General Reference on NWS/Private Sector Partnership

• National Academy of Sciences - Committee on Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services
• NWS Operations Manual Letter 04: "Guidelines for Support of Special Events" (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Jack Kelly Letter to the Aviation Community, Dated 11/25/98
• General Kelly Report to Secretary of Commerce (October 24, 1997)
• Text of WMO Resolution 40--"WMO Policy and Practice for the Exchange of Meteorological and Related Data and Products Including Guidelines on Relationships in Commercial Meteorological Activities"
• OMB Circular A-130 Text Link
• Report to Congress on the Transfer of NWS Agricultural Weather Services and NWS Non-Federal Non-Wildfire Weather Services to the Private Sector
• Federal Register Notice: The Policy Statement on Weather Service/Private Sector Roles, Filed 1/15/91
• Letter to Agricultural Weather Users
• Questions and Answers on Agricultural, Fire Weather, and Marine Radio Facsimile Programs
• Locally Generated Agricultural Forecasting Aids is a collection of locally generated forecasting studies and software.
• NWS Policy and Guidelines Governing NWS and Private Sector Roles (NWS Operations Manual Chapter A-06)
• NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information
• NWS Policy Directives System