atross13

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.

“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

Feds: Apropos of… everything… search this list for your agency’s local union (while it is still online):

www.opm.gov/flis/#/profi...

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.

This initiative keeps hitting roadblocks. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

👇

I'm fucking blasted and hanging out in the weirdest scene because history happened at a deeply inconvenient hour. so it goes.

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

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...

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

Click on the three horizontal bars > Settings > Accessibility and review the alt text options

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.