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Is There a RIF In NASA's Future?

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
March 17, 2017
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Is There a RIF In NASA's Future?

Firing federal workers isn’t as easy as Trump makes it seem in his budget, Washington Post
“Under President Trump’s budget proposal, federal employees at many agencies may need to acquaint themselves with a lately dormant but still much-feared term: Reduction in Force. If Trump’s budget is enacted into law, it would hike defense spending by $54 billion – and pay for it with an equal cut in domestic spending at other federal agencies. Trump has said that reducing the size of the federal workforce — better known by its acronym, RIF – is a top priority. It may not be as easy as Trump would like. Laying off federal workers requires going through a formal process that can be lengthy, expensive and disruptive to the workplace, experts say. And various legal and union rights may come into play, as they do for the similarly complex process of firing a federal worker for misconduct.”
What is a RIF? A federal worker’s guide to the Trump budget, Washington Post

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8 responses to “Is There a RIF In NASA's Future?”

  1. Marvin Christensen says:
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    Gads, like deja vu all over again! My memory says this topic is how your journalist career began.

  2. JadedObs says:
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    Reductions can also come through attritions and buyouts (and many NASA employees are eligible to retire) but with a budget that is hardly impacted, why all the RIF fear-mongering?

    • Nonya Yrbinis says:
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      There have been whisperings of RiFs since before the election. It’s just that now it’s outside the gates…

  3. anirprof says:
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    As a sign of how much the admin does not like federal civil servants, a couple of reporters/bloggers on the defense beat say that despite the big increase programmed for DoD, the intent (not yet spelled out in released documents) is for DoD to continue to maintain hiring freeze on civilians employees. I.e., they’ll grow what DoD does but want to keep shrinking the workforce while doing it.

    • Daniel Woodard says:
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      Realistically most of the projected growth in DOD is likely to be in weapons purchases (which can soak up 50 billion in a heartbeat) and adding uniformed personnel, so not affected by the freeze.

    • Michael Spencer says:
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      That pretty much describes the economy as a whole over the past 40 years or so; increased productivity but alas shrinking wages.

  4. Dr. Bob says:
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    As a former contractor person at a NASA Center, I would like to point out thaat contractors are usually the first to go since, it is: 1) NASA priority to keep its civil servants and 2) much more difficult to shed civil servant population.