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Fired, rehired and fired again, some NOAA employees get letters demanding money

by PEER | June 25, 2025
Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit organization that supports environmental workers and has been tracking these administrative problems, said the errors suggest leadership problems within the agency. “They’re ...

NOAA workers report ‘intentional chaos’ during personnel cuts

by PEER | April 17, 2025
“To me, it just points to a deliberate lack of planning,” Whitehouse said. “That’s the strategy. They don’t care. It’s creating all these problems for employees.” PEER outlined its concerns in a Tuesday letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, claiming that “sloppy ...
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