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PAST PROJECTS
Following
is a list of major projects that ONS has undertaken. We believe that this
list clearly illustrates our corporate experience in a wide spectrum of
key areas, including systems design, implementation and support.
The projects cited below involved complex development and illustrates
our extensive capabilities.
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NWS - Configuration Management System (NWS CMS) |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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ONS developed a database driven, Web based configuration management system to provide a centralized webpage/software configuration module for multiple divisions within the National Weather Service. This project cut hundreds of hours of coordination between field office Information Technology Officers when it came time to update project webpages when a national change was to be implimented. This project manages the actions of 600+ users within the National Weather Service Field Offices and Headquarters staff (eleminated 100's of flat configuration files). Additionally, this gave the NWS a series of divisional websites that have a consistent look and feel that provided them with a more organized and professional Web presence.
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NWS - National Climate Pages |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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Design, implementation, and support of all National Weather Service, National Level Climate Website/Pages. This database driven enterprise Web-suite works in conjunction with the NWS CMS (listed above) and provides all National Weather Service Climate Data that is provided by every Weather Forecast Office nationwide. ONS developed a database and developed a process to gather information from NCDC (National Climate Data Center) to backfill this database. Additionally, ONS has been contracted to support these national level, mission critical pages on a yearly basis.
http://www.weather.gov/climate/
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NWS - L3MTO (Local 3-Month Temperature Outlook) Pages |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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Part of the NWS National Climate enterprise Web-suite. The L3MTO is a forecast product extended from the three-month climate outlook that NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) produces on the third Thursday of each month. ONS developed a series of processes that takes these forecasts and produces this information on the Web. This also works in conjunction with the database driven NWS CMS.
http://www.weather.gov/climate/l3mto.php |
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NWS - Inundation Mapping OCWWS/OHD |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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The National Weather Service Inundation Mapping Interface is a web-based tool that is integrated into the AHPS (Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service) Web-suite and provides flood inundation maps that show the extent of flooding expected spatially over a given area. This is a GIS project that ONS developed for the NWS Office of Hydrologic Developement in conjunction with the Office of Climate Water and Weather Services. ONS has developed 21 sites to date with over 3000+ planned sites to completed in the next few years as this is also becoming a national level project.
http://newweb.erh.noaa.gov/ahps2/inundation/inundation.php?wfo=rah&gage=gldn7 |
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NWS - IFLOWS (Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System) OCWWS |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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ONS has been managing all aspects (data flow, web presentation of data) of the IFLOWS system for the past 6 years. IFLOWS, (the Federal Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System) is a cooperative venture between the National Weather Service (NWS) and seven flood-prone Appalachian states (KY, NC, NY, PA, TN, VA, and WV). IFLOWS' purpose is to reduce the annual loss of life from flash floods, reduce property damage, and reduce disruption of commerce and human activities. To accomplish these goals IFLOWS uses communications technology and software to collect real time sensor data from remote locations, and disseminate the data among government organizations responsible for public safety. This program is expanding to a national level with the introduction of AFWS.
http://www.afws.net |
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NWS - Western Region Web Support Contract |
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NWS WR Headquarters Salt Lake City, UT |
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ONS has been contracted to support aspects of all web projects at NWS Western Region Headquarters. ONS has been contracting this work over the past 3 years and completes all needed changes to be made to web applications and pages that are managed at the Regional Level.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov |
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NWS - Eastern Region Web Support Contract |
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NWS ER Headquarters Bohemia, NY |
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ONS has been contracted to support aspects of all web projects at NWS Eastern Region Headquarters. ONS has been contracting this work over the past 2 years and completes all needed changes to be made to web applications and pages that are managed at the Regional Level.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov |
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NWS - Climate xmACIS |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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ONS in partnership with ACIS Applied Climate Information Systems to get a type of climate data integrated into the National Climate Web-suite. The Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) developed and maintained by the NOAA Regional Climate Centers (RCCs) is designed to manage the complex flow of information from climate data collectors to the end users of climate information. Its purpose is to both alleviate the burden of climate information management for people that require climate information to make management decisions and the manipulate data for basic and applied research. ACIS brings historical climate information and near real-time data together under one umbrella system where they are fused into quality products to assess historical climate trends, enhance daily operational decisions, or assist with any number of climate dependent activities.
http://www.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=lmk |
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NWS - Eastern Region IT Support Contract |
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NWS ER Headquarters Bohemia, NY |
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Provide technical support to ER Web Team on consult on how to make their Web function(s)/process(s) more efficient. Wrote, directed, and created (produced on distributable medium) a movie showcasing the Inundation Project Software all ER field offices.
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NWS - Eastern Region RSS Update Project |
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NWS ER Headquarters Bohemia, NY |
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NWS - AFWS (Advanced Flood Warning System) Website Development |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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A NWS National level project that is linked to IFLOWS. This project involves ONS taking the current www.afws.net site and developing a database driven Web-suite that works in conjunction with NWS CMS. In addition to the Web development side to the project, ONS was entensively involved in the development and field testing of a digital signal processor that help convert RF data to digital data that can be filtered and sent over the Internet to a cachine database. This site will be coverted to a .gov project sometime during FY08-09.
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NWS - AHPS (Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service) Web-suite |
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National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Springs, MD |
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Design, implementation, and support of all National Weather Service, National Level AHPS Website/Pages. This database driven enterprise Web-suite works in conjunction with the NWS CMS (listed above) and provides all National Weather Service River and Lake data that is provided by every Weather Forecast Office/Hydrologic Service Area nationwide. ONS asisted the NWS in the process of developing a software to dynamically plot river forecasts on a color-coded hydrograph (HydroGen). Additionally, a monitoring system was also developed to ensure that river forecast points are updating correctly. The AHPS project can be view below.
http://www.weather.gov/water |
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State of West Virginia - Flood Warning System IT Support Contract |
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WVOES (West Virginia Office of Emergency Services) Headquarters Charleston, WV |
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ONS currently supports WVOES, under the division of Homeland Secuity in the State of WV, in all aspects of IT support dealing with all state supported Flash Flooding Warning Systems. This support is carried out remotely and on-site in WV when required. Additionally, ONS developed and currently hosts a website (www.rainfall.net) that displays precipitation and river stage data throughout West Viriginia.
http://www.rainfall.net |
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