Coming Personnel Actions At NASA
Keith’s note: According to NASA sources the next big personnel action has been assigned and has an internal suspense date of 21 Feb 2025. It is the third part of a task titled “OPM: Guidance on Probationary Periods, Administrative Leave, and Details” and is based on OPM guidance. The action office is OCHCO. This is a “follow through on Probationary Email” whatever that means. No one seems to be exactly sure. The first task was “identify all employees on probationary periods” issued by OPM and completed on 24 January 2025. The second was “Follow-up submission (those who completed at other agencies). Follow up action provided in CHCO council call with OPM on 2/3 with a submission date of 2/5/2025. [Note – on 2/4/25, OPM granted NASA extension to 2/7/25] INTERNAL Action for all OICs – Request for Exemptions are due to [redacted] by end of day 2/5” and was completed on 7 Feb 2025. So … something is happening around 21 February i.e. this Friday or maybe next Monday. Details to follow.
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So folks just spent the long weekend stewing, dreading and applying to other jobs preemptively now will have to do it again this weekend after a few days of mental rest?
This has got to be great for morale and folks concentration to keep astronauts safe.
It’s true, but there are also some positives to take from this. It appears that the Keith’s reporting and other external pressures may have staved off what seemed inevitable today. Of course, no word from leadership about anything, but this could be an encouraging sign from them to abandon their position of total capitulation to the administration’s actions.
Keith, despite our differences of opinion, I hope you continue to amplify the voices on the inside. To all of my fellow employees, continue to put the pressure on leadership (congressional and NASA) to advocate for all federal employees. It’s all we have.
It’s what you all voted for. You have no one to blame but yourselves.
There’s no reason to rush these firing actions. Just the hiring freeze and retirement boom could take care of these numbers if OPM could just be more patient. Sizing the government down is what we voted for. We did not vote to destroy livelihoods. Please adjust your approach OPM and stay strong and strategic NASA. Morale is bad enough right now.
“Sizing the government down is what we voted for.” Who is “we”?
No. We voted for lower grocery prices.