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The Federal Regulatory Directory, Eighteenth Edition continues to offer a clear path through the maze of complex federal agencies and regulations, providing to-the-point analysis of regulations. Information-packed profiles of more than 100 federal agencies and departments detail the history, structure, purpose, actions, and key contacts for every regulatory agency in the U.S. government. Now updated with an improved searching structure, the Federal Regulatory Directory continues to be the leading reference for understanding federal regulations, providing a richer, more targeted exploration than is possible by cobbling together electronic and print sources.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
■ Introduction
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), within the Commerce Department, was established by Reorganization Plan No. 4 on October 3, 1970. The agency’s principal functions are to explore, map, and chart the global ocean and its living resources and to manage, use, and conserve those resources.
The agency describes, monitors, and predicts conditions in the atmosphere, ocean, sun, and space environment; reports the weather of the United States and its possessions; issues warnings about impending destructive natural events; disseminates environmental data through a system of ...
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