James Spann sticks up for National Weather Service employees amid DOGE cuts: ‘Absolutely invaluable’
Alabama’s preeminent meteorologist defended workers with the National Weather Service on Tuesday as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency takes aim at the agency overseeing the NWS with job and budget cuts.
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NOAA layoffs draw concerns for local forecasting
Mass NOAA layoffs spark concerns among meteorologists, emergency officials
NOAA firings raise concerns over agency's ability to forecast hurricanes and more
NOAA began firing employees last week as part of government-wide layoffs ordered by the Trump administration. The terminations could impact weather forecasting, which millions rely on.
Weather experts predict that Elon Musk's latest round of government firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including at the National Weather Service, will almost certainly make it more difficult to predict dangerous weather emergencies as quickly as needed.
Hurricane and climate researchers were hit in the latest wave of cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The mass layoffs from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — more than 600,
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.
The Trump administration's latest round of federal terminations included firing hundreds of staffers at NOAA and the National Weather Service last week.
Fresh protests erupted around Washington, D.C., on Monday condemning Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s deep cuts to the federal workforce. In Silver Spring, Maryland, hundreds of people rallied in front of the offices of NOAA,
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest federal agency to have been targeted by Elon Musk's DOGE committee. This week, the Commerce Department began
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government spending.
Under the direction of Elon Musk the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has set its sights on dismantling NOAA or even eliminating it altogether.
Rally outside Silver Spring headquarters comes just days after Trump administration announced layoff of 650 NOAA workers nationwide.
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