Keith’s 4 March 2025 word: I handiest were given a replica of this memo these days and there may be certainly point out of the OPM RIF memo opposite to my previous ranting. So, NASA HQ has supplied some knowledge to staff. My error. My apologies. I try to be correct. Alas, the preliminary RIF plan is because of OPM in 9 days so let’s hope it’s made to be had once conceivable to everybody who’s affected. Other people don’t seem to be going to have a lot time – or many choices – in relation to their long run and the conceivable lack of their dream process at NASA.
Trade – particularly person who reshapes our day-to-day routines – takes time. A few of our staff by no means left all the way through the pandemic and feature been operating on-site for the previous 5 years. Alternatively, others had been far flung or teleworking and at the moment are returning to the place of work full-time. I urge you to provide your self and each and every different the grace to regulate all the way through this transition whilst staying centered at the project, supporting each and every different, and preserving your self and the ones round you secure. For the ones desiring assets, I urge you to seek advice from our OneNASA web page, which comprises useful knowledge from the Place of work of the Leader Human Capital Officer and the Place of work of the Leader Knowledge Officer on go back to in-person paintings. Likewise, our Worker Help Program (EAP) is to be had to you will have to you wish to have it.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Place of work of Body of workers Control and the U.S. Place of work of Control and Price range additionally supplied steering to all federal companies on imposing the President’s DOGE Group of workers Optimization Initiative. Each and every company has been requested to post an preliminary plan for any discounts in power and reorganization plans no later than March 13. Company management could also be partnering with our DOGE group to resolve what spaces can be impacted at NASA and stays dedicated to open communique with the personnel as the ones selections take form. Whilst staying knowledgeable is necessary, that is nonetheless early within the procedure. I urge you to take a breath whilst management diligently works via the main points, preserving you at the leading edge of our decision-making.
Moreover, the company gained steering on Wednesday from the Normal Products and services Management referring to acquire and go back and forth playing cards, asking us to scale back spending thresholds. The precise workplaces are engaged and dealing throughout the company’s reaction. We acknowledge that many participants of our personnel have project important, operational milestones within the coming weeks – launches, landings, and extra – and we’re operating expeditiously to make sure we will be able to proceed to finish our project as deliberate. Acquire card holders have already been notified of those adjustments. If you’re recently on authorized go back and forth or have authorized go back and forth within the machine, your card will serve as as anticipated for all licensed bills. Please proceed to observe your commonplace processes for any long run journeys – the go back and forth machine has been adjusted to replicate those adjustments.
Previous this week, I additionally stated that from time to time government-wide communications would possibly achieve you sooner than we obtain transparent implementation steering. I wish to remind you that in the event you obtain this type of communications over the weekend, please give your self a second, and while you’re again on accountability, test in together with your manager or different company chief sooner than taking motion. In the end, we wish to scale back your rigidity and supply readability as we paintings via those requests in combination.
In the end, as we proceed to regulate to this new bankruptcy at the flooring, the outstanding paintings we’re doing in house marches ahead with out lacking a beat – all because of you. On Wednesday night time, any other wave of NASA science and generation demonstrations began their adventure to the Moon as a part of our Industrial Lunar Payload Products and services (CLPS) initiative. It by no means will get previous observing a release, and Intuitive Device’s IM-2 project was once no exception – in the event you overlooked it, I urge you to take a look at the release video beneath. And the thrill doesn’t forestall there – in the following few days, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Project One and IM-2’s Athena lander will turn into the Moon’s newest population. Each and every of those missions is refining the functions that may sooner or later give a boost to astronauts residing and dealing at the Moon. By way of partnering with American trade, we’re riding innovation, strengthening U.S. management in house, and making ready for sending people farther into the sun machine, together with Mars.
Include the Problem,
Janet
