Keith’s Note: According to GovExec: “While NASA has yet to formally terminate its contract with IFPTE, it has begun unilaterally changing employeesâ personnel files to label their positions as ineligible […]
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Buyouts And Hiring At NASA
Keith’s note: The Houston Chronicle took a look at 2025 layoffs and the newly-announced NASA Force. “Accepting the buyout was a difficult decision for many NASA employees. Keith Cowing, a […]
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Rebuilding Core Competencies Within NASA
Keith’s note: Jared Isaacman spoke at the a16z event about the lack of core competencies and extensive outsourcing at NASA is “why we’re $100 billion deep into [Artemis]”and how OPM […]
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Lawsuit Filed Over Goddard Library Closure
Keith’s note: A lawsuit was filed on 19 February in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia concerning the closure of the NASA Goddard library and the disposition […]
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And Now We Have “NASA Force”
Keith’s note: According to a tweet by @NASAAdmin: “Today, weâre launching NASA Force with @USOPM Returning to the Moon requires restoring core competencies in our civil servant workforce. This program […]
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NASA Goddard Library Shutdown Update (2)
Keith’s 13 Feb note: I am posting some photos of the NASA Goddard library taken yesterday. The photos were NOT taken by library employees – but rather by others at […]
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Workforce Directive: Restoring NASAâs Core Competencies
Keith’s note: On Friday NASA distributed memo to the entire workforce titled “Workforce Directive: Restoring NASAâs Core Competencies“ accompanied with a video that was posted on social media. (full text […]
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The New and Improved Schedule F is Now Schedule P/C
Keith’s note: A final rule by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) titled “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service” (preview text) has dropped and will appear in […]
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The Great Goddard Library Debate
Keith’s note: [Preface: I was going to post something about the GSFC Library closure next week. I just came across this on Twitter – posted earlier today. NASA PAO no […]
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Holiday Greetings: Hope And Fear
Keith’s note: Two officially-issued, government-sanctioned, and un-redacted Santas: NASA Santa and DHS ICE Santa. Seriously. Both were issued by the same government. Ho Ho Ho.