“Neil knows that America uses NOAA’s products every day,” said Craig McLean, a career civil servant who was the agency’s ...

President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to head NOAA. Some former NOAA employees are concerned about Jacobs' scientific integrity after his... Who: Neil Jacobs Nominated for: Administrator of ...

The White House is nominating meteorologist Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA after he led the agency on an acting basis during President Trump's first term. Why it matters: The Commerce Department agency is ...

Although Jacobs served in the role from 2018 until the end of the president's first term, he was never confirmed by the full ...

Jacobs is an atmospheric scientist who previously served as acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration during the first Trump administration.

President Donald Trump has picked NOAA veteran Neil Jacobs, who served as an acting administrator during the first Trump presidency, to take the helm of the climate, weather and oceans agency.