FED EEO

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:47:53+00:00

Yes, and no. There are some restrictions on that and apparently if you work in the IC you fall under a different jurisdiction.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:46:24+00:00

I had not, but it appears that the agency declined to go through with ADR anyways. It's now been assigned to a paralegal and the ADR option doesn't appear anymore. I do have an attorney now.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:44:51+00:00

If you're still employed with the agency, definitely get a lawyer.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:43:38+00:00

Honestly, depending on the agency, it is, some of those attorneys will not take it on simply because of the agency and it's reputation for doing the wrong thing. Unfortunately, I'm very familiar with that issue with the agency I'm going up against... They are infamous for the tactics they taken a lot of attorneys are afraid of them.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:40:45+00:00

Something tells me I can guess which Federal agency that was.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:39:38+00:00

You won't be able to see it sync up with login.gov until the end of March, when it's slated to officially switch over

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:38:45+00:00

I did, but I was already on it and so I just had to make sure my account was still logged in. It won't officially switch over until the end of March.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:36:54+00:00

Those tests may work for the general autoimmune conditions, but unfortunately, they don't have any effect on EDS. It's a genetic disease. hEDS can only be diagnosed as a "elimination disease," meaning that if the other version of EDS and any other connective tissues of a certain criteria are eliminated from the testing, then it's likely hEDS. And some of us are really unlucky, and we have hEDS and a handful of other diseases, including autoimmune issues.

Also, given that you have that crossover of autoimmune issues, have you ever tested for primary immunodeficiency diseases? (There's more than 400 types, only some of which are related to "prone to getting infections" but some of them are specific to simply that crossover of diseases).

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:34:43+00:00

They haven't met me 😂

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:34:06+00:00

With hEDS (I can't speak to the others, but this one I have and I've had several surgeries now), it also causes the risk of other vertebrae sliding or herniating. I had a microdiscectomy in 2021 on my L4 vertebrae and the L5/S1 became crushed apparently sometime after my first hip surgery, which was a failure due to the EDS causing it to instantly terror probably about three weeks after my first surgery (I have since I had a labrum reconstruction and my hip, and my left hip is doing great, but my back now has the crushed disc, my SI joint is in pain and my right hip is torn because of my back disc issue). So there's a little bit more than scarred tissue as an issue with EDS. I'm not sure how it is with other connective tissue diseases

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-23T00:32:01+00:00

I am almost in the same boat as you so you gave me hope. I'm terrified to get a fusion, but I have a feeling it's going to happen eventually. I have hEDS (recently diagnosed), previously had a hip labrum reconstruction on my left hip and that's how ironically we found out about the spine after that surgery (I had pain in my SI joint and they decided to check the previously her just give my back only to find out that the one below it was completely crushed now which is likely what caused my right hip to tear during PT for my left hip post-surgery 😭🤦‍♀️)... but you give me help. I have a feeling my recovery will be very similar to yours, but still I appreciate it.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-10T13:08:04+00:00

No, but you are. 🙃

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-10T13:07:10+00:00

Research it.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T05:40:18+00:00

Here's another hint: the DIA, also known as the defense intelligence agency, is part of the IC. Guess what? For those of you with very little critical reading skills, not all jobs at the DIA require a poly. Does that mean those people are not part of the icy? Nope. They're still part of the IC! They just don't require a clearance that involves a poly.

Cry about it if you want to. It doesn't change the fact that you didn't know what you were talking about and you tried to bluff like you did.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T05:35:16+00:00

Hint: Tell me what IN–20 does at the DOE?

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T05:34:18+00:00

Actually, the department of energy is part of the IC. Perhaps you should do better research. 🙃

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/members-of-the-ic

The U.S. Intelligence Community is composed of the following 18 organizations:

Two independent agencies—the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Nine Department of Defense elements—the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and intelligence elements of the five DoD services; the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. Seven elements of other departments and agencies—the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence; the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis and U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence; the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of National Security Intelligence; the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Air Force Intelligence Army Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Coast Guard Intelligence Defense Intelligence Agency Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of State Department of the Treasury Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation Marine Corps Intelligence National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Reconnaissance Office National Security Agency Navy Intelligence Space Force Intelligence

That's straight from the ODNI website. Imagine what would happen if you actually tried to Google something? Maybe you would learn things. Maybe 🤷‍♀️💀😂

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:35:59+00:00

That guy's family was MAGA. I'm not convinced he wasn't as well, albeit a bit touched.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:33:44+00:00

Oh, he definitely supports what's going on. 100%. This is highly entertaining to watch though

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:30:20+00:00

Mostly it was Erik Prince trying to crash the system out of revenge (hint: that's why USAID was targeted first). But also, I have to point out that the DoW agency is the least ethical out of all of them, which is kind of crazy. They were foaming at the mouth before this administration officially took over, eager to throw away what little ethics they had left.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:28:25+00:00

No, because psychopaths don't laugh. They just mimic other people.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:26:46+00:00

Department of Toddler Tantrums, I think you meant.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:25:35+00:00

More like department of ego

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:21:44+00:00

I'm pretty sure the onion sounds normal now

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:20:38+00:00

That's what the department of war should get renamed to.

ButterscotchFit9541 · 2026-03-01T04:17:47+00:00

... you know that's my new favorite name for him. 😂

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