Reactions To JPL Firings - NASA Watch
some reactions to JPL's job layoffs| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: The unions that represent some NASA employees continue to push back. Oddly JPL was trying to thwart union organization when the sky started to fall and other NASA centers merely tolerated unions. Now, as the White House severs their role with NASA – and all the professional space industry organizations mostly sit on their hands – they let the layoffs and budget cuts happen. But the Unions have […] The post Bravo Zulu: The Unions Strike Back appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: A judge has halted the new round of layoffs during the Shutdown – but OMB has only just begun to lay people off. Or try to. The post Layoff Update appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
(Originally posted 30 Sep 2025) To The NASA Family: Selfish, shortsighted power brokers are toying with America’s technological leadership in a game of brinksmanship. People suffer as a result. It is people who enable science agencies and research organizations to discover and explore the unknown. From subatomic structure and the chemistry of life – to the structure of the universe and the tools to explore it – NASA is singular […] The post NASA Will Survive appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: This was sent out to NASA employees by Stephen Shinn Acting NASA Chief Financial Officer: “A funding lapse will result in certain government activities ceasing due to a lack of appropriated funding. In addition, designated pre-notified employees of this agency would be temporarily furloughed. P.L. 116-1 would apply.” Full memo below Planning for Potential Lapse in FundingNASA Civil Servants, We have received official confirmation from the White House […] The post It’s ...| Budget Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: In a joint 670/690 Helio/Planetary division meeting today with over 230 attendees Deputy Director Gina Dibraccio said that GSFC has been instructed by management to hold back on meetings with staff so the information does not end up on NASAWatch and elsewhere. When asked who told her that she responded “I am not going to answer that”. She also said “there will be no re-org” at GSFC. Staff […] The post Shutdown Preps at Goddard appeared first on NASA Watch.| Budget Archives - NASA Watch
Once upon a time NASA PAO would have talked about increasing diversity| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: JPLers got this email this morning from JPL Human Resources about the “Phase Two reorganization and upcoming layoff in October”. People are being warned that as many as 4,000 of the 5,500 JPL employees could be gone by 15 October 2025 and that there will be a mandatory return to the office for teleworkers who are still employed by 31 October 2025. Full note below. September 26, 2025From: […] The post JPLers Get Layoff Update Letter appeared first on NASA Watch.| Personnel News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: According to Politico (and other sources as well): “White House tells agencies to prepare for mass layoffs if government shuts down”: “In the memo, OMB told agencies to identify programs, projects and activities where discretionary funding will lapse on Oct. 1 and no alternative funding source is available. For those areas, OMB directed agencies to begin drafting RIF plans that would go beyond standard furloughs, permanently eliminating jobs […] The post A Shutdown Cou...| Personnel News Archives - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: The other day I tweeted that “In the @NASAKennedy town hall yesterday KSC Center Director and former Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro said that it was that DOGE and the Administration who told her to consider firing probationary employees ‘because that’s an easy way to cut down the work force’.” NASA PAO has told me that Janet Petro has “worked to ensure the continuity of the Pathways intern […] The post About Those NASA Interns appeared first on NASA Watch.| Education Archives - NASA Watch
You may recall that NASA has pushed a huge portion of its science and engineering workforce out the door| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: Since there will be no budget emerging from Congress on 30 September, on 1 October the President’s Budget Request for FY 2026 will reign – unfettered. Add in some recision for good measure. The people of NASA will want to know what is going on – from NASA – not NASAWatch. Alas, NASA OCOMM/PAO will have ~60 FTEs laid off i.e. fewer people to explain increasingly more inexplicable […] The post More Changes But Fewer Explainers appeared first on NASA Watch.| TrumpSpace Archives - NASA Watch
the following email was sent by the president of President AFEU/IFPTE local 30 at NASA Ames| NASA Watch
GESTA recently received notification of Agency Management’s intent to modify NASA’s policies and procedures governing Reductions in Force (RIFs)| NASA Watch
The White House has issued an Executive Order that strips the ability of NASA employees (and employees at other agencies) to organize unions.| NASA Watch
This is the internal RIF planning chart circulating within NASA the Human Health and Performance Contract community.| NASA Watch
Today, Karen Feldstein, associate administrator for international and interagency relations, announced she is leaving the agency after more than 30 years of distinguished public service| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: the occupant’s last whiteboard message is a common sight across NASA. A wealth of expertise and dedication is being mindlessly forced out, undermining NASA’s leadership in space exploration. Ad Astra Per Aspera y’all. Larger image below.| NASA Watch
This is really starting to get petty Sean and Brian| NASA Watch
A lot of media focus has been on departing NASA civil servants (which sucks)| NASA Watch
This memo was just sent out to NASA SMD employees| NASA Watch
NASA’s Deferred Resignation Program| NASA Watch
NASA Associate Administrators & Center Directors are told by the Acting Administrator to get more people to quit.| NASA Watch
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Things are starting to look darker at NASA.| NASA Watch
Keith’s note: Mike Witt, NASA’s Senior Agency Information Security Officer (SAISO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Cybersecurity and Privacy is leaving the agency shortly. Best wishes, Mike. The post Mike Witt Is Leaving NASA appeared first on NASA Watch.| IT/Web Archives - NASA Watch
HLS program manager Lisa Watson-Morgan is retiring at the end of the month - via an email to the HLS work force.| NASA Watch
According to this 2021 ENR article, Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro| NASA Watch
Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro sent this out as part of a weekly memo today| NASA Watch
WRT Janet Petro's update today - she included a comment (about her standard update closing| NASA Watch
