atross13
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Please understand that “probationary employee” in Fedland is a *tenure* designation not a *performance* designation. Folks are usually new to federal service, switched job series, became a supervisor, or onboarded under a special hiring authority.They are highly qualified and key to
mission success.
mission success.
February 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Please understand that “probationary employee” in Fedland is a *tenure* designation not a *performance* designation. Folks are usually new to federal service, switched job series, became a supervisor, or onboarded under a special hiring authority.They are highly qualified and key to
mission success.
mission success.
“If you eliminate half of all federal employee jobs, you will have reduced the federal budget by exactly two percent. The only thing you reduce when you fire federal workers is that hallowed goal of government efficiency.“
—David Dayen
—David Dayen
February 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“If you eliminate half of all federal employee jobs, you will have reduced the federal budget by exactly two percent. The only thing you reduce when you fire federal workers is that hallowed goal of government efficiency.“
—David Dayen
—David Dayen
Feds: Apropos of… everything… search this list for your agency’s local union (while it is still online):
www.opm.gov/flis/#/profi...
www.opm.gov/flis/#/profi...
FLIS : Federal Labor Managment System - OPM.govLock
Welcome to opm.gov
www.opm.gov
February 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Feds: Apropos of… everything… search this list for your agency’s local union (while it is still online):
www.opm.gov/flis/#/profi...
www.opm.gov/flis/#/profi...
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Specifically it rescinds the Sept. 24, 1965 EO banning federal contractors from engaging in racial (or many other kinds of) discrimination in hiring or setting rates of pay.
Friday night inbox: Department of Labor to cease and desist all enforcement actions under Equal Employment Opportunity Act
January 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Specifically it rescinds the Sept. 24, 1965 EO banning federal contractors from engaging in racial (or many other kinds of) discrimination in hiring or setting rates of pay.
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This initiative keeps hitting roadblocks. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Outsources Program to Identify Descendants of Those Enslaved by University Affiliates, Lays Off Internal Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard on Thursday laid off the staff of the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying descendants of those ...
www.thecrimson.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This initiative keeps hitting roadblocks. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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I have been hanging out for this for quite some time - going to be v fun to read this through in all its glory. One of the most authoritative and deeply researched quantifications of data centre power consumption in the US -->>>
eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...
eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...
December 20, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I have been hanging out for this for quite some time - going to be v fun to read this through in all its glory. One of the most authoritative and deeply researched quantifications of data centre power consumption in the US -->>>
eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...
eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...
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An early Christmas present for all data center load growth nerds: The new LBNL report to congress is out today! Fully documents significant load growth in data centers to 2023, starting from the 2018 base of about 1% of US electricity use. More details soon! eta-publications.lbl.gov/publications...
2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report | LBL ETA Publications
eta-publications.lbl.gov
December 20, 2024 at 7:31 PM
An early Christmas present for all data center load growth nerds: The new LBNL report to congress is out today! Fully documents significant load growth in data centers to 2023, starting from the 2018 base of about 1% of US electricity use. More details soon! eta-publications.lbl.gov/publications...
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
👇
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
👇
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
👇
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
👇
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I'm fucking blasted and hanging out in the weirdest scene because history happened at a deeply inconvenient hour. so it goes.
December 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I'm fucking blasted and hanging out in the weirdest scene because history happened at a deeply inconvenient hour. so it goes.
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100%. It's a simple, elegant plan for Elon and his cronies:
Step 1: gut the federal workforce
Step 2: secure a zillion dollars in extra contracts to perform all the functions you just gutted at a massive markup
Step 1: gut the federal workforce
Step 2: secure a zillion dollars in extra contracts to perform all the functions you just gutted at a massive markup
This is the long game imo www.wsj.com/tech/musk-un...
November 23, 2024 at 7:44 PM
100%. It's a simple, elegant plan for Elon and his cronies:
Step 1: gut the federal workforce
Step 2: secure a zillion dollars in extra contracts to perform all the functions you just gutted at a massive markup
Step 1: gut the federal workforce
Step 2: secure a zillion dollars in extra contracts to perform all the functions you just gutted at a massive markup
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Hi, Bluesky historians! Please amplify our job announcement for the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State: www.usajobs.gov/job/820195900
#twitterstorians (is there an equivalent here?) #altAc #historyJobs #historians
#twitterstorians (is there an equivalent here?) #altAc #historyJobs #historians
Historian
<p>The Office of the Historian (FSI/OH) publishes the Congressionally-mandated Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series, the official documentary record of U.S. foreign policy; prepares ot...
www.usajobs.gov
November 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Hi, Bluesky historians! Please amplify our job announcement for the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State: www.usajobs.gov/job/820195900
#twitterstorians (is there an equivalent here?) #altAc #historyJobs #historians
#twitterstorians (is there an equivalent here?) #altAc #historyJobs #historians
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November 12, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Click on the three horizontal bars > Settings > Accessibility and review the alt text options
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Also, please, please, please turn on alt text as a default in accessibility settings to demonstrate inclusive posting. We have had a terrible time getting people to make their images accessible to low visibility and disabled users.
November 11, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Also, please, please, please turn on alt text as a default in accessibility settings to demonstrate inclusive posting. We have had a terrible time getting people to make their images accessible to low visibility and disabled users.