NOAA to potentially cut more than 1,000 additional employees
According to sources speaking with CBS News, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is preparing to lose 1,029 employees. As part of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of Personnel Management Agency submits missions to reduce force programsdue on March 13, NOAA will propose plans to the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday night and propose layoffs.
The Department of Commerce will have the opportunity to review the proposal and accept NOAA’s recommendations, or it may require the agency to make other changes to increase or decrease the next round of termination. In addition to losing staff, plans to operate under NOAA’s authority will be eliminated. It is not clear which programs will be affected.
As one of several scientific institutions within the federal government, NOAA is responsible for everything from weather forecasting to coastal recovery, managing fisheries and supporting marine commerce. NOAA’s work supports and affects more than one-third of the GDP of the United States. According to the agency.
It used to be NOAA 880 employees were fired on February 27most of them are probationary personnel, with positions in less than two years. In addition to accepting “Fork on the road” The Office of Personnel Management offers in February, NOAA may see 20% employee losses in the next round of cuts. By January 2025, NOAA’s workforce has exceeded 12,000 people worldwide, with more than 50% of them being scientists and engineers.
The key department within NOAA is the National Weather Service, which is responsible for forecasting, issuing severe weather warnings and providing other critical weather-related services, which are essential to protecting public safety. The department lost hundreds of employees due to scheduled retirement, acquisition and dismissal of probation workers. Due to some errors in these trial shots, The selected minority of people have been requested to return to work in three regional offices, But it is not clear how many employees in the National Weather Service have been restored.
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