(Originally posted 30 Sep 2025) To The NASA Family: Selfish, shortsighted power brokers are toying with America’s technological leadership in a game of brinksmanship. People suffer as a result. It […]
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Heads Up Contractor Employees: WARN Act
Keith’s note: I don’t want to freak people out, but there is a question that has been troubling me. A lot of media focus has been on departing NASA civil […]
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Hello NASA employees: “Explore New Career Preparedness And Development Offerings”
Keith’s note: this upbeat memo went out to everyone at NASA today. It starts with “During this period of transition” which is NASAese for “now that you have had to […]
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NASA People Are Explorers – Not Sheep
Keith’s note: NASA Associate Administrators & Center Directors are told by the Acting Administrator to get more people to quit. Non-compliance by CDs/AAs will lead to their firing. And yes, […]
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Janet Petro’s Embrace The Challenge Update 27 June 2025: “Voluntary Workforce Shaping”
Thank you to everyone who tuned in for this weekâs agency town hall. More than 32,000 of you watched through townhall.nasa.gov â and that doesnât include those who gathered in auditoriums and […]
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NASAWatch on Bloomberg
Keith’s note: I just spoke with Bloomberg Radio/Television about NASA layoffs, the future of the agency, and Jared Isaacman. [Audio]
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More Layoffs At NASA JPL
JPL statement issued on Nov. 12, 2024: “While we have taken various measures to meet our current FYâ25 budget allocation, we have reached the difficult decision to reduce the JPL […]
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Huntsville Layoffs as High as 300
Ala. NASA center cutting up to 300 jobs, AP “Center spokesman Dominic Amatore told The Huntsville Times on Wednesday that a combination of factors led to the layoffs. He cites […]
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More USA Layoffs Ahead
Keith’s note: Word has it that the next round of layoffs at USA are coming on 7 January 2011. This will be a smaller personnel layoff than the subsequent 3 […]
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Layoff Update
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off 45, AP “JPL spokesperson Veronical McGregor tells the Pasadena Star-News the layoffs will affect less than two percent of the total workforce of […]