By Bill Kisliuk
Pasadena Sun
Federal funding cuts continue to impact the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, where 40 workers were laid off last week, the latest notch in a prolonged period of cutbacks for the agency.
It was the second round of layoffs this year for NASA’s JPL, which cut its workforce by 250 people in February and March, agency spokeswoman Veronica McGregor said.
The latest round of layoffs affected the business and facilities divisions, McGregor said. No science or research jobs were affected, she added.
JPL has roughly 5,000 employees, including “several hundred” in business and facilities, according to McGregor.
