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Concerns are rising over the accuracy of hurricane forecasts this year due to staffing and budget cuts at the National ...
NOAA hurricane hunter planes, crucial for gathering storm data, have been grounded during recent hurricanes due to maintenance and staffing issues. A government audit reveals a concerning increase ...
Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.
Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story NWS staffing will be priority, nominee tells Senate As lawmakers ...
President Trump's nominee to lead the agency that includes the National Weather Service said Wednesday it did a "great job" ...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut hundreds of jobs as the National Weather Service earlier this year.
Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in ...
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called staffing NOAA weather ...
NOAA fired approximately 800 probationary employees in February. The agency briefly reinstated them, then re-fired them.
The president’s pick to lead the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration testified before Congress Wednesday.
Due to a lapse in government contracting, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) faces unprecedented challenges this hurricane season. For the past five years, NOAA has ...
Weather service staffing already was tight, even before the Trump administration's cuts, former NOAA staff members have said, but in some weather service offices, the vacancies have been dramatic.