US EditionNOAA Braces for Steep Job Cuts
- NOAA faced significant workforce reductions earlier this year, losing about 1,000 employees, including 600 at the National Weather Service, amid federal layoffs.
- These losses prompted NOAA to reassign staff internally over recent months to address gaps in understaffed offices, especially ahead of the hurricane season starting June 1.
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified on June 4 that NOAA is fully staffed with forecasters and scientists, and the agency plans to externally hire 126 mission-critical positions to stabilize operations.
- Lutnick emphasized that programs related to public safety and weather forecasting will remain fully protected, while reductions will focus on areas he identified as outside NOAA's core mission, such as children's books addressing climate anxiety.
- Despite concerns about some offices losing 24-hour staffing, NOAA’s hiring efforts and updated service standards aim to maintain essential forecast and warning services through the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
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NOAA ‘fully staffed’ with forecasters, scientists, US Commerce secretary says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a Senate hearing that NOAA is ‘fully staffed’ with weather forecasters and scientists after concerns were raised about some offices losing 24-hour staffing ahead of hurricane season. “We are fully staffed with forecasters and scientists. Under no circumstances am I going to let public safety or public forecasting be touched,” Lutnick told a Senate appropriations subcommittee overs…
NOAA 'fully staffed' with forecasters, scientists, US Commerce secretary says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a Senate hearing that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is "fully staffed" with weather forecasters and scientists after concerns were raised about some offices losing 24-hour staffing ahead of hurricane…
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