Trump's downsizing continues with offers for early retirements, buyouts at weather agency

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Source: USA Today

Published 4:04 p.m. ET March 20, 2025 | Updated 5:13 p.m. ET March 20, 2025


A major weather forecasting and scientific research agency is offering buyouts and early retirement to employees, according to a memo obtained by USA TODAY, the Trump administration's latest step in reducing the size of the federal workforce.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told employees Thursday that most could take a voluntary separation incentive payment, or they could take early retirement if they are age 50 with 20 years of service or any age with at least 25 years of service.

The offer is separate from the Trump administration's deferred resignation efforts, called "Fork in the Road", which allowed employees to resign their jobs but get paid through the end of September, and any firings of probationary employees. USA TODAY has reached out to NOAA for comment.

Agencies can offer buyouts of up to $25,000 as part of reductions in force. The Education Department had more than 300 people accept the same type of buyout as part of its overall plan to slash the workforce.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/20/noaa-offers-buyouts-early-retirement/82573145007/

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Agencies can offer buyouts of up to $25,000 as part of reductions in force.

This is how the media keeps perpetuating the illegal activities. RIFs need to be AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS. NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The media will not cover the mob boss crime spree.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. It's a symptom at how bad the teaching of Civics has been

It seems that more time has been spent on "battle of this" and "battle of that" during American wars in American history classes and apparently little on how the federal government works (as I expect not many have separate "Civics" classes). It's to the point where even most of the current members of Congress are clueless as to their role (aside from the obvious partisan reasons for their election).

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes, they must have stopped teaching high school government class.

Americans today do not seem to have any understanding of how the US government, Constitution, etc. are supposed to work.

[Mc Mike]

4. It'd be a real shame if a certain skidmark, who frequently flies between DC and FL,

were to get hit by an unpredicted hurricane midflight, due to his destruction of the agency that predicts those kinds of massive disastrous weather events.

[KPN]

5. I can only think the goal is to privatize many if not all of the functions performed by the NWS. Wonder who

might benefit from that?

needless to say (I know an oxymoron), that's a rhetorical question ...

[SergeStorms]

6. Big deal.

Weather is easy. All you need is a weather map and a Sharpie.