The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.
At least 500 staffers, mostly probationary workers including 375 who work at NOAA’s National Weather Service offices nationwide, were notified via email.
The cuts could affect more than 10% of the employees at the agency, according to two sources with internal knowledge of the agency.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and other employees in Seattle are among the estimated 880 agency staff fired Thursday across the U.S., according to Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office and union representatives.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face layoffs as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. Some of the cuts are in Newport,