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UNITED STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMBRCE
WEATHER BUREAU TOPICS AND PERSONNEL
INFORMATION
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EDITORIAL POSITIONS IN CENTRAL OFFXCE
There are two prospective positions in the IEditorinl Office that will be
available to the personnel in the field service of the Weather Bureau who
have had a broad background in the physical sciences, proficiency in
English, and the ability to prepare readily understood and intererlting
articles of a scientific nature for both lay readora and professional metc-
orologists. It is highly desirable to fill one of these positions with a
Person having a professionnl knowledge of metsorology, along with the
ability to edit technical arid scientific articles. The other position re-
quires skill and accuracy in typing and stenography, and a general Itnowl-
edge of office procedure and management.
These assignments include the editing of articles, tables, graphs, and
illustrations, for the Monthly Weather Review, and of other soientific
and technical papcra for publication, preparing copy for the printer,
hading and correcting proof, and preparation of correspondence. In-
adequate expericnce in copy preparation will rcquire in-service training
and special study on tho job to att,nin proficiency in rnac+ing Crovcrnment
Printing ofice requirements.
The initial gradeR of these poaitiona, and the division of the work be-
tween them will bo determined largely by qualifications, education, and
oxperienco of availablc candidate?. Qualjficd and interested persons are
Urged to write promptly to the Ccntral Ofiice, attention of Executive
dssistant, Scientific Services, Rtating qualifications, education, and ex-
Porience, in connection with the two positions. Plcnao route correspond-
Wcr through thr Regional Officv.
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GRADE IMPROVEMENTS IN WEATHER BUREAU FIELD POSITIONS
At tho request of the Crntral Office a Rurvey of the grades of Weather
bnww fleld powition8 is being made by C8C olnssifioation invcatigators.
A thorough Mudy of thi~ subject WRR urged by tho Chid of Bureau n year
or more ngo to dotormine whether the (XUtiee and responsibilities of certain
positions jii~tify thrir raclns~ification to higher grdea. Until recently
the Civil Service Commission has been unable to undertake the
%dy becayso of tlie higher priority of war rocruitriicnt activitieR.
The Central Office can give no asiurances at this time, therefore individual
employees should not be inisled into overoptiniisin. However,
it is hoped that the grade atudy will lPnd to upward rmllocations of
bmy positiona.
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