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National Weather Service, NOAA firings raise safety concerns for severe weather season
Cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the agency that operates the National Weather Service, ...
Firings at US weather and oceans agency risk lives and economy, former agency heads warn
The people who once ran the federal weather and oceans agency say it touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways and that ...
‘Bad things could happen:’ Meteorologist jobs cut after historic hurricane season
Noah retired after recent years of hyperactive hurricane seasons. Long, stressful days go beyond the lead-up to storms making ...
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‘We are doing everything we can’: Van Hollen fights to reverse mass layoffs at NOAA
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) slammed a decision by Trump to carry out mass layoffs at NOAA, which is headquartered in ...
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Hundreds of federal NOAA employees – including weather forecasters – fired in DOGE cuts
Hundreds of federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees, including weather forecasters, were ...
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AP report: A new email demanding federal workers’ accomplishments is coming, with a key change
Instead of being sent by the Office of Personnel Management, which functions as a human resources agency for the federal ...
Tariff threats and uncertainty could weigh on consumers, drag down US economy, gov’t report suggests
Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers’ mood and may be ...
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Government agencies will send production emails to staff instead of OPM on Saturday: Report
The first email was sent last week, and asked employees to list five things they accomplished during the week. The next email ...
Feds to start getting weekly emails asking what they did. Bosses will see if it fits Trump goals.
The new strategy is in part meant to allow supervisors and agency heads to check whether employees’ work fits into the Trump ...
Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism
More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant.
Social Security workers axed, new Musk email coming. What to know about Trump's layoffs.
Thousands of federal workers are out of a job, and further cuts are expected. Meanwhile, a federal judge has blocked the firings.
Mass Firings Aren't Meritocracy
The goal is to make the federal government a meritocracy as much as possible. But the way DOGE has handled these firings probably isn't the right means of getting to meritocracy, unfortunately. Some ...