather warnings. (00:22–00:30)
CLAIM
Asserts that NOAA nearly let a critical weather system contract expire.
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