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E. Management Responsibilities and Procedures
1. The management of the functions of the Department of Commerce portion
of this agreement is a responsibility of the Weather Bureau under the authority delegated
by the Secretary of Commerce to the Chief of the Weather Bureau under Department
Order No. 91 of May 23, 1963. The Weather Bureau shall provide or obtain the necessary
DOC resources for NOMSS and shall serve as the official DOC contact for this program.
2. The management of the NASA portion of this agreement is the responsibility
of Headquarters, Office of Space Science and Applications. It shall provide the necessary
NASA resources to NOMSS and shall serve as the official NASA contact for this program.
3. The following specific management functions and procedures are agreed upon:
[7] a. The DOC - WB will forward mission requirements to NASA for review
and acceptance.
b. NASA will forward the basic plan of approach to the DOC - WB for review
and approval.
c. NASA will forward the Project Proposal to the DOC - WB for review and
approval.
d. NASA will forward requests for proposals to the DOC - WB for review and
comment.
e. A representative of the DOC - WB will be assigned to the NASA GSFC
Project Office and will participate in review for source evaluation, definitization
of statements of work and project status reviews.
f. NASA will make the final source selection, and will negotiate with and be
the single interface with the contractor.
g. NASA will submit to DOC - WB for review and approval the definitized
contract work statement, schedules and cost.
h. NASA will forward the final Project Development Plan to the DOC - WB
for review and approval.
i. Major changes involving schedules, costs and system performance will be
forwarded by NASA to the DOC - WB for review and approval.
[8] j. All changes affecting the interface between NASA provided equipment
and DOC - WB equipment will be forwarded to the DOC - WB for review
and approval.
F. Interagency Relationships
The DOC - WB will furnish a statement of mission requirements to NASA, and will
ensure that such requirements and the resulting project plans meet the needs of DOD
and other user agencies.
SECTION III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY
FOR OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
A. Scope
This section deals only with the development of space technology which is specifically
identified as applying to NOMSS.
B. Basic Responsibility and Functions
1. NASA has the basic responsibility for supporting civilian satellite technology.
2. The DOC - WB will submit to NASA estimates of future meteorological satellite
requirements and the DOC - WB estimates of present technological limitations to
meeting them. NASA will draw up its R&D plans with due consideration of the stated
Weather Bureau requirements and will keep DOC fully informed on R&D program plans
and developments.