Nearly 1,400 department workers are being fired as part of a broad reduction-in-force (RIF) that began on March 11. Days ...

There’s a scene in the movie “Good Morning, Vietnam” where the main character, played by Robin Williams, gives the weather report during his radio program. “It’s hot,” he says. “It’s damn, hot.” ...

WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all ...

The National Weather Service has lifted its hiring freeze and is now accepting applications for mission-critical positions to ...

For Star subscribers: Staffing issues at the National Weather Service in Tucson could be impacting the accuracy of monsoon storm predictions, according to a former University of Arizona ...

Despite public claims of near-full staffing, internal Forest Service data shows over 4,500 firefighting jobs remain vacant ...

Democrats have questioned the effectiveness of the flash flood warning the weather service sent out on July 4, after ...

Keeping state-of-the-art weather forecasting and preparedness outreach is a national responsibility, not, as Reagan’s 1981 ...

The Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General will investigate staffing shortages at the National Oceanic and ...

The U.S. Commerce Department will review if National Weather Service vacancies affected its response to floods in Texas.

NWS forecast offices across the country currently have no meteorologist in charge, including the League City office, which ...

Former Missouri congressman Billy Long was ceremonially sworn in as IRS commissioner on Friday. Long, who once advocated for abolishing the IRS, takes over an agency struggling with staffing cuts ...