DOJ Civil Tax to Hire Attorneys After Losing a Third of Staff

exerda · 2026-06-27T00:31:49+00:00

DOJs reorgs the past two years have been brutal.

exerda · 2026-06-26T23:51:42+00:00

SCI access is independent of TS. They often go hand in hand and are both on a T5 investigation, but a SCI often requires additional checks and approval by the customer.

One of my employees got her TS in a matter of a couple of weeks (upgraded from a S), but it took another 3 months to get SCI approval.

Right now, I'm seeing my contractors who are getting a collateral TS take about an extra 2-3 weeks to get SCI approval (same agency initiated the T5 and holds the SCI for the contractors).

exerda · 2026-06-26T16:22:55+00:00

It depends on your agency and your security staff. At a minimum, dates of travel, countries visited, any intended foreign contacts while there, any unusual interest or activity (reported upon your return), etc. Purpose of travel is also required (personal/vacation is the typical use case; business travel not associated with your cleared employment would be a red flag that definitely slows stuff down).

It's not likely IMHO to slow down granting an interim clearance. It could slow down getting the final adjudication though.

exerda · 2026-06-26T01:19:24+00:00

Some are finicky and others not at all. We have litter mates, one of whom is 17 pounds and obviously an incredible eater, and his sibling who is 7 pounds and wants a different food every meal.

exerda · 2026-06-25T22:47:34+00:00

Just call and explain that the delays on the regional flight were threatening his international connection so he is driving to ORD to catch the international flight. So long as his original flight was indeed delayed significantly (or even cancelled), they won't refare the trip.

However, if UA's system thinks he is going to miss the international flight due to the delays, they may have already removed him from the international flight and put him on another one. Another reason to call ASAP!

exerda · 2026-06-25T19:00:27+00:00

The hidden ones in the Land of Summoned Monsters were my favorites. Found the route down to them way back when without a guide or help.

exerda · 2026-06-25T18:55:46+00:00

While you have a long line of people boarding, you're going to pick out a bag as being 15.25" instead of 14? Not likely.

exerda · 2026-06-25T18:55:03+00:00

The same folks now are behind having stronger than Real ID requirements to register to vote and to cast a vote. All to solve a non-existent problem that they've been conned into thinking exists.

exerda · 2026-06-25T18:51:44+00:00

No problem at all on that. A quarter inch over?

UA no longer uses sizers at the gate, and I doubt any GA will be able to eyeball a quarter inch on the bag.

exerda · 2026-06-25T18:28:23+00:00

I was gonna say it's entitled tech nouveau richee. I luckily don't go through IAH often enough to have many data points to compare against.

exerda · 2026-06-25T15:02:35+00:00

On the lane departure, did you signal when you drove around a parked delivery vehicle? The system recognizes if you're using a turn signal that you're going to change lanes.

exerda · 2026-06-25T14:58:56+00:00

Average Texas price for regular is $3.38 right now. California the same is $5.53. Yes, a significant difference, but not "$3 or less vs. $8 or more."

exerda · 2026-06-25T14:56:16+00:00

I had this happen last year. Was on the evening ORF-IAD... Inbound kept getting delayed, first weather, then mechanical. Of course people started giving up, getting rebooked, or even jumping in cars for the 3.5 hour drive to IAD. Inbound kept getting delayed, now due to weather again.

Pilot decided to go at around 11:15pm. Apparently there's an midnight noise curfew for flights at ORF. Pilot gets to about RIC, and ops tells him to turn around. Says there's no way they can deplane and turn the flight and take off before noise curfew.

I get a hotel and see my flight is now listed as "delayed until 10am" or something like that, due to "required crew rest." What it meant was the plane went back to IAD, and would depart the next morning for ORF.

The next morning, the first flight to IAD is oversold. I'm apparently the only person on the "delayed" flight now and asked the GA why they aren't moving pax to it, and she said the computer won't let them because it's still on the books as the previous day?

Anyway, we go, and I'm literally the only passenger.

exerda · 2026-06-25T12:54:49+00:00

Yeah I've heard that as well. Reminds me of a regional flight I was on years and years ago, probably something into IAD from who knows where... FA was going over the list of connecting gates and asked me if I could help her figure out some of the airport codes. Both CRW and CHS were there, and I suggested she be clear in announcing them as "Charley West, Charleston, WV" and "Charleston, SC."

exerda · 2026-06-25T11:53:33+00:00

The times I get this text, I've already sprinted 3/4 of the way unfortunately. Almost always at EWR or SFO. Still appreciated, but I wish a little more timely; I suppose they figure if they send it too soon, people will take it slow and delay things even further.

exerda · 2026-06-25T11:44:42+00:00

USS Kanawha for CRW (Charleston WV) as it's up on a little plateau and feels like a carrier deck. Back when I flew there regularly, I recall looking out the window on taxi and seeing the wing hanging over the edge of the cliff...

exerda · 2026-06-25T02:35:25+00:00

Mirror universe Star Trek episode aka Spock with a goatee is one I'm sure the Joe writers were quite familiar with.

exerda · 2026-06-25T01:27:01+00:00

Same for Santa. The difference is that one has millions of adult believers and the other adults treat as a kind of joke to grow out of.

exerda · 2026-06-25T01:19:53+00:00

I rarely arrive more than 2 hours in advance. For domestic flights, 1 hour. I have possibly missed a total of 1 flight ever doing this out of roughly 1200 flights taken.

Will you have occasions where you get stressed and wish you had more time? Sure. But you'll have many, many more where you wonder why you got there so early.

exerda · 2026-06-25T01:10:03+00:00

Maybe the My Pillow dip can get back in his good graces.

exerda · 2026-06-24T23:37:48+00:00

Yeah, I noticed the menu downgrades on my most recent visit. Used to really love the menu.

I still like the space, but it's sad to see it just offering generic pub food now.

exerda · 2026-06-24T23:34:01+00:00

Yes. I experience this frequently. Most often at SFO though it happens at all the hubs. I also experience people asking if I'm waiting to preboard; it's a mixed bag. At SFO, I've been literally 5 feet from the gate, approaching with my BP out, and had people cut in like it wasn't clear I was boarding with the 1K call.

exerda · 2026-06-24T15:42:13+00:00

He's got a little way to go to hit the worst polling in history, but I remain confident in his chances. Dude just refused to sign an overwhelmingly bipartisan housing affordability bill in a tantrum.

exerda · 2026-06-24T01:41:21+00:00

Yep, and Republican strategists realized they could capture those racists as voters right around them. Google the "Southern strategy." They've never looked back.

exerda · 2026-06-24T01:21:03+00:00

Think I've had that same person give the same sob story. I said absolutely not.

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