The proposed measure also would grant the weather service temporary hiring authority for positions related to public safety.

Representative Mike Flood announced a bill on Friday to make employees of the National Weather Service classified as public safety mission function workers.

The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...

A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran from Kansas has introduced legislation to exempt National Weather Service meteorologists from federal ...

Houston officials watch closely as FEMA loses 2,000 staff members ahead of a hurricane season predicted to produce 13 to 19 ...

Additionally, this legislation requires the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report after one year of enactment on staffing ...

U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Gary Peters introduced the Federal Operational Resilience in Emergency Conditions and Storm ...

The Lake Charles office was among the hardest hit in Louisiana, and now some lost jobs may be filled again. Here's what to ...

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell has voiced concern over staffing cuts at the National Weather Service, which she says have ...

The St. Louis tornadoes came after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mothballed its tracker of ...