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| 340703 | 21050 | Gutting NOAA | 87 | TheEL | Mar 14, 2025 | 2025-03-14T15:07:25-0400 | Bryce said: I had written out a pretty long and elaborate reply giving insight into NOAA and current realities, but this thread has become more political than I want to get involved with. I'll keep it short. Send me a private message if anyone wants an in-depth conversation about anything… 1. Very unlikely that NOAA will not maintain the NBDC database and continue free access. However, top down restrictions of public data or a push towards privatization could affect this. 2. The cuts made were not necessary, and the loss of colleagues has caused noticeable problems, larger work loads, and slower administrative processing times. One thing to note with NOAA is there is never an end to our workload, there is always an immense amount to do and there aren't really people sitting around doing nothing. I'm not sure what vision of government inefficiency people are imagining, but I can say everyone I work with has a sense of pride in their work. If someone is a slacker or a bad egg, they are usually weeded out quickly. Also, everyone acknowledges there is more money in the private sector, so federal employees are largely valuing serving the public and taking pride in their job over making the most money they can. Yet, these cuts have been really sad because we have lost some excellent employees that were really good at their jobs and contributed in tangible ways. 3. Morale is low. Everyone is worried about loosing their job, some new mandate making their job a logistical nightmare, and the general unpredictableness of current government leadership. One thing I've noticed, is the normal communication of information within NOAA was from NOAA leadership via broadcast emails. NOAA leadership had the power to make agency wide decisions. That has changed, now we are getting information from media outlets and different government emails (OPM) and NOAA leadership is just as shocked and then sends out NOAA-wide emails, trying to keep caught up with news and changes. Wild times. Click to expand... Thank you for sharing this. |