WASHINGTON — The head of NOAA's satellite division, on administrative leave for more than half a year, warned that workforce reductions and cuts to science programs have "lobotomized" the federal government.
Speaking at the "Stand Up for Science" rally on the National Mall March 7, Stephen Volz offered his sharpest public criticism to date of policies by the current administration that he argues have reduced the ability of agencies to study weather and climate and threaten the public.
"What is at risk is our ability to make reasoned, informed decisions. That has been hijacked," he said. "The separation of 95,000 federal science positions in the past year, including 10,000 STEM Ph.
