NASA GSFC Internal Memo: FY10 Buyout/Early Out

From: GSFC-TAO
Date: November 30, 2009 2:14:50 PM EST
To: gsfc-civil – at – listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Subject: FY10 Buyout/Early Out
Reply-To: GSFC-TAO

Goddard Colleagues:

NASA faces many challenges including re-shaping the NASA workforce to successfully meet changing mission requirements. In order to refocus the skill mix of our workforce to become more effectively aligned with current and anticipated funded work requirements, each Directorate has evaluated its workforce requirements and has identified eligible categories of positions that may be experiencing either a workforce surplus or that may be impacted by a possible reduction in work requirements and/or reduced funding in the immediate or near future. The eligible categories of positions are based entirely upon a combination of factors such as position competencies, position titles, geographic location, and/or grade levels. Goddard’s Buyout/Early Out Incentive Plan has been approved.

Supervisors will give eligible employees a notification letter prepared by the Office of Human Capital Management as expeditiously as possible. The letter will include a Buyout/Early Out Application. If you do not receive a letter, then your position is not included in a category of positions that is eligible for the FY10 Buyout/Early Out.

The Buyout/Early Out window is open beginning today, Monday, November 30, 2009 through 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Employees who are approved for the Buyout/Early Out must be off the rolls by April 3, 2010 and may retire/resign as early as December 31, 2009. Eligible employees who voluntarily leave GSFC by no later than April 3, 2010 with an approved buyout will receive an amount equal to their calculated severance pay entitlement, up to a maximum of $25,000. An overview of the Buyouts/Early Outs being offered is as follows:

Distribution of the Center’s 174 Buyouts:

# of Buyouts/Early Outs

Code 101 New Opportunities Office – 1
Code 110 Office of Human Capital Management – 21
Code 150 Office of the Chief Financial Officer – 5
Code 300 Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate – 14
Code 400 Flight Projects Directorate – 3
Code 500 Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate – 46
Code 600 Science and Exploration Directorate – 51
Code 700 Information Technology and Communications Directorate – 28
Code 800 Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate – 5

TOTAL FOR THE CENTER – 174

If you have questions about the Buyout/Early Out process for eligible positions, there are Frequently Asked Questions available for review on the Office of Human Capital Management Website under Hot Topics (http://ohcm.gsfc.nasa.gov/Hot/home.htm) or you can contact the Workforce Help Line at 301-286-7918 or via email at workforce – at -listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Verron M. Brade, Director
Office of Human Capital Management