Ryan Dowdy, a former NASA food scientist, won a USDA innovation grant to further develop a meal replacement bar for first responders. Trump's freeze on government awards has jeopardized those plans.

A protest involving a now-deleted sustainability requirement is dismissed, but three other challenges go on and NASA cannot award the $60 billion IT contract until they are resolved.

Proposals are now due Monday, Feb. 24 instead of the prior deadline of Wednesday, Feb. 19. NASA has eliminated requirements for bidders to submit sustainability management plans. Those would have included a documented environmental management system, the monitoring of carbon emissions and mitigation of any environmental impacts.

NASA had cut a deal that may stave off sweeping layoffs seen across other federal agencies, but still will see about 900 fewer employees through a buyout plan, according to an agency statement.

In these roles, she's covered topics like housing, crime and public safety, local government, real estate, health, and business ... administration's workforce reductions extend beyond NASA ...

The USDA's Small Business Innovation Research program appeared to be a perfect fit for Dowdy's fledgling business, ReadyBAR. A former NASA scientist ... the Trump administration ordered a pause ...