House CJS Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on NOAA's FY2016 Budget Request, March 2015

The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee held a hearing on March 18, 2015 on NOAA’s FY2016 budget request.   NOAA Administrator Kathy Sullivan was the witness.   Most of the hearing dealt with non-satellite issues, but subcommittee chairman John Culberson (R-TX) did ask especially about NOAA’s $380 million request for a Polar Follow On (PFO) program.  Sullivan explained that program is in response to criticism from an Independent Review Team headed by Tom Young that NOAA is not procuring satellites in an effective manner.   SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the satellite-related aspects of the hearing on March 19, 2015.