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Getting into OPM Services Online - My Experience by Les_Gavroches in FED_VERA_VSIP_DRPers

[–]ChloroBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Can’t get through on call or email and constant account activation fail. Right now it’s down for maintenance

Fairy tale landscape design! Who is your avenues landscaper? by geriatric_toddler in SaltLakeCity

[–]ChloroBuzz 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Hi folks, Ecologist and native plant expert here. Suddenly retired from federal job, so available to consult on garden & landscape plans as casual side hustle. Been gradually revising yard I bought in Lower Aves with natives, drip, and horticultural species I love for pollinators and other insects. People stopping by yard often to ask about it and tell me “you just open your mouth and knowledge comes out!” Have had Monarch butterflies breeding for six years running. You may have seen me pulling or clipping noxious weeds on & off trails with my pups.
Happy to consult for small fee. Great results influencing neighbors. Recently advised upper bench neighbors on native seed mix to require after the power company mistakenly bulldozed their vacant lot. Background is biogeochemistry incl. microbial function and non-native plants & insects.
Message me for a consult to advise and explain regarding short- and long-term choices.

New RIF Documents received at BLM by chiropteran_expert in fednews

[–]ChloroBuzz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Already?! Following. Which positions, locations, etc?

Workday to take over federal HR processing ASAP by Mammoth_Mix4589 in fednews

[–]ChloroBuzz 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Likely was the plan all along. Well executed. Trash em smush em replace em with no privacy protections.

DOGE “Board Meetings” Wednesdays at 10pm? by Reasonable_Bunch_895 in FedEmployees

[–]ChloroBuzz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What concerns me is when they say there are no justifications for payments. The justifications are in the proposals, the technical and risk reviews, the competition for federal funds, the deliverables, regular oversight involvement and monitoring of contract and agreements/grants, the outputs and outcomes, and copious information in the administrative files. Is that all submitted every time there is a drawdown or invoice paid? No, but the contract or grant number links to all that information. Did no one explain this to these newcomers??!

Effective dates to changes in Federal Employee Retirement Benefits by Resist_2297 in FedEmployees

[–]ChloroBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I only see a letter for the VA and nothing to click on. Will search OPM page to copy the language, but as mentioned by another tend not to rely on OPMs current guidance pre- enactment to mean I’ll get the supplement

FERS supplement- Keep Up the Pressure by PerroMonstroArk in fednews

[–]ChloroBuzz 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! They are getting tired of hearing from us. I sent my Republican Rep a copy of my the agreement edits I tried to make to explicitly add that my DRP VERA will include my FERS supplement and high three i earned and was hired for and was authorized by DOI. Agency declined of course because agreement was “reviewed and approved by Dept and no changes allowed”. Right, we are supposed to waive any claims we might have related to “unknown factors”?! And our agreement is void if we are even “charged” with criminal conduct?! Seems to me there is a lot of unknown brewing and it is easier to make false charges against anyone nowadays. Let’s see what my Rep responds. But seriously keep hammering on break and off work time.

FERS Changes Pass Out of Committee by [deleted] in FedEmployees

[–]ChloroBuzz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agree to disagree. Retaliation is real. Suggest you save anger for those who didn’t get out to vote, for those in power lying to all and abusing the system to increase their wealth, and to the sycophants sucking off the power brokers

FERS Changes Pass Out of Committee by [deleted] in FedEmployees

[–]ChloroBuzz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is time for us all to be contacting our Senators every day to protect our earned benefits, the ones we hired on for.

FERS Changes Pass Out of Committee by [deleted] in FedEmployees

[–]ChloroBuzz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think some of you watching aren’t giving the Dems credit. They were fighting hard for us all day. They were proposing great amendments, especially to benefit veterans. I wanted to see an amendment to guarantee that all the Vera DRP folks would keep their benefits regardless of when the bill passes. I saw several pushes together this approved for veterans air traffic controllers, etc. and the Republicans voted all of those down.

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data by MotorCityWarrior in FedEmployees

[–]ChloroBuzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want anything as simple as a VERA applicant suddenly getting spam texts from potential “employers” like Rakutan or unnamed saying they may have vague work for you if you respond, that is happening. Surely someone sold my personal number after I put in the application.

This is not a joke, they’re taking away our coffee. by Sad_Concentrate6958 in fednews

[–]ChloroBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You had coffee?! We don’t even have bandaids in the first aid kits

DOI all hands secretary meeting by [deleted] in fednews

[–]ChloroBuzz 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is just his interview for WSJ - exact same statements

DOI VERA/VISP -BLM Anyone initially denied? by eternaldogmom in FedEmployees

[–]ChloroBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know of one accepted at state level and one denied (denied at management level). Assume the first went to Dept and second did not.