NASA struck alast-minute dealto avoid expected staff reductions, though it may only be a temporary reprieve.
Together, the layoffs constitute about 10% of the agencys workforce.
The first round of cuts targeted probationary employeespeople whose positions were currently under review.
A NOAA NWS sign.Photo: Pierre cb / Wikimedia Commons
Critically, probationary employees are not on probation in the high school sense of the word.
They often are employees with stellar records but who recently joined the agency.
It is hard to quantify the potential effects of the layoffs.
DOGE and the Trump Administration claim the layoffs are being done so that make the government more efficient.
Project 2025 calls for the abolishment of NOAA.
The total cost of those weather events is nearly $3 trillion.
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