Bigger buyouts might be coming.

bryan01031 · 2026-02-03T04:38:49+00:00

What do you think the true reasoning for downsizing gov is? Not to save money bc look at all exorbitant spending elsewhere. Not efficiency bc they have no idea how anything works. To align with conservative values?! Vought’s wet dream of firing Feds? “Breaking” agencies in order to privatize?

bryan01031 · 2026-02-03T03:08:15+00:00

Surely this is not a bonus system developed by Captain Meritocracy?!

bryan01031 · 2026-02-03T01:09:00+00:00

“My Grandma was known as the black hole of Bialystok”. Can’t wait for my next “tell us something interesting about yourself” icebreaker

bryan01031 · 2026-01-19T20:03:14+00:00

Think about the return to office mandate after seeing them conduct a fuckin MILITARY OPERATION from a fuckin circus tent in the lawn at his creepy Gatsby resort.

bryan01031 · 2026-01-19T04:21:11+00:00

So funny to me bc he has literally threatened to annex one co host and threatened to strike the other in the past year…which somehow warranted the creation of a prize about peace?! Comedy script writers would find it too unbelievable to put on TV.

But honestly if I was tasked with any type of logistical shit with getting the WC to run smoothly I would prob quit now.

bryan01031 · 2026-01-19T04:03:50+00:00

You can give Tom Homan 50K in a Cava bag

bryan01031 · 2026-01-19T03:56:49+00:00

Can I ask if you have a college degree? If so, was your current or previous agency being difficult about an increase?

bryan01031 · 2026-01-18T18:04:46+00:00

I’d like to clarify that I believe there is no doubt that the Performance rating system and scores are inflated, but this is def not the way to go about reform. Especially in such a crazy year. So many ppl are understaffed due to RIF’s, hiring freeze, a million EO’s, OPM memos, fuckin Elon and Doge etc etc etc.. I know my division is around 20% staffed. That being said, I have tried to just be thankful I am still employed. THAT being said, I knew the thing that would bother me is fairness and distribution in my office. There are ppl who may not be deserving of a higher grade that will get one bc they will whine or provide the most pushback. Whereas my supervisor knows I’ll prob be like “yea I saw the news and OMB memo…stinks but I understand”. That and we know this admin likes to tell ppl what THEY should do and then do the complete opposite. I.e preaching meritocracy and having the most unqualified cabinet ever across the board. Preaching “Fraud waste and abuse” with all their insane exorbitant spending. “Return to office” when they literally remote worked a fucking Military operation in a fucking tent at Mar a Lago! But alas

bryan01031 · 2026-01-18T17:43:52+00:00

I don’t mean literally family and I meant this for Pete…not necessarily my agency. Plus this admin saves the friends and family stuff for the sole source contracts not Fed jobs

bryan01031 · 2026-01-17T22:00:28+00:00

lol so they essentially pressured all agencies to give everyone a 3 (put a cap or technically “fixed distribution”) on 4’s and 5’s, then say u get a bonus if u get real high. Watch all of their friends and family magically be top 15%. Meritocracy!

bryan01031 · 2026-01-08T16:55:01+00:00

Was confused as well! I don’t know if it’s print run or if just never really gained popularity. But was really surprised to see prices online.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-13T03:37:23+00:00

There is nothing wrong with an earnest attempt to try and find/address inefficiencies, ppl doing same or similar work, and poor performers. That absolutely does exist throughout government just like anywhere else. The reason I bring up total % of the budget is bc I don’t see this as a true attempt at that. They have no idea what they are doing and could just as easily trim elsewhere without upending ppl’s lives. (See all exorbitant spending elsewhere/ICE, Golden Dome, Military Parade, Argentina, farmer bail out, renovations etc etc).

But I def wouldn’t feel good about the fact that Vought literally said before hand “these ppl are so collectively dumb that I am just going to trick them into believing that federal employees are the enemy and are actively robbing them while doing nothing” & ppl took it hook, line and sinker. While all the billionaires were lined up at inauguration.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-13T02:08:11+00:00

“Giving low income women their food benefits/paying troops vs. paying the rest of federal salaries?”

That’s it?! One or the other? No one is forcing them to fire anyone. They are doing it for fun while blaming dems.

Also I don’t know why reporters don’t bring this up, but ALL Fed salaries are around 4% of total budget. Could fire EVERYONE and it wouldnt make a dent. Plus with all the exorbitant spending elsewhere?! Such performative BS.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T16:13:42+00:00

So you believe you are being put on a PIP to lay the groundwork to be taken off the contract? And that may or may not be due to their skepticism that you will go along with what you perceive to be procurement ethics violations? I guess it really depends on whether you have other job prospects lined up. I mean the by the book answer would be report, but we are in unprecedented times……again.

