NASA Starts Recruiting Drive After Cutting Workforce in 2025 (1)

NASA and the Office of Personnel Management have announced a push to recruit engineers and technologists less than a year after the space agency promptedthousands of employees to leave as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

The initiative, called NASA Force, will “identify and place high-impact technical talent into mission-critical roles,” according to a NASA statement Wednesday.

NASA Force will be a dedicated talent track within US Tech Force, an OPM program intended to recruit technical professionals for the federal government, the release said.

Participants in the US Tech Force will report ...