The NOAA Research Hot Items web site

Nancy Soreide, OAR/PMEL


There is a huge volume of fascination work being done in NOAA Research facilities throughout the country. It is clear that sharing experiences and knowledge stimulates our creativity and improves scientific productivity. The Hot Items web site has been designed and developed to provide a quick and easy way to stay aware of latest happenings throughout NOAA Research laboratories, program offices, University Joint Institutes and headquarters.

The concept is simple. Each organization within NOAA Research enters their own information for publication on the NOAA Research Hot Items! Web site, using a convenient web entry form. The information is immediately pushed onto the NOAA Research Hot Items! Web site. New entries are posted continuously and, when two weeks old, entries are automatically moved to an archive that is searchable by keyword, date and organization. Since Hot Items is web based, users of Netscape Mail can install the Hot items page into their Netscape Mail browser window, ensuring that it is immediately available when an employee logs in each morning.

Operational since February 2001, the NOAA Research Hot Items web site is proving highly successful by allowing NOAA Research personnel throughout the laboratories and program to share information about their work. Senior managers in NOAA and NOAA Research are using the information from NOAA Research Hot Items as a resource for briefing on key research issues, and the information is also used for press releases, annual reports and other reporting vehicles.

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