The National Science Foundation has canned experts and probation employees this week in response to a call from the Trump administration to reduce the size of its federal workforce.
On Tuesday, the 168 most 1,700 NSF staff received the email and notified them that they would stop working at 1pm. At that point, there was no computer network access. a Spokesman Later, the layoffs confirmed that Elon Musk and the government's efficiency efforts came in response.
Last week, the president issued it [an] Implementing the President's Government Efficiency Bureau's Workforce Optimization Initiative. …To ensure compliance with this EO, the National Science Foundation has released 168 employees from effective federal services today. These employees would like to thank for their services to the NSF and for their contributions to furthering the agency mission.
However, reports from Politics It revealed that the layoffs actually exceeded demands from the Trump administration and had more impact than mere prosecutors. According to the outlet, some NSF executives and other executives held a controversial meeting Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, authorities decided that pink slips should be allocated fairly.
“The removal of experts was entirely at the discretion of the agency because if they were asked to remove probation, they would have to remove Will's employees,” according to the transcript, chief administrative officer said Mika Chiestam.
According to government officials, these “experts” were part-time employees specializing in niche research areas.
“The weather and climate companies we know today are probably not the same as tomorrow.”
Cheatham also warned that more layoffs will come at the meeting. “This is the first of many workforce cuts going forward,” he added.
It appears that Seturaman's “Punch” Panchanashan did not attend the meeting, especially as he urged anger from employees who went out.
“Panch has been conveniently absent for so long,” an NSF employee wrote in an email. “Some of these colleagues will face extreme financial difficulties due to this behavior. Some have changed careers and overturned their lives to answer calls for services. Our management team failed!
“The director couldn't even make it to the 10am shooting call, which was held for all of us,” the program director added.
“You screwed hardworking people who trusted this agency's words and left their careers no matter where they came from,” one person said at a meeting Tuesday. “That's about you. I'll be accountable.”
“You are presenting us as a trophy in front of the OPM,” the individual continued, referring to the Human Resources Bureau.
The White House and OPM did not respond to requests for comment from Politico.
Congress founded the NSF in 1950 and funded research in a variety of science fields, particularly engineering. In reporting the layoffs, left-wing media has touched on work done by the NSF mainly in areas such as physics, cybersecurity, astronomy and artificial intelligence.
but, axios It noted that the NSF also funds “Climate Research and Weather Forecasts.” Additionally, he said in general, federal agencies may soon cut funding for research into “extreme weather” as a result of Doge cuts.
“It's clear that the weather and climate companies we know today will not be the same tomorrow,” said David Stensld, president of the American Meteorological Association, in a statement issued on February 6th.
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