Old (2023) data, but handy for a note of appreciation for colleagues who served:
“Of the 37,485 total employees in the Forest Service, there are currently 5,555 individuals who identify as veterans, making up 14.8% of the agency’s workforce.”
Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice.
“Of the 37,485 total employees in the Forest Service, there are currently 5,555 individuals who identify as veterans, making up 14.8% of the agency’s workforce.”
Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice.
Veteran workforce development opportunities work | US Forest Service
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November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Old (2023) data, but handy for a note of appreciation for colleagues who served:
“Of the 37,485 total employees in the Forest Service, there are currently 5,555 individuals who identify as veterans, making up 14.8% of the agency’s workforce.”
Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice.
“Of the 37,485 total employees in the Forest Service, there are currently 5,555 individuals who identify as veterans, making up 14.8% of the agency’s workforce.”
Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice.
National Weather Service employees were encouraged to take early retirements at an all-hands meeting Thursday. The union believes as many as 1,000 could leave in the coming months - out of a workforce of just over 4,000.
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US Weather Service Merges Offices as Staffing Pressure Mounts
The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of as many as 1,000 staffers.
www.bloomberg.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
National Weather Service employees were encouraged to take early retirements at an all-hands meeting Thursday. The union believes as many as 1,000 could leave in the coming months - out of a workforce of just over 4,000.
With @weathersullivan.bsky.social (gift):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Civil servants are motivated by a myriad of things. The portion of the workforce being RIFed tends to value (1) public service, (2) use of highly technical knowledge, and (3) stability. The federal workforce has "blue-collar" workers, but that's not what they view as "low productivity."
April 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Civil servants are motivated by a myriad of things. The portion of the workforce being RIFed tends to value (1) public service, (2) use of highly technical knowledge, and (3) stability. The federal workforce has "blue-collar" workers, but that's not what they view as "low productivity."
Also, a fired Yosemite National Park service worker rappelled down El Capitan in protest of the illegal cuts.
February 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Also, a fired Yosemite National Park service worker rappelled down El Capitan in protest of the illegal cuts.
I will say as a service industry physical laborer in the furry community we need to acknowledge how bad of a problem we have uplifting the blue collar workforce that makes up most of our community like. i see posts celebrating The STEM and art and medical but never our postal workers or janitors.
July 31, 2026 at 9:58 AM
I will say as a service industry physical laborer in the furry community we need to acknowledge how bad of a problem we have uplifting the blue collar workforce that makes up most of our community like. i see posts celebrating The STEM and art and medical but never our postal workers or janitors.
NEW: National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.
National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede…
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March 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
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A shitty service that makes everything worse and uses 100% pure distilled exploitation as its fuel source should be regulated lol, they truly are just banking on complacency and momentum as a shield against paying and retrieving consent from their billion person workforce
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A shitty service that makes everything worse and uses 100% pure distilled exploitation as its fuel source should be regulated lol, they truly are just banking on complacency and momentum as a shield against paying and retrieving consent from their billion person workforce
A bill introduced on Friday would classify National Weather Service employees as critical to public safety, making them harder to fire. It comes after hundreds of agency staffers lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce.
Law Would Make Most National Weather Service Workers Hard to Fire
A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the Weather Service lost nearly 600 people to DOGE cuts.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A bill introduced on Friday would classify National Weather Service employees as critical to public safety, making them harder to fire. It comes after hundreds of agency staffers lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce.
The federal workforce is abt the same size as it was in 1969 and as a proportion of the overall workforce it is substantially smaller. Roughly 80% of the federal workforce is outside D.C. in states like TX, FL and PA. Abt 30% of the federal workforce are vets.
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Partnership for Public Service statement on executive order calling for reductions in force and hiring limits
The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier in response to the President Donald Trump’s latest executive order cal...
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February 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The federal workforce is abt the same size as it was in 1969 and as a proportion of the overall workforce it is substantially smaller. Roughly 80% of the federal workforce is outside D.C. in states like TX, FL and PA. Abt 30% of the federal workforce are vets.
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The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation.
The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, sources say | CNN Politics
The Internal Revenue Service is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation.
It also falsely portrays these industries as pro-immigrant, whereas we would already have immigration reform if big corporations wanted it, but these food and service industries thrive and benefit off a workforce living in precarity and fear over immigration status, suppressing wages and organizing
November 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM
It also falsely portrays these industries as pro-immigrant, whereas we would already have immigration reform if big corporations wanted it, but these food and service industries thrive and benefit off a workforce living in precarity and fear over immigration status, suppressing wages and organizing
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Less than five months as superintendent, Kevin Heatley hung up his ranger’s uniform Friday, citing the Trump administration’s staffing cuts at the National Park Service as a major reason for his decision to take a buyout offer.
Crater Lake National Park superintendent resigns as staffing plunges
Kevin Heatley stepped down Friday as superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, as internal data shows a sharp decline in the National Park Service’s workforce.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Less than five months as superintendent, Kevin Heatley hung up his ranger’s uniform Friday, citing the Trump administration’s staffing cuts at the National Park Service as a major reason for his decision to take a buyout offer.