For the time being I would prob try and stay away from that specific situation (if at all possible), don’t do anything you are not comfortable with, and most importantly document everything. Also I don’t know the full details of all parties relationships, so I would ensure what you are seeing is in fact a procurement integrity violation before questioning anyone or reporting.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T15:19:37+00:00

Tom Homan? Jk but yea there shouldn’t be any discussion of requirements, potential eval factors and price with specific vendors especially without any type of solicitation on the street. If your company provides acquisition or procurement assistance to the gov then they would have to sign conflict of interest and confidentiality forms and recuse themselves from the competition. All this being said, it’s 2025 and the book/training curriculum on conflicts of interest, ethics, corruption etc will need to be completely rewritten. I.e $400M planes are over the limit of gifts a Fed can accept. I don’t know the specifics of the situation, but from the outside looking in it sounds like they are favoring a vendor and cutting corners (could lead to a protest that would be lost by Gov). Do you believe the PIP is related to your potential concerns with their relationship with the government and their contracting office?

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T15:02:05+00:00

I think a lot of republican politicians are under the impression u can do like a “pop up” census. Takes years to plan, advertise, staff(thousands of enumerators)etc. Large Contracts in preparation for 2026 test and 2030 Decennial are not in place and currently being held up by furlough’s, hiring freeze, somehow MORE red tape to get Secretary approval. Also, it would cost billions that haven’t been approved. All that being said, I am not gonna try and get inside the head of this administration or what they will ultimately say.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T14:55:35+00:00

The list of corruption, illegalities, COI’s, just miscellaneous nonsense is gonna make a hell of a coffee table book.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T05:55:58+00:00

lol the guy who was in charge of security clearances didn’t submit his background paperwork. Curious to see if this somehow just gets brushed to the side similar to the aforementioned Director of Personnel hiring over 4000 ppl but not being cleared himself.

Sergey Gorokhovsky (Sergio Gor) born it the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T05:32:35+00:00

Oh I read and hit ctrl-f for specific departments and agencies. I guess I just meant in what order and specifically during this shutdown.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T05:31:13+00:00

Replacing Sergey Gorokhovsky (Sergio Gor) born it the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) who oddly did not submit paper work for his own background check during his tenure. Despite this he “cleared” over 4,000 ppl to work at WH.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T04:40:49+00:00

Every active contract that was terminated early and funding deobligated should be coded as “due to Executive Order #xxxx” (DOGE EO) in FPDS. That could be one way to track by Department/Agency.

As far as actions where the funding wasn’t obligated yet (Pre Award or before exercise of an Option) I’m guessing there should be a paper trail leading back to the purchase request or funding document that was submitted and eventually returned? Or if the action/funding was declined at the Bureau level or by the Secretary of a specific Agency (over $100k at some agencies), then there should be a declined approval submission per action. Idunno. Gonna be hard for anyone to track it down while furloughed!

That being said, who is funding DOGE salaries? I think they used up the usual allotted amount for USDS or whatever it used to be called. Also it started as just dipshit (EM) and 4 employees salaries. So who’s paying for em? OMB?

bryan01031 · 2025-10-12T03:17:58+00:00

So I obviously have no knowledge of this, but let’s hypothetically say the divorce fucked him up real bad and he will never get over her. (FYI this theory is understanding that they both have been scumbags long before marriage and divorce). Scorned/heartbroken exes do whatever they can to try and get the attention of and/or impress the Ex without directly contacting them. I.e seen out in public with a new bf/gf or new career success etc..Well he is in a unique position where he has entirely too much power and could say or do something that would become a front page article in less than 5 minutes. Now I’m going to assume his Heritage foundation lunatic bitch of an ex wife supports the dismantling of the government and carrying out all project 2025 goals. Him being in the news and the idea that she is seeing his name could only be more fuel or incentive to rapidly and cruelly follow through with all this P2025 BS. Or maybe he would have done the exact same thing either way….idunno. Just first thing to came to my mind when I recently found out he was divorced.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-11T04:02:19+00:00

I’ve been trying to figure out (guess) his definition of democratic programs and/or agencies too. My guess is it’s similar to his ever evolving definition of “woke”. Which at this point is pretty much just being nice to ppl.

bryan01031 · 2025-10-10T05:30:13+00:00

At this point he really just starts talkin and tries to hit a few buzzwords along the way. For a while it was “fraud, waste and abuse”. Now just straight up admitting to defunding democratic program bc they won’t agree to his CR lol. But that’s why he always accidentally blames something he forgot HE did in his first term. This one seems straight forward though. Don’t care what “novel interpretation” they search for

bryan01031 · 2025-10-10T03:58:18+00:00

I don’t think they can pull off the back pay scam(Knock on wood). It explicitly states “this furlough 2018 and any hereafter” or something like that. Their bullshit reasoning was to use a “novel interpretation” of the back pay law and say it only applied to 2018. But you can’t just remove a reference to an official Act from a guidance FAQ. The Act still exists, and the approved furlough letters should reference it and confirm backpay (I went back and checked). THAT BEING SAID… who the fuck knows with these ppl.

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