Also I heard many smart people in NOAA left between 2016 and 2020 to go private and funding cuts. I would not be surprise many in NOAA are looking to leave now.
I wonder if the listeria issues occurring now is also a symptom of this plus the FDA funding cuts over the past 20+ years.
Project 2025 describes NOAA as a primary component “of the climate change alarm industry” and said it “should be broken up and downsized.” Talent is probably worried about the future political climate as well.
It's will known that AccuWeather's president Joel Myers and his younger brother (now former) AccuWeather CEO Barry Lee Myers want to kill public domain weather report data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccuWeather#National_Weather_S... Barry was nominated (but never confirmated) for Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
While AccuWeather denies involvement in Project 2025, there's definitely overlap between TFG's administration and the authors of the plan.
> It's will known that AccuWeather's president Joel Myers and his younger brother (now former) AccuWeather CEO Barry Lee Myers want to kill public domain weather report data.
I haven't heard anything about NOAA having any new issues with workforce retention.
The trend you're seeing in private sector expansion / growth is linked to the massive investments in Earth observation and derivative applications. It's not really a response to anything happening in government. If anything, the federal government forced some of this growth through commitments like the Commercial Weather Data Program.
I wonder if the listeria issues occurring now is also a symptom of this plus the FDA funding cuts over the past 20+ years.