Return to Article: Metro crash hits close to home for NOAA

By Alex M. Parker aparker@govexec.com June 23, 2009
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    It never ceases to amaze me how management can get so hung up over employees who would like to work at home (as in the case after this Metro accident Monday evening) but "don't have anything to work on since they didn't know about it prior." If you have a telework agreement with your agency, you should have computer access to your desktop and thus have the availability to get to any pending work. Managers also talk about having enough "productive" work for the day. What about those who come into the office, but don't have productive work for the day? Should they not get paid? What's the different between that and being at home looking for something to do? Everyone is not busy every moment of every day so I don't understand this mentality.

    rebi stern Posted June 25, 2009 1:42 PM
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    I retired from NOAA in 2007. I personally was very interested to find out if or how NOAA had been affected by the subway accident. Thanks for this story. I was also pleased to hear that the phone tree is working.

    Brian Mason Posted June 24, 2009 8:02 PM
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    Although I live in California and am retired, this story is important to me as I still have many friends and colleagues at the NOAA comples in Silver Spring, and I am heartened that they are all OK. I had no other way of knowing. Thank you, GovExec!

    Carl Thormeyer Posted June 24, 2009 7:12 PM
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    I agree - what an insensitive, rude comment, Allen. I sure wouldn't want to be near you in a catastrophe. I suppose you would not life a finger to assist others.

    Paula Frickey Posted June 24, 2009 5:48 PM
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    Tell me Allen, what makes you think you get to decide what's a "Waste of space" You may not feel that way if you knew someone that works at NOOA and might have been on that train! If you don't like the types of information put out on govexc.com do us a favor and cancel your subscription.

    W D Jackson Posted June 24, 2009 11:34 AM
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    I'm happy for NOAA. However, among the dead was retired Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. of Washington, a man whose career put him in far more dangerous situations than an evening commute aboard public transit. Wherley, a command pilot who logged more than 5,000 hours in military aircraft, gave the order to scramble planes over Washington on Sept. 11, 2001.

    RFD Posted June 24, 2009 11:31 AM
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    This is a non-story! Waste of space.

    Allen Rossow Posted June 24, 2009 10:41 AM

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