7 December 2004: NASA HQ Memo: NASA Early Retirement and Buyout Incentives

“This process is about competency management and encouraging people to consider their options in a transformed NASA. This effort is not aimed at downsizing the NASA workforce. The objective is not to cut staffing levels, but to rebalance and reshape the workforce where needed.”

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