AFGE Local 3403 Members at NSF Take Bold Stand for Science
In a powerful act of professional integrity, nearly 150 career scientists and workers at the National Science Foundation (NSF), represented by AFGE Local 3403, have delivered an unprecedented whistleb...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Join us on August 18 for the next webinar.
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NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
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August 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Join us on August 18 for the next webinar.
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Reposted by Margaret Fraiser
US Earth Science people: Our June webinar felt so good, we’re making it a series. Join us next Tuesday 7/15 (and again in Aug & Sept) to hear from NSF staff and to get (most of?) your questions answered. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
www.nsf.gov
July 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
US Earth Science people: Our June webinar felt so good, we’re making it a series. Join us next Tuesday 7/15 (and again in Aug & Sept) to hear from NSF staff and to get (most of?) your questions answered. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
Includes comments from NSF program directors: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Includes comments from NSF program directors: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Margaret Fraiser
HUD secretary's hostile takeover of the NSF building have angered NSF employees
June 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
HUD secretary's hostile takeover of the NSF building have angered NSF employees
Reposted by Margaret Fraiser
So about that @dangaristo.bsky.social scoop...
It would seem the "New Golden Age of HUD" now supersedes "Restoring Gold Standard Science".
It would seem the "New Golden Age of HUD" now supersedes "Restoring Gold Standard Science".
June 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So about that @dangaristo.bsky.social scoop...
It would seem the "New Golden Age of HUD" now supersedes "Restoring Gold Standard Science".
It would seem the "New Golden Age of HUD" now supersedes "Restoring Gold Standard Science".
Reposted by Margaret Fraiser
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
June 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
National Science Foundation Surprise: Employees Being Relocated to
Accommodate Secretary of HUD’s Palatial New Office
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Accommodate Secretary of HUD’s Palatial New Office
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June 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
National Science Foundation Surprise: Employees Being Relocated to
Accommodate Secretary of HUD’s Palatial New Office
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Accommodate Secretary of HUD’s Palatial New Office
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Report: National Science Foundation headquarters to be taken over by HUD, displacing 1,800+ employees
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News | ALXnow
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June 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Report: National Science Foundation headquarters to be taken over by HUD, displacing 1,800+ employees
www.alxnow.com/category/news/
www.alxnow.com/category/news/
Reposted by Margaret Fraiser
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
May 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Reposted by Margaret Fraiser
NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc
NSF’s entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES), which “aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds to actively participate and excel in STEM disciplines” and some of it congressionally mandated, was just notified they will be RIFed. www.nsf.gov/edu/ees/about
About EES
The NSF Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds, especially those historically underrepresented in science and engineering.
www.nsf.gov
May 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
NSF’s entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES), which “aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds to actively participate and excel in STEM disciplines” and some of it congressionally mandated, was just notified they will be RIFed. www.nsf.gov/edu/ees/about
Reposted by Margaret Fraiser
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.