Sean O'Keefe Departs

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:32:35 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko)
Okay, should the government offer O'Keefe $500K to keep him?

Civil service rules don't allow that. It would require an act of
Congress (unlikely to happen).

Did not Congress pass a law, about a year ago, allowing NASA to offer
incentives e.g. higher salaries or other perks to attract talent?

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:39:45 GMT, in a place far, far away, "steve
podleski" made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:


"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:32:35 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko)
Okay, should the government offer O'Keefe $500K to keep him?

Civil service rules don't allow that. It would require an act of
Congress (unlikely to happen).

Did not Congress pass a law, about a year ago, allowing NASA to offer
incentives e.g. higher salaries or other perks to attract talent?

They may have, but I don't think that applied to senior management
(particularly appointed positions).