NASA civil servants are far outnumbered by NASA contractor employees. The Agency workforce is a mixture of civil servants, contractors, grantees and others. One entire NASA Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is staffed and operated under contract by the California Institute of Technology.
Selected views of the total on-site and near-site workforce. The latest data is as of June 2006 and is updated annually.
The Non Civil Service Workforce
Since its inception, this Agency has been closely linked with the private and academic sectors. Historically, NASA has contracted with the private sector for most of the products and services it uses. Only about 15 percent of the Agency's authorized funding is expended on civil service salaries and benefits.
The remainder of the Agency's funding is dispersed widely in the national economy through NASA contracts, grants, and other agreements. Through these expenditures NASA acquires a variety of scientific, technical, and support services for the civilian aeronautics and space programs. The total direct private sector employment that results from NASA expenditures has generally exceeded 100,000 work years of effort annually.
Competitive Sourcing
Competitive Sourcing is the act of exposing Government activities to competition with the private sector. The process of competition provides an imperative for the public sector to focus on continuous improvement and removing roadblocks to better performance and greater efficiency. The objective is to focus on the most effective and efficient way of accomplishing the agency's mission regardless of whether it is done by civil servants or contractors.
Besides the total workforce Information available on this page, data cubes also include:
Exploring the NASA Workforce - Access to the full set of public cubes
About NASA Workforce Data - Origin and basic concepts.
Using PowerPlay - Capabilities and user interface.
Glossary - Terminology peculiar to NASA and/or FederalHuman Resources. |
