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There’s hope and a light at the end of the tunnel. 💜
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University
For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ...
case.edu
December 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There’s hope and a light at the end of the tunnel. 💜
The dismantling of one's integrity, credibility, and drive to protect and improve the health and well being of the greater good.
Opinion | The CDC Shooting Isn't What Broke Me
Continuing to show up to work at an agency I no longer trust is devastating
www.medpagetoday.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The dismantling of one's integrity, credibility, and drive to protect and improve the health and well being of the greater good.
With a 40% drop in donations, OPM is extending the Combined Federal Campaign drive into January 2026. While extending the timeline for federal employees to pledge either a one-time donation or an ongoing payroll deduction, they are not extending the work agreements with the contractors... 1/3
Trump's uncharitable attack on federal workers puts a dent in donations
The Trump administration’s comprehensive assault on the federal workforce has a new victim: charitable giving.
The Washington Post is reporting that the federal workers’ charity drive, the ...
www.dailykos.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
With a 40% drop in donations, OPM is extending the Combined Federal Campaign drive into January 2026. While extending the timeline for federal employees to pledge either a one-time donation or an ongoing payroll deduction, they are not extending the work agreements with the contractors... 1/3
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Trump administration's new top drug regulator has warned that some of the agency's new initiatives could be illegal and dangerous. wapo.st/49zvx6n
#FDA #science #publichealth
#FDA #science #publichealth
Top FDA drug regulator raises alarms about expediting approvals
Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives could be illegal and pose a risk to public health.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump administration's new top drug regulator has warned that some of the agency's new initiatives could be illegal and dangerous. wapo.st/49zvx6n
#FDA #science #publichealth
#FDA #science #publichealth
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A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being “impermissibly used” by ICE. via @mattbracken.bsky.social fedscoop.com/judge-rules-...
Court blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE
A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being “impermissibly used” by ICE.
fedscoop.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being “impermissibly used” by ICE. via @mattbracken.bsky.social fedscoop.com/judge-rules-...
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CFPB is preparing a major year-end shakeup that will hit its workforce hard and shift key enforcement work to DOJ. Reporting by Sr. Correspondent Eric Katz: buff.ly/tTx0i5c
CFPB to issue mass furlough by years' end and transfer outstanding cases to DOJ
The initiative marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to close the bureau.
www.govexec.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
CFPB is preparing a major year-end shakeup that will hit its workforce hard and shift key enforcement work to DOJ. Reporting by Sr. Correspondent Eric Katz: buff.ly/tTx0i5c
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A major proposal from the Trump administration is poised to reshape how agencies handle layoffs, and could have big implications for federal workers. Here’s what’s in the nearly finalized plan: buff.ly/r3yPtpJ
Agency layoff rules to get an overhaul under nearly finalized Trump administration proposal
OPM’s reduction in force revamp plan will put performance ratings over tenure and strip some employees of protections.
www.govexec.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A major proposal from the Trump administration is poised to reshape how agencies handle layoffs, and could have big implications for federal workers. Here’s what’s in the nearly finalized plan: buff.ly/r3yPtpJ
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EXCLUSIVE: The Interior Department is consolidating employees and resources in its secretary’s office and charging its bureaus significant fees for the effort, according to staff and internal documents. buff.ly/Cu5jOBm
Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies a premium to subsume their employees
The Interior Department's consolidation efforts is coming with a cost to National Parks and other components of the agency.
www.govexec.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Interior Department is consolidating employees and resources in its secretary’s office and charging its bureaus significant fees for the effort, according to staff and internal documents. buff.ly/Cu5jOBm
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Trump administration proposes to loosen rules protecting endangered species reut.rs/4o74BhZ
Trump administration proposes to loosen rules protecting endangered species
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed four new rules that would roll back Biden-era regulations that strengthened protections for endangered species.
reut.rs
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Trump administration proposes to loosen rules protecting endangered species reut.rs/4o74BhZ
The chaotic roller coaster continues as it upheaves the lives of federal employees.
SBA told laid-off employees they could get their jobs back. It rescinded that offer a day later
The RIF rescissions and their immediate recall stem from competing interpretations of shutdown-ending spending deal Congress passed last week.
federalnewsnetwork.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The chaotic roller coaster continues as it upheaves the lives of federal employees.
Federal agency websites and several top federal agency officials blamed Democrats for the shutdown. Some agencies changed individual employee's out-of-office auto messages by blaming the Democrats for the shutdown without their knowledge. All of these actions... #HatchAct 1/2
What happens next with shutdown Hatch Act complaints?
