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NOAA Scientist Wins Case – Ordered To Be Reinstated to Job With Back Pay Granted

April 27, 2018

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NOAA scientist, Sherry Chen, was wrongfully arrested and as a result lost her position at NOAA. She was accused by the US government of spying for China. After an investigation it was found by the Justice Department that she was innocent and she was released. But, she was not re-hired by the US Commerce Department. She was accused of stealing sensitive information from a database regarding the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China, Highlights Tagged With: chen, NOAA, sherry, Sherry Chen

US Scientist Leaves US After Petty Felony Conviction

April 27, 2018

Chunzai Wang, an expert on climate change and hurricanes, had been employed at NOAA for the past 17 years. Dr. Wang is a naturalized US citizen. He won the Employee of the Year Award at NOAA in 2012 and a second award at NOAA in 2013. Wang was accused of supplementing his income without notifying his supervisor when he spoke at scientific conferences in China while on annual leave. He was paid a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China, Highlights Tagged With: China, Chinese scientists, chunzai, chunzai wang, NOAA, Scientist, wang

Weather Bureau Employee Cleared of Spy Investigation but Fired From Her Position at NOAA

June 8, 2016

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Sherry Chen, an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was notified that she was being investigated by the Justice Department for spying for China in October 2014. The investigation cleared her but she was never reinstated, and was eventually fired from her position with the Weather Service for NOAA. CCS has written on behalf of Ms. Chen in the past and is now sending ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, NOAA, Sherry Chen, Temple University, United States Department of Justice, United States Government, Xi Xiaoxing

2015 Annual Report

March 8, 2016

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During 2015, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 21 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the country’s ambassadors, the United States ambassador for the particular jurisdiction, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports, Bahrain, Chile, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States Tagged With: Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, Academics, Andrew Ross (sociologist), Boris Weisfeiler, Emad Shahin, Guo Yushan, Human Rights Activists, Imad al-Barghouthi, Li Heping, Masaud Jahromi, Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Fanood, Mohammed al-Qathani, Narges Mohammadi, Natalia Sharina, NOAA, Omid Kokabee, Raif Badawi, Rennan Pekunlu, Scientists, Sherry Chen, Vladimir Golubev, Wang Yu

Chinese-American Hydrologist Terminated by US Government with No Evidence

December 21, 2015

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Sherry Chen, a Chinese-American hydrologist, was terminated from her position at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after an investigation as a spy for China found no grounds for charges. The Committee of Concerned Scientists wrote to the Deputy Director of the National Weather Service at NOAA requesting that Ms. Chen be reinstated in her position as an hydrologist.  The ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, NOAA, Scientists, Sherry Chen, United States Government, Xi Xiaoxing

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