National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Archives

EHR modernization effort lacks cyber performance measures, GAO finds

A report found two years of missing measures and undefined fiscal 2026 goals for the health records’ interagency cybersecurity and privacy protections.

Jun 2, 2026 By K. Sophie Will

Meteorologist Brian Kyle monitors the area weather at the National Weather Service offices Monday, May 23, 2022 in Dickinson. (Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

National Weather Service taps Accenture, Booz Allen for data system modernization

The two government contractors will each build new cloud-based tools for forecasting and analysis as well as centralizing weather data, replacing a decades-old system.

Mar 30, 2026 By Madison Alder

Congress, U.S. Capitol Building, House, Senate — The dome of US Capitol is seen through a skylight from the Visitors Center on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

House, Senate lawmakers ignore requested Trump cuts at key science agencies

Congressional appropriators tossed aside the Trump administration’s requested cuts at NOAA, NIST, NSF and NASA in fiscal year 2026 funding bills released Monday.

Jan 7, 2026 By Madison Alder

Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., speaks during a press conference in Washington D.C., on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House Democrats eye DOE-led push on marine energy technologies

Legislation led by Rep. Nanette Barragán would give the Energy secretary $1 billion to fund ocean-powered energy technologies.

Oct 13, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Background showing the Earth planet viewed from space with satellite , the element of this image are provided by Nasa and 3d generated

Space, satellite, defense companies urge lawmakers to fund NOAA space commerce office

Letters to House and Senate appropriators follow the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the office and elimination of its Traffic Coordination System for Space.

Jul 8, 2025 By Madison Alder

How Network-as-a-Service eases IT burdens for widely dispersed federal branch offices

Industry leaders from NOAA, Verizon and Cisco discuss how agencies with limited IT staff in branch locations can maintain reliable networks, predictable costs, and enhanced user experience…

Apr 23, 2025 By Scoop News Group

One of the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s two Hurricane Hunter planes is shown on display outside the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in June 2024. (Photo by Madison Alder)

Bipartisan bill aimed at enhancing NOAA’s AI use reintroduced in House, Senate

The legislation would require the weather and climate agency to develop a dataset to train AI forecasting models and support deployment of AI weather models in forecasts.

Apr 10, 2025 By Madison Alder

SILVER SPRING, MD – MARCH 03: Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest against Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 03, 2025 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Last week the Trump administration fired about 800 probationary staff at NOAA, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science. The layoffs are on top of about 500 employees who left the agency after taking the so-called deferred resignation offer. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NOAA firings spark concerns for agency’s data-centric mission

Terminations could threaten the weather and climate agency’s public safety work and make existing staffing issues worse, former workers said.

Mar 14, 2025 By Madison Alder

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. (Image credit: Getty Images).

NOAA inboxes spammed with crude Trump jokes, Scientology subscription

Emails forecasting a “99% chance of shit showers” for the next four years and signing people up for Scientology Today were immediately posted online.

Jan 31, 2025 By Madison Alder

MIAMI, FL – AUGUST 29: The logo of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seen at the Nation Hurricane Center on August 29, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images).

NOAA’s environmental information hub working to ‘recoup data’ after Helene outage

Staff members and the data holdings of the National Centers for Environmental Information are safe following the storm, the agency said.

Oct 17, 2024 By Madison Alder