JOB Losses -- 84,000 lost since January 2025

details at NYTimes.com/2025/08/01/business/economy/

federal-jobs-report-july.html

84,000 lost in civil sector -- 12,000 in July 1 - 31, alone.

LAURA GRIMM,

Trump-Vance "chief of staff" since Jan. 20, 2025

for NOAA

(National Oceanic &

Atmospheric Administration)

gave an upbeat, thumbs-up

annual Atlantic hurricane

season outlook late May 2025

(for June - September 2025).

However, given the reduction of

staff by 2,200 NOAA scientists

and cuts at CWS by 550, leaving

the top bureaucrats newly installed

seeking 155 key job openings that 

remain unfilled -- see details at

Scientific American online

scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-season-is-soon-

noaa-says-its-ready-but-weather-experts-are-worried

May 23 posted online coverage -- byline

Chelsea Harvey