After being spared the firing of more than 1,000 probationary employees in February, NASA is back in the crosshairs of a government-wide effort to shrink the federal workforce.
First reported by Government Executive and NASAWatch, agency personnel on Monday received an email describing a deferred resignation program (DRP) and other opportunities for early voluntary retirement. NASA top brass sent out an initial DRP after President Donald Trump took office in January but, unlike other federal agencies, did not offer a second in April.
