The funding and staffing of federal science agencies potentially changes each year in the processes of budget and appropriations. This list of links is intended to help meteorologists and journalists be able to understand and convey to the public how NOAA’s weather components, and the National Weather Service in particular, are impacted. Links are in random order. Those at the bottom of the list are resources for following the latest developments in the budget process.

NOAA in Your State lists all NOAA facilities and partnerships in each state and territory
https://www.noaa.gov/legislative-and-intergovernmental-affairs/noaa-in-your-state-territory

NOAA organizational chart
https://www.noaa.gov/about/organization/noaa-organization-chart

NOAA Public Affairs throughout line offices is an information and interview resource
https://www.noaa.gov/NOAA-Communications

NWS organizational structure
https://www.weather.gov/organization?task=wfo.php&maps

NWS NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) structure
https://www.weather.gov/ncep/

NWS Service Change Notices and Public Statements
https://www.weather.gov/notification/

NWS list of current local NWS office leadership of Meteorologist in Charge, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, and Science and Operations Officer
https://www.weather.gov/media/nws/wcm-soo.pdf

NOAA NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) notice of changes
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/documents-reports/notice-of-changes

USAJOBS listing of government positions (search for “NWS” in quotes)
https://www.usajobs.gov/

PBSWarn role as a FEMA alert backup, along with listing of all WEAs (Wireless Emergency Alerts)
https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/contact-information/warn/

OPM (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) workforce restructuring definitions
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/

The White House OMB (Office of Management and Budget) federal budget proposals
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

The multi-step federal budget process, explained
https://www.usa.gov/federal-budget-process
https://budget.house.gov/about/budget-framework/time-table-budget-process/

AIP (American Institute of Physics) Budget Tracker gives latest status of appropriations and outcomes
https://www.aip.org/fyi/budget-tracker

AMS Newsroom provides news releases, fact sheets, position statements, search for an expert
https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-ams/news/

AGU (American Geophysical Union) resources for understanding and following federal activities
https://www.agu.org/Resource-Center

Eos science news (American Geophysical Union)
https://eos.org/

Science news from AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
https://www.science.org/news/all-news