NOAA contracts are being reviewed one by one. It's throwing the agency into chaos

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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in March to protest Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts to the agency. The Trump administration continues to make major staffing and programming changes at the agency.

NOAA relies on hundreds of contracts to keep the agency running. The new commerce secretary is reviewing many of them individually, causing disruptions to many normal operations within the agency.

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