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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an IT specialist who works at NASA (at the place that cannot be named on DCUM).  I have been here well over 20 years and intend to retire from here.  There is a reason that it is always voted the best agency to work for in the federal government.  Even when I was in an organization that wasn't support space science of flight missions, it's still an extremely interesting place to work.  I love supporting the missions here, I love the people I work with, and most others do, too.  I know many people who have been here 30+.

I had been in my career for a few years in a non-lead position when I saw a job posting about an opening for a lead position for my field.  I applied and took that job.  And have been here ever since.  I've changed roles several times, but I still love it here.   [/quote]

Great Post.

Serious question.

How many H1Bs are employed in your IT organization?   from TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, Hexaware, Infosys or the like?

is the group diverse or largely Indian?[/quote]

Virtually none.  To work here, you need to have access to a number of Agency proprietary information.  It's not impossible, but it's difficult for non-residents to get access to center.  Full-time employees need to be legal residents or citizens to get badged to work on-center.  H1Bs can work off-center, but will have to do so without agency badged credentials which limits them from access to certain types and classes of information.  Once you are in that situation, it limits the number of contracts and positions you can hold.  H1Bs can get temporary access, such as visiting scientists, engineers, etc.  Typically access is for no more than 90 or 180 days and they need to do a lot to renew for longer.  In nearly 25 years, I've rarely seen non-residents have access for longer than 180 days.  Non-residents are identified by a red box or similar on their badge so that employees can identify them and ensure that any proprietary or classified information that we have access to is not exposed or visible when the non-resident is in the office space.  I have never seen a job for this agency posted that did not require citizenship or permanent residency status to fill.  There are many contractors that contract here, but I've never seen any of the ones you mentioned working here.[/quote]

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