Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in ...

Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.

Neil Jacobs, Trump's nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, testified before the Senate.

Neil Jacobs has vowed to place science, human safety and technological innovation at the forefront of operations if confirmed ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the agency that oversees weather told senators at his ...

The president’s pick to lead the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration testified before Congress Wednesday.

Neil Jacobs, who was embroiled in ‘Sharpiegate’ during the first Trump administration, says he supports proposed major cuts ...

Trump’s NOAA pick stands by budget cuts, calls staffing ‘a top priority’ Neil Jacobs was not asked to weigh in on the Texas flooding disaster. But he stressed a desire to see the nation’s ...

Privatization would diminish a central role the federal government has played in weather forecasting since the 1800s.

President Donald Trump nominated Neil Jacobs Jr. to lead the NOAA. His Senate confirmation hearing focused on the deaths of more than 100 people in storms across the country.

The program was initially supposed to be cut off June 30 to "mitigate a significant cybersecurity risk," NOAA said in an ...

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.