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2 CommentsClosures & Layoffs (Oct. 26-Nov. 1): Fortune 500s Sharpen Their Axes, CoStar Group
"While news of layoffs across the financial services spectrum have become commonplace from the implosion of Wall Street investment banks this year, the past week has produced a stunning array of new cutbacks across the rest of corporate America. ... Perotsystems is laying off 58 employees on Nov. 5 at Building 233a M/S 233-1 NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field."
Editor's note: ARC Sources tell me that this is actually a book keeping issue - Perotsystems bought another company and the employees are still on the job.
According to a Spaceref Canada article dated 16 Jun 2008, Perot Systems has been operating since 15 Oct 2008 on a sole-source contract extension to provide NASA with an Agency IT Strategic Plan. The original NASA Solicitation reads: "...This extension will allow the necessary time to define a competitive follow-on procurement based on the agency-wide policy. In addition the extension will allow for a continuation of services to ensure program continuity and critical mission support and avoid significant technical impacts while a competitive follow-on is developed..." Maybe ARC competed this effort and Perot Systems lost... just speculation.