这国家海洋和大气管理局据多位知情人士透露，作为特朗普政府授权各机构准备“裁员”的一部分，谷歌正准备裁员1000多人。
这些削减加剧了人们的担忧NOAA的能力天气预报、风暴预警、气候监测和渔业监督等救生服务的提供将受到阻碍。随着飓风和灾难季节的临近，这种担忧尤其尖锐。
NOAA“已经明显人手不足，所以这是毁灭性的。这不仅仅是一场时装秀。众议院自然资源委员会的资深成员在接受美国广播公司采访时说。“这意味着我们会更不安全。这意味着会有各种各样的附带损害。”
一位熟悉NOAA人员配备水平的人士告诉ABC新闻，由于特朗普政府的第一轮削减，该机构自1月份以来已经减少了约2000人，即“岔路口”提供和定期退休。该消息人士称，今年1月，该公司员工总数约为1.2万人，这是平均水平。随着另外1，000人即将被裁员，该机构自今年初以来将下跌25%。
霍夫曼说:“如果不削减这些核心任务，就无法消化如此大规模的削减。”“这与效率无关，当然也与浪费、欺诈和滥用无关。这是在拿走人们赖以拯救生命的项目，并削弱它们。”
知情人士称，NOAA的裁员计划目前在商务部，并将于本周提交给管理和预算办公室。目前还不清楚具体什么时候会宣布裁员，但消息人士称，最早可能是周五。
“NOAA被要求今天提交他们的削减计划，他们被要求消除整个功能，而不仅仅是个别人员。休夫曼说:“离职人数超过1000人，这还不包括已经被解雇的试用期员工。”。“我们预测洪水和龙卷风的能力降低了，而且在几天之内，随着我们进入火灾季节，这种能力将显著降低，现在在西部几乎全年都是火灾季节。
“我们预测野火危险天气状况的能力大大降低了，”他补充说。“实际上，运行这些系统的人正在被解雇。管理这些办公室的人正在被解雇，这些办公室里的这些项目做着重要的工作。”
在已经宣布和即将到来的削减之间，加上可能减少该机构预算的资金斗争，一位熟悉的消息人士说，NOAA“可能处于临界点”，并补充说，在所有关于降低成本的谈话中，纳税人每天只为该机构提供的所有服务支付6美分。
“更重要的是，NOAA提供的服务将不再强大或实用，甚至可能根本不存在，”该消息人士说。
NOAA braces for mass layoffs, fueling concerns about lifesaving weather services
TheNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationis preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's mandate for agencies to prepare "reductions in force," according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The cuts are fueling concerns thatNOAA's abilityto deliver lifesaving services, such as weather forecasting, storm warnings, climate monitoring and fishery oversight, will be hampered. The concerns are especially acute as hurricane and disaster season looms.
NOAA was "already significantly understaffed, so this is devastating. This is beyond a s---show," Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Ca., the ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee, said in an interview with ABC News. "It means we're going to be less safe. It means there will be all sorts of collateral damage."
A person familiar with staffing levels at NOAA told ABC News that the agency is already down about 2,000 people since January as a result of the first round of the Trump administration's cuts, the "Fork in the Road"offerand regular retirements. In January, this source said, staffing was at about 12,000 employees, which is described as average. With an additional 1,000 cuts looming, the agency would be down 25% since the start of the year.
"There is no way to absorb cuts of this magnitude without cutting into these core missions," Huffman said. "This is not about efficiency and it's certainly not about waste, fraud and abuse. This is taking programs that people depend on to save lives and emasculating them."
NOAA's reduction in force plan is currently in the Department of Commerce and is due to be delivered to the Office of Management and Budget this week, sources familiar said. It's unclear when exactly the resulting cuts will be announced, but sources said it could be as early as Friday.
"NOAA was required to submit their cut plan today, and they were asked to eliminate entire functions, not just individual personnel. The number of terminations is more than 1,000, and that is on top of the probationary folks who've already been let go," Huffman said. "Our ability to forecast flood conditions and tornadoes is reduced, and in a matter of days, it's going to be significantly reduced, as we head into fire season, which is almost all year round now in the West.
"Our ability to forecast red flag weather conditions for wildfires is significantly reduced," he added. "Literally, the people that run these systems are being terminated. The people that run these offices where these programs do this critical work are being terminated."
Between the already announced and looming cuts, plus the funding battle that could reduce the agency's budget, a source familiar said NOAA "could be at a breaking point," adding that amid all the talks of reducing costs, taxpayers only pay 6 cents per day for all of the services provided by the agency.
"More importantly, the services provided by NOAA wouldn't be as robust or functional -- or maybe even exist at all," the source said.
