Keith’s note: According to The Hill: “A federal judge extended indefinitely the deadline for government workers to accept a government buyout, as a lawsuit to block the offer continues in […]
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NASA Terminates “Gender Ideology”
Keith’s note: This letter was issued by NASA HQ on 6 Feb 2025: “To implement the E.O. requirements, OPM directed federal agencies to take immediate action to identify and terminate […]
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DOGE Bots Will Assimilate All NASA Data
Keith’s note: According to the Washington Post: “The DOGE team plans to replicate this process across many departments and agencies, accessing the back-end software at different parts of the government […]
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You Must Hide Your Pride At NASA
Keith’s note: Sources at NASA Headquarters report that pride symbols are no longer allowed. Employees cannot have pride flags, lapel pins, badge lanyard, TEAMS backgrounds, clothing, laptop stickers – or […]
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Removing Pronouns At NASA
Keith’s note: according to a NASA IT outreach agencywide email sent on 6 Feb 2025: “NASA is tracking several executive orders and guidance from the Office of Personnel Management, on […]
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Buyout Paused
Keith’s note: according to the Washington Post: Judge pauses federal worker buyout offer deadline: “A federal judge in Massachusetts paused the deadline for the Trump administrationâs buyout program for federal […]
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But Wait: A New Buyout Form
Keith’s note: There is yet another version of the NASA buyout / deferred resignation form being distributed to NASA personnel – dated 4 Feb 2025. Look at item 14. Document […]
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Its Buyout Day
Keith’s note: Whatever buyout decision you make is the right one. Ad Astra to all of the NASA family.
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Is There A RIF In NASA’s Future?
Keith’s note: The mention of “NASA” in news articles has been limited (so far) – as has been the case for many other government agencies. But the Administration’s plans clearly […]
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Nothing But Silence.
Keith’s note: Here are my two tweets to the NASA world today. The professional organizations that supposedly support NASA and the space community are too sheepish to stand up and […]