Workforce reduction and defunded labs have rattled the industry
Legislation arrives against a backdrop of significant federal pullbacks at NOAA, which lost about 20% of its roughly 12,000 workforce since early 2025, National Weather Service alone shed more than 550.
May 2025, it was reported 30 #NWS offices were without a lead #meteorologist, and at least one office had stopped operating around the clock.
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