Three Ways You Could Feel DOGE's Cuts to NOAA, According to Ex-Official
Lori Arguelles, a former NOAA official, spoke to Newsweek about the biggest ways Americans could be impacted by the recent cuts to the agency.
Firings Are Not the Way to Make NOAA Great Again
This past week the White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) joined forces to fire several hundred federal employees of the National Oceanic a
NOAA layoffs spark outrage as Trump administration continues to shrink federal workforce
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees in Maryland were laid off Thursday, and more could be on the way.
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Mass layoffs at NOAA jeopardize American lives, lawmakers and experts warn
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other employees are expected to lose their jobs as the Trump administration makes cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off
Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source told CBS News.
NOAA firings begin with hundreds let go in late-day purge of offices
At least 500 staffers, mostly probationary workers including 375 who work at NOAA’s National Weather Service offices nationwide, were notified via email.
Maryland leaders join rally at NOAA headquarters after federal worker cuts
The mass layoffs are part of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) drastic cuts to the federal government.
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OPM tells agencies it’s not directing probationary firings
“Please note that, by this memorandum, OPM is not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions regarding probationary employees,” the new language in the revised memo reads. “Agencies have ultimate decisionmaking authority ...
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As industry frets licensing bottlenecks, NOAA reinstates top commercial space officials
Representatives of US remote sensing firms remain extremely nervous about possible roadblocks to future plans that require either new licenses or license modifications due to the personnel downsizing resulting from the efforts of Elon Musk's DOGE team to chop the size of the federal bureaucracy.
US judge halts Trump administration's calls for mass firings at agencies
A California federal judge said that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lacked the power to order federal agencies to fire any workers, including probationary employees who typically have less than a year of experience.
National Weather Service, NOAA layoffs hit hundreds of federal workers
Hundreds of NOAA and National Weather Service employees were laid off Thursday in the latest round of federal workforce cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.