Democrats concerned DOGE is targeting NOAA, sources say
The White House Department of Efficiency said Democrats on Capitol Hill and sources familiar with the situation. Or doorhas been in the office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The White House Governor’s Team is a cost-cutting initiative developed by President Trump to find ways to prune federal spending. Billionaire Elon Musk is in charge Classification As a “special government employee”.
Current staff were told that staff members were reduced by 50% and budgets were cut to 30%, a former NOAA official told CBS News.
Maryland-based Senator Chris van Hollen, representing the NOAA-based country, said his office is investigating Doge’s work NOAAwhich includes institutions such as the National Meteorological Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
“Hearing reports Musk’s relatives target NOAA – penetrating critical systems and locking in professional staff,” Van Hollen Posted on X Tuesday. “NOAA is crucial for weather forecasting, scientific research, etc. Their important work can save lives. My team and I are working on this and we won’t represent it.”
Congressional aides told CBS News that lawmakers have received multiple complaints about the participation of the NOAA office of the government.
A former NOAA official spoke directly with current employees, who confirmed to CBS News that they saw Doge visit the NOAA headquarters in Maryland Silver Spring and Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., where NOAA’s parent agency, the U.S. Department of Commerce is located.
“They walked through safety, just like they weren’t for them,” said NOAA’s former deputy director Andrew Rosenberg of the Ethics staff. “They were there, they were browsing IT System…they didn’t ask big questions about what NOAA does and the importance of its role. It’s not a comment to find out efficiency.”
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Prepare for possible cuts
At the White House, attention to NOAA’s Doge activity is happening Official nomination Dr. Neil Jacobs will serve as the new administrator for the department on Wednesday, his role Have been held before In the first Trump administration. He still needs Senate confirmation. CBS News commented with Dr. Jacobs, but he did not respond.
NOAA and White House spokespersons also did not respond to requests for comment.
Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee and Democrat, Elon Musk and his ethical hackers are looting a place through the federal government, illegally gaining the Unrestricted access to private information of Americans. “Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the Space Technology Committee,” said Rep. Joint Statement Tuesday. “Now, they have arrived at NOAA, and they have wreaked havoc on the science and regulatory system that protects the safety and work of American families.”
According to NOAA’s website, the agency has approximately 12,000 employees worldwide, including 6,773 scientists and engineers.
