"US Weather Agency to Preserve Research Websites in Reversal
By Lauren Rosenthal
April 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM UTC
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency will preserve access to websites tied to its research division, after previously moving to cancel a cloud web services contract that supports many of its pages.
Bloomberg News had reported earlier that the service contract for NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research — known as NOAA Research — had been set to terminate this week, jeopardizing access to most of the office’s public-facing websites. But in an emailed statement Friday, NOAA said that the sites will be preserved.
“There will be no interruption in service,” it said. “All NOAA Research sites will remain online.”
The reasons for the reversal weren’t clear, nor the long-term status of the contract. A NOAA spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking more information.
NOAA — an environmental research and regulatory agency under the Commerce Department — has experienced other lapses in public communications this week. A separate contract that let the agency translate National Weather Service forecasts into Spanish and four other languages was allowed to expire."
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/us-weather-agency-to-preserve-research-websites-in-reversal
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