OSC's enforcement of the Hatch Act is being closely watched after agencies posted messages on their websites blaming the shutdown on the “radical left."
federalnewsnetwork.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Federal agency websites and several top federal agency officials blamed Democrats for the shutdown. Some agencies changed individual employee's out-of-office auto messages by blaming the Democrats for the shutdown without their knowledge. All of these actions... #HatchAct 1/2
This is #FederalEmployeesAtWork. The public working with the Forest Service at the onset of revising a forest management plan to identify future desired conditions of their public lands. 7 public meetings covering over 150 miles, 800+ public participants. #FederalLayoffs
February 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is #FederalEmployeesAtWork. The public working with the Forest Service at the onset of revising a forest management plan to identify future desired conditions of their public lands. 7 public meetings covering over 150 miles, 800+ public participants. #FederalLayoffs
This is #FederalEmployeesAtWork. USDA FS Research and Development has been actively generating knowledge and transferring science and technology for 110 years into the public domain where it enhances economic competitiveness and benefits the lives of all Americans.
youtu.be/a-NMBh4rPOI?...
youtu.be/a-NMBh4rPOI?...
Forest Service Research & Development 100th Anniversary
YouTube video by Forest Service
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February 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is #FederalEmployeesAtWork. USDA FS Research and Development has been actively generating knowledge and transferring science and technology for 110 years into the public domain where it enhances economic competitiveness and benefits the lives of all Americans.
youtu.be/a-NMBh4rPOI?...
youtu.be/a-NMBh4rPOI?...
NARFE's retirement consultant and training specialist Tammy Flanagan provides a helping hand to federal employees with some guidance navigating "deferred resignation." www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
Retirement: How to navigate the current chaos
Amid “deferred resignation” turmoil, federal workers are in uncharted territory. Here’s a little guidance.
www.govexec.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NARFE's retirement consultant and training specialist Tammy Flanagan provides a helping hand to federal employees with some guidance navigating "deferred resignation." www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
With all that's getting thrown at federal employees and retirees, let's not forget about NARFE's quest in the advancement of Alzheimer's research.
New Alzheimer’s study targets disease decades before symptoms occur Trial of Lilly drug in young people at risk of Alzheimer’s aims to prevent build up of amyloid plaque and interrupt the disease at its origin.
#longevity #Alzheimers #prevention #research
#longevity #Alzheimers #prevention #research
New Alzheimer’s study targets disease decades before symptoms occur
Trial of Lilly drug in young people at risk of Alzheimer’s aims to prevent build up of amyloid plaque and interrupt the disease at its origin.
longevity.technology
February 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
With all that's getting thrown at federal employees and retirees, let's not forget about NARFE's quest in the advancement of Alzheimer's research.
Schedule P/C is Schedule F 2.0. "President Trump issued an EO implementing a system...reclassify certain nonpartisan civil servants as at-will employees, eliminating their federal workplace protections...rise of partisan loyalists to apolitical positions."
whistleblower.org/press/presid...
whistleblower.org/press/presid...
President Trump’s “Schedule Policy/Career” Executive Order Threatens Our Democracy - Government Accountability Project
January 21, 2025
President Trump’s “Schedule Policy/Career” Executive Order Threatens Our Democracy
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order implementing a system that would...
whistleblower.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Schedule P/C is Schedule F 2.0. "President Trump issued an EO implementing a system...reclassify certain nonpartisan civil servants as at-will employees, eliminating their federal workplace protections...rise of partisan loyalists to apolitical positions."
whistleblower.org/press/presid...
whistleblower.org/press/presid...
From the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Headquarters:
"Are you considering retiring under the "Fork in the Road" offer? Here’s what you need to know about the process, benefits, and potential surprises." www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
"Are you considering retiring under the "Fork in the Road" offer? Here’s what you need to know about the process, benefits, and potential surprises." www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
The unplanned retirement dilemma
If you hadn’t given much thought to retirement before receiving the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" email on Jan. 28, you may be in for a few surprises—not all of them pleasant.
www.govexec.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
From the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Headquarters:
"Are you considering retiring under the "Fork in the Road" offer? Here’s what you need to know about the process, benefits, and potential surprises." www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
"Are you considering retiring under the "Fork in the Road" offer? Here’s what you need to know about the process, benefits, and potential surprises." www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...
Musk posted on X, "RIP CFPB" [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]. If CFPB is so inefficient as claimed by those aligned with Project 2025, so why this per NPR? "The budget for 2025 for CFPB is $823 million. Since its creation in 2011, the CFPB has returned $20.7 billion to consumers." 1/3
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Musk posted on X, "RIP CFPB" [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]. If CFPB is so inefficient as claimed by those aligned with Project 2025, so why this per NPR? "The budget for 2025 for CFPB is $823 million. Since its creation in 2011, the CFPB has returned $20.7 billion to consumers." 1/3
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#BREAKING: Unions representing government employees sued the Trump administration Thursday evening to block efforts to shut down the government’s independent foreign assistance agency.
thehill.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
#BREAKING: Unions representing government employees sued the Trump administration Thursday evening to block efforts to shut down the government’s independent foreign assistance agency.
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Are you considering retiring under the "Fork in the Road" offer? Here’s what you need to know about the process, benefits, and potential surprises.
The unplanned retirement dilemma
If you hadn’t given much thought to retirement before receiving the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" email on Jan. 28, you may be in for a few surprises—not all of them pleasant.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Are you considering retiring under the "Fork in the Road" offer? Here’s what you need to know about the process, benefits, and potential surprises.
