Amid Bipartisan Concern, NOAA Nominee Pledges to Make Weather Service Staffing a ‘Top Priority’

Oklahoma Watch: The Trump Administration wants to close down key weather labs across the country

The National Severe Storms Laboratory sits on a campus of radar equipment and office buildings at the University of Oklahoma, off State Highway 9 in Norman. It’s responsible for radar breakthroughs in forecasting that the nation relies on for storm…

Would-be NOAA Administrator Vows to Fill Forecaster Vacancies

Current conditions: Temperatures are climbing toward 100 degrees Fahrenheit in central and eastern Texas, complicating recovery efforts after the floods • More than 10,000 people have been evacuated in southwestern China due to flooding from the remnants of Typhoon Danas • Mebane, North Carolina, has less than two days of drinking water left after its water treatment plant sustained damage from Tropical Storm Chantal. THE TOP FIVE1. Trump’s nomi…

ThePatriotLight - Trump’s NOAA Nominee Vows to Improve National Weather Service Forecasting

ThePatriotLight - Neil Jacobs, acting administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, speaks at the agency's 2019 Hurricane Season Outlook news conference in Arlington, Va., on May 23, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesJust days after catastrophic flash floods devastated Central Texas, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told the Senate on July 9 that he would see…

Trump’s NOAA Pick Stands By Budget Cuts, Calls Staffing ‘A Top Priority’

Neil Jacobs was not asked to weigh in on the Texas flooding disaster. But he stressed a desire to see the nation’s more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices be fully staffed.

Trump’s NOAA pick stands by budget cuts, calls staffing ‘a top priority’

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told a panel of U.S. senators on Wednesday that he would make it “a top priority” to address staffing shortages caused by recent firings and buyouts at the…

Trump’s NOAA nominee: Ongoing hiring freeze ‘challenging’ for its mission

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told lawmakers that if confirmed, adequate staffing for the agency will be paramount in preparation for major budget cuts next year. Neil Jacobs, Trump’s nominee to serve as NOAA administrator, told members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that a governmentwide hiring freeze, recently extended to Oct. 15, has made it “challenging”…