‘An act of sabotage’: Hundreds of NOAA and NWS employees laid off
Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off in latest cuts to federal workforce
Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source told CBS News.
‘Hands off NOAA': Crowd rallies against federal job cuts in Silver Spring
A crowd of federal workers, supporters and lawmakers rallied Monday outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Maryland, protesting job cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration. News4’s Joseph Olmo spoke with Reps. Jamie Raskin and Glenn Ivey of Maryland.
An internal memo asked managers to name those who did not respond to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email blast.
A federal judge in California ruled late Thursday President Trump and Elon Musk’s mass firings of probationary government employees were illegal, siding with a coalition of labor unions and nonprofit groups.
NOAA — which includes the National Hurricane Center and the Tsunami Warning Center — is the latest in a string of federal agencies targeted for cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Over 800 NOAA employees were laid off as a part of Elon Musk and DOGE’s effort to reduce the federal budget and workforce.
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.
Hundreds of weather forecasters and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees were fired Thursday in the latest wave of cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, sparking concern among local forecasters and emergency officials.
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.
The story below, published on February 21 before the announcement, explains how the Trump administration has been preparing to cut staffing at NOAA and what that means for weather forecasting and climate research.
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