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Law Would Make Most National Weather Service Workers Hard to Fire
A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the ...
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NWS hiring surge won’t cover all offices | Here’s what’s next
HOUSTON — The National Weather Service has ... according to former NOAA employee Tom Di Liberto. Staffing issues have also led to a decline in weather balloon launches — vital for collecting ...
National Weather Service adding around 125 new hires after laying off hundreds
The new hires would not make up for all the personnel lost in the Trump administration’s cutbacks, but could reduce the ...
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National Weather Service Lake Charles hopes to fill positions as it faces staffing shortages
Fahy said that for meteorologists specifically, the Lake Charles office has a vacancy rate of nearly 39%, the highest in the ...
National Weather Service staffing cuts threaten forecast accuracy
The National Weather Service's staffing shortage is affecting forecast accuracy, as balloon launch data decreases.
Nebraska Congressman introduces bipartisan bill to increase National Weather Service staffing
The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...
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National Weather Service adding around 125 new hires after laying off hundreds
After losing more than 560 employees to layoffs and early retirement incentives earlier this year, the National ... weather in the Midwest and South prompted speculation the staffing issues ...