National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Archives

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) logo on the side of its Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Fla. on April 7, 2026. The Lakeland facility is the home of the agency’s Hurricane Hunters and their fleet of aircraft designed to collected environmental data. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Bipartisan Senate bill would codify NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters, expand fleet

While the agency’s hurricane-piercing airplanes are already on track to be replaced, the bill would authorize $2.5 billion to expand the size of a new fleet.

Jun 18, 2026 By Madison Alder

Flight Director Kerri Englert goes over details for an emerging tech test day aboard “Miss Piggy,” one of NOAA’s two Lockheed Orion WP-3D aircraft, on April 7, 2026. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Simultaneous drones, better data: NOAA hurricane tech hits milestones

As hurricane season begins, the weather agency is seeing promise in drones and other emerging plane-deployed technologies.

Jun 17, 2026 By Madison Alder

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