NASA Administrator Message: Thank You! Let’s Get Safely Back to the Business of Exploration “We understand the worry and confusion coming back to work may cause and we’re going to do our best to keep you informed as agency systems are brought back online and you’re asked to pick up where you left off more than a month ago. As you probably know, the President signed S.24, the “Federal Employee […]
The following is from @NASA: "Due to the enactment of a continuing resolution, NASA is OPEN. Employees should report to work on their next regularly scheduled workday. Please see https://t.co/aCwCTJ8Bzg for more information. " — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 26, 2019
White House and Congress have reached an agreement to end the #govermentshutdown today. Government will re-open for 3 weeks. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 25, 2019
Welp, as of tomorrow at 5pm CST, LPI is furloughed. No work related to the LPI will be allowed. Only work related to individual, PI-led grants can continue. I am luckily fine funding wise for a while, but many others at LPI aren't. @PlanetTreky — Justin Filiberto (@Mars_Chlorine) January 24, 2019
JSC Unites – Employee Furlough Support Open House at the Gilruth Center Destiny Ballroom on Friday, January 25th from 11a-1p. Details on https://t.co/MqFnxB9in0 — JSC SOS (@JSCSOS) January 23, 2019
Keith’s note: And while NASA employees at MCC are doing someone else’s job in addition to their own, the custodial staff is sitting at home and will never be paid. ?@JohnCornyn? ?@SenTedCruz? ?@RepBrianBabin? This is our reality at the Johnson Space Center. We now have no custodial services while we work without pay to keep the International Space Station operating?#EndTheShutdown pic.twitter.com/QjDDpJuxwo — Elizabeth Blome (@SpaceEliz) January 24, 2019
Keith’s note: If you go to NASA NSPIRES (NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System) website you will see the following notice: “The NSPIRES Help Desk is not available due to a power outage in the building. Expect responses to your email inquiries within 24 hours. The phone service is not available. If the partial federal shutdown extends past January 31, then NSPIRES will be unavailable due to […]
Keith’s update: Emily Lakdawalla has posted a multi-tweet apology/clarification which includes a screengrab of her original tweet. “Since I clearly didn’t communicate well with a previous tweet, I’m going to try again, but am including a screen cap of the deleted tweet here so people understand what I meant. It’s my job to be a communicator and I failed here.” This is absolutely awful @elakdawalla People have died in service […]
Keith’s note: With one exception in the Jim Bridenstine memo – in one sentence – these memos deal only with the impact of the shutdown on NASA civil servants – not on contractor employees. Contractor employees are not being paid either and may never be paid. NASA Internal Employee Memo: An Update to the Furlough “While many of you may not immediately see this message, I wanted to send a […]
NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance Postponed “NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance reminds us to reflect on not just the sacrifices that have been made by our fallen family, friends, and co-workers, but also to remind us of our core values of safety, integrity, and teamwork as we carry out our history-making missions. Unfortunately, most of our NASA family are on furlough and we recognize your participation in many of the […]
In the 60 years that it has existed @NASA has never been turned off for a month. pic.twitter.com/MDVinW9osJ — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 22, 2019
“The Great Lakes Science Center is hosting an event on Thursday, January 24, from 10 a.m. to noon for the GRC Civil Service and Support Service Contractor Workforce impacted by the partial government shutdown. This is an opportunity to receive community resource information as well as to interact and connect with GRC colleagues. We understand GLSC will be inviting representatives and/or will have information available from local financial institutions, community […]
Some countries think that their space program is important. #NASA @NASA #governmentshutdown #shutdown pic.twitter.com/gw3zM6tczm — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 19, 2019
Furloughed NASA Custodians In Florida Paid During Partial Government Shutdown, Brevard Times “Most of the 95 custodians who clean the facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida have not worked at their job in almost a month. But according to their government contractor, none of the workers have missed a paycheck. “It’s the right thing to do,” said Rosalind Weiss, community relations manager for Brevard Achievement Center, or BAC. […]
The effects of the shutdown are steadily increasing, including for the #aerospace & defense industry. Our new series, which will continue each week until the government is fully funded, shares the impact of the #GovernmentShutdown on A&D. Read more: https://t.co/f0YIAehYQQ — Aerospace Industries (@AIAspeaks) January 18, 2019 AAS community, we have put together (and are regularly updating) a "Shutdown Central" page on our website to be a source of information. […]
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FYI @NASA employee unions: when you have these events for furloughed people remember that its not just civil servants who aren't working. Its the larger contractor community too. Civil servants will be paid. Contractor employees have no such assurances. #Governmentshutdown pic.twitter.com/LDbCbps50N — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 17, 2019
Space Sciences Institute just issued a stop-work order to everyone there funded by a Federal grant (which I guess is almost everyone). #ShutdownStories — M.-M. Mac Low (@astrocurator) January 17, 2019 The NASA Postdoctoral Program contract runs out of money tomorrow. This means its fellows – some of the best and brightest space scientists in the world – will go without pay starting Friday. These folks are contractors, which means […]
NIA hosting Community Support Open House Thursday 1-3pm “The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) will host a Community Support Open House for People Impacted by the Government Shutdown from 1-3pm this Thursday, January 17 at the NIA, 100 Explorations Way in Hampton.” Message From the NASA Ames Center Director “Ames civil servants and contractors are invited to an informal “drop-in” event at the Tee Minus One Bar & Grill at […]
