From: Administrator IsaacmanDate: Sunday, September 20, 2026To: Agency-DL-All-Users Subject: Lengthy note NASA Team, It has been a pleasure getting around to so many of our Centers and visiting with all […]
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ETD Management Challenges Ahead At Goddard
Keith’s note: These two charts were part of a recent internal briefing at NASA Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD). It would seem that the center still has a tough […]
![Responses to questions regarding the impact on ECRs being impacted by government funding delays, and responses broken down by career level. Every group indicated > 50% of being impacted (PhD student 64%, Postdoc 76%, Junior Faculty 71%, Junior scientist 100%, and Other 62%) -- [astro-ph.IM]](https://i0.wp.com/nasawatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/The-Early.png?resize=1200%2C506&ssl=1)
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Budget Cut Impact On The Early Career Astrobiology Workforce
Keith’s note: according to a recent survey of the Early Career Astrobiology Workforce [ECR], “Results indicated that a majority of surveyed ECRs are concerned about their future careers (90 percent). […]
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Is NASA Force Going To Be Boring?
Keith’s note: Hey OPM: The people behind all these US TechForce graphics have a dark. gloomy hacker mindset. NASA is different. Be like NASA. Just sayin’.
![[LEFT] NASA employee Kuo-Chia âAliceâ Liu - RIGHT] NASA employee Charles Meilbye](https://i0.wp.com/nasawatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Award.png?resize=1200%2C715&ssl=1)
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NASA’s Flight Experience Awards
Keith’s note: Several more NASA employees were recognized as part of Jared Isaacmanâs Flight Experience Award program. The ride-along flight experience award program highlights NASAâs commitment to celebrating excellence across […]
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Second Insourcing Wave Starts At JSC
Keith’s note: the second contractor insourcing wave at NASA has started at JSC. MCC staff contractors were recently insourced. Now many more JSC contractors are going to be converted in […]
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Schedule F Has Arrived
Keith’s note: a modified version of the long-feared ‘Schedule F’ has arrived albeit in a somewhat truncated form. Thousands of career civil service positions are now political positions subject to […]
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NASA GSFC Memo Regarding IV&V and Wallops Insourcing
Keith’s note: the following email was sent by NASA Goddard Center director regarding insourcing at Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility in West Virginia. Full text below
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Insourcing At NASA Ames
Keith’s note: Last week the ATOM contract at NASA Ames which provides O&M support for the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (Code AO) and the Arc Jets (Code TSF) was informed […]
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Contractor Conversion: Two Things Can Be True At NASA
Keith’s note: I posted an item Contractor Conversion Flaws Arise At NASA wherein I summarized information from multiple employees at NASA KSC about workforce contractor to civil servant conversion. Before […]