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NASA-Lewis Research Center 

Cleveland, Ohio 

July 16, 1970 

MEMORANDUM TO: Lewis Employees and Resident Personnel 

FROM Deputy Director 

SUBJECT Reduction in Force 

The following information was received from Mr. Grove Webster, Director 

of Personnel, NASA Headquarters: 

"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced 

today that it will reduce Civil Service employment by about 900 

personnel by October 1, 1970. This reduction includes a decrease 

of 200 planned in NASA's FY 1971 budget and 700 required to Ireet 

the limitation on personnel costs in NASA's FY 1971 Authorization 

Act signed by the President on July 2, 1970. 

The reasons for the Reduction in Force announced today are to 

effect a planned manpower reduction, to meet additional Congressional limitation on personnel costs, and to align and balance the 

work force for accomplishing NASA missions at lower employment 

levels. The Agency has determined that employees will be granted 

salary retention benefits under the provisions of FPM Supplement 

990-2, Subchapter 351. In view of the stated reasons and the fact 

that it would not be possible in any given personnel action to determine that the reduction in grade resulted solely from a "lack of 

funds, " the issue has been resolved in favor of the employee as 

directed in FPM Supplement 990-2, Subchapter 351-31. 

The principal reductions will be at NASA Headquarters in 

Washington, D. C., and Manned Space Flight Installations. 

The reductions at each NASA location affected will be approximately: 
Headquarters 200 

Manned Spacecraft Center 150 

Marshall Space Flight Center 190 

Kennedy Space Center 85 

Ames Research Center 54 

Langley Research Center 82 

Lewis Research Center 114 

NASA Pasadena Office 25 

Total 900 

The final Reductions in Force at each location will be determined 

by the requirements for retaining a balanced work force for accomplishing NASA missions at the lower employment levels. 

NASA is acting to have the Reduction-in- Force completed by 

October 1, 1970, in order to minimize the number of employees 

who must be discharged. 

Together with the reduction of approximately 600 earlier this 

month in connection with the Electronics Research Center at 

Cambridge, Mass., the reductions announced today will bring 

total Civil Service reductions in the last three years to above 

5,200 and give NASA a staff of 29,850, the lowest since 1963. II 

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