CONTACT: Patricia Viets FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10/24/96
The National Geophysical Data Center in Boulder, Colo., has received an award from Government Computer News for excellence in the application of information technology. The center was cited for its outstanding performance in improving services delivery to its customers.
The data center was cited for its innovative application of information technology and improvements in services delivery.
The center, part of the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), maintains an active archive of environmental data in the fields of marine geology and geophysics, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics and paleoclimatology. These data are vital to the scientific understanding of the Earth.
The award was presented to Chris Miller at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington last night. Miller is with NESDIS's Environmental Information Services division.
The National Geophysical Data Center's address on the World Wide Web is: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
###
NOTE: All NOAA press releases, and links to other NOAA material,
can be found on the Internet at
http://www.noaa.gov/public-affairs
. Journalists who wish to be added to our press release distribution
list, or who wish to switch from fax to e-mail delivery, can send an
e-mail to releases@www.rdc.noaa.gov , or
fax to (202) 482-3154. NOAA constituents can send an e-mail to constaff@www.rdc.noaa.gov or
fax to (202) 501-2953.