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Sen. Moran tries to protect NWS meteorologists from federal hiring freezes
A Kansas congressman on Friday introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists from federal ...
Law Would Make Most National Weather Service Workers Hard to Fire
A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the ...
Nebraska Congressman introduces bipartisan bill to increase National Weather Service staffing
The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...
Bipartisan bill aiming to classify NWS meteorologists as critical public safety employees
Republican Representative Mike Flood and Democrat Eric Sorensen introduced the legislation Friday, putting forecasters in the same category as air traffic controller ...
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Senator Trying To Keep NWS Staffed
Additionally, this legislation requires the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report after one year of enactment on staffing ...
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National Weather Service forecasts to be banned?
It may soon be illegal for the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue non-severe weather forecasts under the provisions of the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005, Senate Bill S.
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Proposed changes to Civil Service Act raise job security questions
coupled with legislation being debated at Province House, have some bureaucrats wondering about job security. Among the many proposed changes in Bill 1 are amendments to the Civil Service Act ...