Donald Trump’s administration laid off 170 employees at the National Science Foundation in February as part of a government-wide staff reduction. Critics say the cuts, which included artificial intelligence specialists,

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Monday that it is reinstating dozens of probationary employees that the Trump administration fired last month. Why it matters: The reversal comes after a federal judge ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind instructions to several federal agencies to fire probationary employees.

The National Science Foundation is rehiring about half of the 170 people it fired two weeks as part of an effort to shrink federal agencies.Most Read from BloombergCuts to Section 8 Housing Assistance

The National Science Foundation is reinstating 84 employees who were terminated in February, the agency announced Monday.

It wasn’t until the 1950 establishment of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the largest funding source for basic research in the country, that America became a powerhouse of modernization. F or most of the past century,

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come

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Nearly 170 employees at the National Science Foundation (NSF) who were still on probation were fired by the Trump administration on Tuesday, union officials told The Hill. The cuts at the agency

Silicon Valley-style startup chaos now standard US govt operating procedure The US government's National Science Foundation has reinstated most of its cadre of probationary employees after laying them off en masse last month.