AMS Board for Operational Government Meteorologists

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The Board for Operational Government Meteorologists (BOGM) is dedicated to serving operational meteorologists working at all levels of government, including Federal, Military, State, and Local levels. While fully committed to support AMS efforts to bring together and foster public/private partnership activities in the provision of weather and climate services, our focus is on government meteorologists. We represent your concerns to the AMS and advocate for your interests.

WHO PARTICIPATES IN BOGM?

The Board for Operational Government Meteorologists consists of representatives from many different groups comprising the public sector. These groups include, but are not limited to, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service, the Air Force Weather Agency, Army and Navy Research Labs, and State Governments.

OUR RECENT ACTIVITIES

• The BOGM is sponsoring a Town Hall Meeting at the upcoming AMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, co-sponsored with the conferences on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and Numerical Weather Prediction. The topic of the meeting is "The Role of the Forecaster in Probabilistic Decision Making" and will build on the annual meeting theme of "Communicating Weather and Climate" by faciliating a discussion among forecasters, researchers, and social scientists on methods of communicating forecast uncertainty.
• The BOGM sponsored a presentation at the 9th Annual Student Conference in Atlanta, GA. Trisha Palmer, a forecaster at the NWS Forecast Office in Peachtree City, GA spoke to students about government career opportunities and the application process.
• Two BOGM members participate annually in the selection of a community member for the AMS Reichelderfer Award, honoring "contributions to the provision of operational environmental services to the public".
• We conduct teleconferences on a bi-monthly basis and formal meetings once per year.

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