Under President Trump's leadership, EPA has taken a close look at our operations to ensure the agency is better equipped than ever to deliver on our core mission of protecting human health and the environment while powering the great American comeback.
The National Weather Service had issued three increasingly dire warnings early that morning at 1:14 a.m., 4:03 a.m. and 6:06 a.m. However, a local meteorologist responsible for ensuring these warnings gained traction retired early after budget cuts, creating a significant gap in preparedness.
Staff losses at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), the oldest scientific agency in the US, could further cripple its mission and activities, including a long-awaited project to update the accuracy of these measurements, former employees and experts say.
If the NLRB reduces its workforce and closes a number of regional offices, it will render the NLRB's enforcement mechanism basically ineffectual, thereby chilling workers from exercising their rights.