Congratulations to Steven Brecher, our program manager on our National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) contract. Steven recently served on a validation team, which was responsible for operational testing following a major software installation. The installment is a fully integrated Windows-based database for non-clinical evaluation studies. The validation team’s operational testing helped ensure the database functioned properly prior to client use. The team was nominated for a NIEHS merit award for their effort!
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CSS employee owners (formerly Riverside employees) support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service’s (NESDIS) Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). STAR is the science arm of NESDIS, which acquires and manages the nation’s environmental satellites for NOAA. Satellite observations are critical to informing situational awareness and…
High Resolution Land Cover Maps Now Available
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CSS talented learning specialists supporting NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management (for which we subcontract through Lynker) are integral contributors to a team of federal staff and affiliates who develop training to assist coastal community decision makers and resource managers with building skills needed to enhance their communities. CSS learning specialists recently led the development of…