NASA Civil Service Workforce Composition and Transaction Records

NASA's personnel data provides snapshots of every civil service employee, detailing workforce composition and personnel transactions like hires and promotions. The dataset is updated every two weeks from the agency's payroll system. It offers insights into staffing distribution and organizational changes over time.

Use Cases

• Analyze workforce composition snapshots to track changes in employee distribution by location and role over time.
• Model trends in personnel transactions, such as hires and losses, to forecast staffing needs.
• Investigate promotion patterns within the civil service workforce to study career progression.

Strengths

• Covers every civil service employee within NASA, providing a complete organizational census.
• Updated every two weeks, offering relatively current workforce information.
• Includes detailed transaction data for hires, losses, and promotions, enabling dynamic analysis.

Limitations

• The specific number of records, columns, and historical time range is not provided in the input.
• Data is limited to civil service employees and may not include contractors or other personnel types.
• Tags such as 'EAST AFRICA' and 'Disasters' suggest potential scope but lack clear definition in the description.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Sourced from NASA's personnel and payroll system.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated every 2 weeks; last updated 2025-09-19.

Geography

Primarily United States (NASA workforce), though tags suggest some international context (e.g., EAST AFRICA).