Hot Items! http://hotitems.oar.noaa.gov

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Hot Items!http//hotitems.oar.noaa.gov

• A news web site designed to facilitate
  communication between parts of an organization

Nancy Soreide. NOAA/OAR/PMELSeattle Regional
Meeting (PRT-54)PMEL, Seattle, WA April 8, 2003
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Hot Items - use in NOAA Research

• Developed as an internal communications page for
  NOAA Research
• Each Lab/Program Office enters local news
• Operational since Jan 2001
• Broader impact
• Read regularly by employees and NOAA management

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One Panel on the Hot Items Web Site Holds the
Headlines for each part of the Organization
Scroll to see all 21 NOAA Research panels
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Click headline to see full story, contact info,
URL
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Entering new stories

• Each organization manages their own headlines
• Stories are entered by authorized users on an
  easy-to-use, secure, internal web page
• Stories can be published immediately or at later
  date
• Stories can edited or deleted
• Story lifetime is 2 weeks
• Expired stories are moved to a searchable Archive
• Published stories appear immediately on the Hot
  Items web site

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Expired Stories automatically moved to an on-line
Archive
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Hot Items - Demonstration
http//hotitems.oar.noaa.gov
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Seattle Region Hot Items Web Site

• Each Seattle region office or activity
• Owns their panel on website
• Posts headlines and stories
• Benefits
• Improved awareness of NOAA activities in the
  region
• Help in creating an inventory of available
  services
• Ensure that NOAA employees are aware of each
  other's available products and services
• Archive of regional activity

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NOAA Regions
http//heron.pmel.noaa.gov/regional/regionalview1.
php
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NOAA News Information Web SiteBuilding a
corporate NOAA

• One panel for each NOAA Region
• Each region can push local items from their
  regions hot items to the NOAA Regional Hot Items
  
• Benefits
• Improved awareness of NOAA activities across all
  regions
• Helps in creating an inventory of available
  services for each region
• Ensures that NOAA regions are aware of each
  others activities
• Ensures that employees are aware of each other's
  available products and services