Seasonally Aware ReportingThe Fiscal Year (around 10/1) of the US Government is out of phase with US Government revenue collection (about 4/15). This has an Organizational effect on Executive Branch Agencies and a Personal effect on employees of those Agencies. Disruptions in Congressional funding are tidal in nature - the tide of Public Opinion and inextricably linked to the News Cycle and remedy by Congressional action. The urgency of Congressional action is man-made. Agency Operations, personal decisions of employees, Strategic Planning and Performance Reporting are on a natural seasonal cycle. Even when the nature of Agency business seems immune from seasonal cycles, the personal decisions of employees introduce a seasonal effect.US Federal Government - Revenue Collection_e5399df7-e108-11e3-a541-e0f5a985f636The US Federal Government is funded by Taxes levied on Citizens. These Taxes are due once a year. Revenue Collection is a significant point-in-time for any Government. In the US, Individual Income Taxes are due in mid-April. Federal AgenciesU.S. CitizensUS Federal Government - Budgetary Planning and Fiscal Year_0fab2421-e2ac-11e3-9ba7-ee2caa85f636In the US, the Fiscal Year begins and ends October 1. The Fiscal Year is a significant point-in-time for any Government and a distinct from the Revenue Collection schedule. However, the relative positions of the two time points are significant for the orderly conduct of Policy so that political debate about the legitimacy of taxation rates does not call into question the legitimacy of the operations of the Government itself.Legislative BranchThe various Agencies compete for funding, and the final decisions rest with the Legislative Branch. Citizens act through their Elected Representatives and are not direct Stakeholders.Federal AgenciesThe Agencies have mandates for Public Services, which can and are communicated to the Legislative Branch during the Budget Planning process.Civil ServantsThe Agencies have a separate duty, as Employers of the Civil Service Human Resources, to insure the safety, well-being, sustainability of employment of Civil Servants (citizens) in their workplace. Civil Servants, in turn, are under no obligation to place themselves or their families at hardship for the sake of the agility of the Agency.Agency Seasonal Awareness_0fab2422-e2ac-11e3-9ba7-ee2caa85f636Revenue Collection and the Budgetary Funding Process are yearly, and by default follow the Agricultural Year. In concept, the velocity of operational activity peaks at mid-year. The work of Agencies may very well follow the conjoined (opposite) path with velocity peaking around the beginning and end of the calendar year (Academic Year). Scientific data collection (observations) and the personal affairs of Civil Servant employees are conducted independently of organizational (Agency) funding calendars. AgenciesWith a suitable coordinate system, Planning and Operation metrics for either the Agricultural Year or the Academic Year can be envisioned, manipulated and charted with mathematical techniques.Civil ServantsHuman needs are not fungible. The right allocation of personal funds to food, shelter, heat, etc. is routine, but not seen as the responsibility of an employer. Poor planning in an agricultural economy can do great harm, but in an industrial economy job insecurity can do the same. Agencies of Government do not have the privilege of debate on this issue.Scientific Observers"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." -- John Adams, President of the United States (1797–1801) in 1770. Modern graphical methods sometimes indicate that facts are sometimes not as stubborn as we would like them to be. High (or lower) frequency observation made possible by funding search for tides and trends in the News Cycle. For strategic planning purposes, accurate prediction of future meta data properties is valued above smooth time lines and random quantum fluctuations. "Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés." In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. -- Louis Pasteur On large and small time scales, the scientific content of the Public Domain does not depend upon the vagaries of Public Funding. Seasonal AwarenessTo enable real time observation data release absent influence of the News Cycle.MissionSustainability of PurposeGraphical Techniques_e5399df8-e108-11e3-a541-e0f5a985f636Pictures to FormulasTo be most useful, graphical data should be presented on a time scale commensurate with the policy objectives of the data release. _e5399df9-e108-11e3-a541-e0f5a985f6362014-05-212014-05-21GannonDickgannon_dick@yahoo.com