United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-08-02 monographic deposited born digital 19 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-176 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176 P0b002ee180377bd0 f:ns96176 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176 NSIAD-96-176 Employee buyouts Reductions in force Federal downsizing Personnel management Attrition rates Federal employees Human resources utilization Federal employee retirement programs Federal agency reorganization Employee transfers NASA Space Science Program Apollo Program Other Written Product NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) efforts to downsize its staff.<p/>GAO found that: (1) NASA has reduced its fiscal year (FY) 2000 full-time equivalent goal (FTE) by more than 3,000 personnel; (2) NASA has provided eligible employees with voluntary separation incentive payments in exchange for their voluntary retirement or resignation; (3) two-thirds of the employees that left NASA in 1994 and 1995 took buyouts; (4) NASA will not be able to reduce its personnel levels by FY 2000 without invoking involuntarily separation measures; (5) NASA is relying on normal attrition, limited hiring, and redeployment to ensure a proper mix of skills throughout the agency; (6) NASA is shifting its program management control from headquarters to field centers and is using a single prime contractor to manage its space shuttle program at Kennedy Space Center; and (7) NASA would like to develop space science institutes to improve the quality of its science programs, but these efforts have been largely abandoned due to concerns regarding the transfer of NASA employees to institute positions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-176 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-176 Other Written Product GAO/NSIAD-96-176; NASA Personnel: Challenges to Achieving Workforce Reductions; Employee buyouts Reductions in force Federal downsizing Personnel management Attrition rates Federal employees Human resources utilization Federal employee retirement programs Federal agency reorganization Employee transfers NASA Space Science Program Apollo Program