The Trump administration moves to strip 50,000 agency staff of civil service protections & give himself the power to fire them without just cause.
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This...
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Trump admin moves to finalize return of Schedule F
Officials estimate that around 50,000 federal workers will be stripped of their civil service protections beginning in around a month, as unions, employee associations and good government groups decry...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The Trump administration moves to strip 50,000 agency staff of civil service protections & give himself the power to fire them without just cause.
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FBI, CIA….we’ll be a country as hapless as a blind man waking up in the middle of a 10,000 acre tract of empty fields; absent any kind of feedback about where we are and what direction to go.
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CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce as it seeks to infuse 'renewed energy': report — Raw Story
The CIA, America's decades-old civilian foreign intelligence service tasked with intelligence gathering around the world, joined other federal agencies Tuesday in offering buyouts — to its entire work...
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FBI, CIA….we’ll be a country as hapless as a blind man waking up in the middle of a 10,000 acre tract of empty fields; absent any kind of feedback about where we are and what direction to go.
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The Early Childhood Service Corps trains adults aged 50 and older to work as substitute teachers in child care centers, offering much-needed support to the chronically understaffed child care industry.
Child care centers tap retirees to fill staffing gaps
‘School grandmas’ help fill the gaps in a child care workforce facing perennial shortages.
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April 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Early Childhood Service Corps trains adults aged 50 and older to work as substitute teachers in child care centers, offering much-needed support to the chronically understaffed child care industry.
The Social Security Administration ends the year in turmoil.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Social Security Administration ends the year in turmoil.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
The Trump administration ended the Presidential Management Fellows Program in a late-night executive order Wednesday, axing a decades-old government initiative that has long been celebrated as a pipeline to draw talent into civil service careers.
Trump ends federal leadership program, cutting off key talent pipeline
The decades-old Presidential Management Fellows Program, which has served as a pipeline to recruit public service leaders, was axed as part of Trump’s workforce purge.
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February 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Trump administration ended the Presidential Management Fellows Program in a late-night executive order Wednesday, axing a decades-old government initiative that has long been celebrated as a pipeline to draw talent into civil service careers.
I cannot believe there are still people out there challenging those of us who call Elon Musk the American co-president. I do not use that term as a moniker or a calumny or a joke or a speculation. It is fact. The evidence points toward that conclusion as the only responsible one.
Musk team’s push to gut federal workforce bypassed key Trump officials
Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting questions about its legality.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I cannot believe there are still people out there challenging those of us who call Elon Musk the American co-president. I do not use that term as a moniker or a calumny or a joke or a speculation. It is fact. The evidence points toward that conclusion as the only responsible one.
National Park rangers have been ordered to describe Trump’s cuts — or “attrition” and “workforce management actions,” according to the talking points — as “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of our visitors.”
Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.
National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede ...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
National Park rangers have been ordered to describe Trump’s cuts — or “attrition” and “workforce management actions,” according to the talking points — as “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of our visitors.”
Park rangers have been given talking points amid cost cutting.
Job cuts = “attrition” and “workforce management actions.”
Service cuts = “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of visitors.”
And NPS still offers “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
Job cuts = “attrition” and “workforce management actions.”
Service cuts = “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of visitors.”
And NPS still offers “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.
National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede ...
www.propublica.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Park rangers have been given talking points amid cost cutting.
Job cuts = “attrition” and “workforce management actions.”
Service cuts = “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of visitors.”
And NPS still offers “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
Job cuts = “attrition” and “workforce management actions.”
Service cuts = “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of visitors.”
And NPS still offers “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
As Trump slashes AmeriCorps, states lose a federal partner in community service | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg
As Trump slashes AmeriCorps, states lose a federal partner in community service • Kansas Reflector
The federal agency dedicated to community service and volunteerism is the latest target of an aggressive campaign to dismantle programs and slash the federal workforce.
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May 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As Trump slashes AmeriCorps, states lose a federal partner in community service | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg
What is this? It’s a threat to all employees.
It sure looks like the EO is trying to give OPM the authority to determine any employee’s suitability.
That is- if OPM deems an employee as not suitable they could make employment decisions without following civil service protections and due process.
It sure looks like the EO is trying to give OPM the authority to determine any employee’s suitability.
That is- if OPM deems an employee as not suitable they could make employment decisions without following civil service protections and due process.
Strengthening the Suitability and Fitness of the Federal Workforce
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SUBJECT: Strengthening the Suitability and Fitness of theFederal Workforce By the
www.whitehouse.gov
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
What is this? It’s a threat to all employees.
It sure looks like the EO is trying to give OPM the authority to determine any employee’s suitability.
That is- if OPM deems an employee as not suitable they could make employment decisions without following civil service protections and due process.
It sure looks like the EO is trying to give OPM the authority to determine any employee’s suitability.
That is- if OPM deems an employee as not suitable they could make employment decisions without following civil service protections and due process.
US civil service board reinstates thousands of fired USDA employees www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US civil service board reinstates thousands of fired USDA employees
A U.S. board that reviews the firings of federal employees on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate thousands of workers who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump's layoffs of the federal workforce.
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March 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
US civil service board reinstates thousands of fired USDA employees www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...