RIF Threat Fading – Or Just Delayed?

Senate Appropriators De-Fund NASA RIF Plans , IFPTE

“The workforce protection language put forth by Senator Mikulski to defund any layoffs in FY07 is an essential component of the bill’s effort to protect NASA’s long-term institutional knowledge and capabilities from short-term expedient budget planning. The key to NASA’s future success is to retain its current workforce while it recruits and trains the next generation of the best and brightest young scientists and engineers. This will only be possible if the Administration ceases its divisive and counter-productive layoff threats and shows the nation’s youth that NASA is a great place for a stable, productive, and exciting career as a scientist or engineer.”