In a Q&A with FedScoop, Kupor said DOGE doesn't currently have a presence at the agency. He also plans to review the usefulness of the “five bullets.”

Impacted workers and department formers say the loss of knowledge threatens to impair the agency’s science and technology diplomacy.

Multiple federal agencies had RIF plans on hold as a result of the lower court’s order.

U.S. Judge Susan Illston’s preliminary injunction prevents the administration from carrying out reorganizations and staff reductions at multiple agencies.

An order from U.S. Judge Susan Illston temporarily paused actions to reduce the federal workforce.

As the result of a federal court ruling, NSF told division staff it was suspending “several activities” it carried out last week, an internal communication obtained by…

Per a memo obtained by FedScoop, the NSF already started a reduction-in-force of its senior executive service and is downsizing its temporary workforce.

The agency is targeting staff reductions in Technology Transformation Services, the Integrated Award Environment and the Office of Regulatory and Oversight Systems, sources confirmed to FedScoop.

The voluntary software and engineering demonstrations from agency offices follow reductions in force, the termination of probationary employees and touch-bases with the DOGE.

Thomas Shedd, Technology Transformation Services director and Tesla alum, said during a town hall that only critical and statutorily required work will continue.