Trump Rehires Neil Jacobs, Former NOAA Chief Involved in ‘Sharpiegate’
“Neil knows that America uses NOAA’s products every day,” said Craig McLean, a career civil servant who was the agency’s chief scientist during Mr. Trump’s first term. “His last tenure showed the limits of good will against political bullying.”
‘Sharpiegate’ defined his last turn as NOAA chief. Will this time be different?
If confirmed by the Senate, Neil Jacobs will retake the top slot at NOAA, where he was acting administrator from 2019 to 2021. He’s currently the chief science adviser at the Unified Forecast System, a NOAA-funded research initiative housed at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. The nomination was first reported by Axios.
If confirmed by the Senate, Jacobs would return to an agency he led during the first Trump administration, including during ...
President Donald Trump has nominated Pierre M. Gentin, McKinsey & Co's chief legal officer, as general counsel at the U.S. Commerce Department. Other nominees include Neil Jacobs for the NOAA and ...
The leading contenders to head NOAA include a former acting head of the agency, a Shell executive and an ex-Interior ...
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