Keith’s note: Employees at NASA Wallops Flight Facility under the Range Operations Contract II (ROC II) received the below email from contract management late Wednesday afternoon. Note: Charge codes, CUI […]
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NASA Memo: Orderly Shutdown Activities
Keith’s note: Here’s how you take a space agency that has visited every planet in our star system, touched our sun, sent humans to another world, and ventured into interstellar […]
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The Growing Threat Of Actual Layoffs
Keith’s note: The news stories are piling up about the growing threat of actual layoffs – on top of furloughs – across the Federal government. OMB Director Vought is not […]
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Artemis HLS Work = Excepted Activity
Keith’s note: according to an email from Heather Hall at NASA MSFC “NASA CFO has approved HLS as an excepted activity. … Given the contingency plan to protect Artemis II, […]
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Confusing NASA Furlough Letters
Keith’s note: Some NASA employees are getting furlough letters that say: “Your Furlough Status: âYou are needed to fulfill excepted activities on an as-needed basis or on-call basis. Therefore, you […]
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NASA Continuity of Appropriations Plan
Keith’s note: NASA posted NASA Continuity of Appropriations Plan (PDF) effective 29 September 2025 saying “Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-11, Section 124, NASA is […]
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NASA Furlough Instructions Issued
Keith’s note: this memo “Notification to all employees on furlough status” was issued across NASA to all employees. Full memo below
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It’s Shutdown Time
Keith’s note: This was sent out to NASA employees by Stephen Shinn Acting NASA Chief Financial Officer: “A funding lapse will result in certain government activities ceasing due to a […]
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Diving Catch on NASA Science?
Keith’s note: The following internal chart from NASA Goddard details some good news about diving catch efforts WRT budgets and cancellations to keep some things alive. Whether this actually comes […]
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Shutdown Preps at Goddard
Keith’s note: In a joint 670/690 Helio/Planetary division meeting today with over 230 attendees Deputy Director Gina Dibraccio said that GSFC has been instructed by management to hold back on […]