• Maintain and grow the budgets for commercial weather data at NOAA, NASA, and advocate for better or improved public-private partnerships in private weather data and weather "intelligence" to support the government's leadership in weather information, nationally and globally. Tomorrow.io supports with other related private sector companies a coalition advocating for technology neutrality in weather data collection, allowing the Federal government to use the best technologies available, as well as further and growing investments in this scientific area. Also "TIO" and the Commercial Weather Alliance, or CWA, are engaging in the upcoming review and potential re-authorization of the Weather Act (HR 6093) this year and any related legislation that is important to the private sector weather industry. Look at the upcoming farm bill, re-authorization of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, for potential weather science improvement language, including consideration of a USDA commercial weather data program or similar initiative within existing programs to support sub-agencies such as the Forest Service. Also engage with US international agencies and sub-agencies to educate about weather intelligence services from the private sector, and encourage public-private partnering for improved constituent services. Support re-authorization and updates of the "Weather Act," including expanding public-private partnering opportunities in that legislation.

Duration: June 1, 2021 to present

General Issues: Science/Technology, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $220,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2021: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), White House Office, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Intl Trade Administration (ITA)