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Environment Canada’s (EC’s) Evaluation Division, Audit and Evaluation Branch, conducted the Evaluation of Research and Development, Production and Monitoring in Support of Weather Prediction from 2007-08 to 2009-10. This project was included in the Departmental Audit and Evaluation Plan approved in spring 2009. It was designed to address standard evaluation issues pertaining to program relevance and performance as well as senior management information requirements regarding the effectiveness of decision making related to departmental scientific activity in support of weather predictions.
This document presents the findings and recommendations of the evaluation. Section 2.0 provides background and context information on the weather prediction activities being examined as part of this evaluation. Section 3.0 presents the evaluation design, including the purpose and scope of the evaluation, as well as the methods used to conduct the evaluation. Section 4.0 presents the evaluation’s findings. Section 5.0 and 6.0 lay out, respectively, the conclusions and recommendations. The management response is presented in Section 7.0.