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A Recent Representational Win

4/30/2026

 
GESTA recently helped a GESTA member who informed us that they had received a  proposed letter of removal from the federal service.  GESTA’s grievance committee jumped into action and met with our colleague to gather the facts and to hear their side of the story. We helped this member collect their thoughts and formulate an effective written response that refuted each claim against them. In the end, GESTA was able to assist our member in negotiating a deal which allowed them to resign with a clean record in lieu of the original proposed  termination.

Goddard Facilities Spending

4/27/2026

 
Given the ongoing significance of facilities budgets to NASA Goddard, we want to highlight some of the published data on the funding amounts involved in sustaining Goddard operations and facilities over the years.

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The FY27 PBR & Another Whistleblower Report

4/27/2026

 
On April 3rd, the Administration released the 2027 President’s “skinny” budget, and several days later NASA released the full NASA FY27 Presidential budget request (PBR). You can download and read the budget request from NASA’s website. The FY27 budget request provides an eerie feeling of déjà vu. Like the FY26 PBR it again proposes existential cuts to NASA and to NASA’s Science budget specifically.

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