Join us on August 18 for the next webinar. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

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...

HUD secretary's hostile takeover of the NSF building have angered NSF employees

So about that @dangaristo.bsky.social scoop... It would seem the "New Golden Age of HUD" now supersedes "Restoring Gold Standard Science".

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

National Science Foundation Surprise: Employees Being Relocated to Accommodate Secretary of HUD’s Palatial New Office www.afge.org/contentasset...

Report: National Science Foundation headquarters to be taken over by HUD, displacing 1,800+ employees www.alxnow.com/category/news/

🚨 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.

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

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.

“Save the US NSF” Take Action Toolkit www.savensf.com

Open Letter from NSF AFGE Union to Members of the National Science Board www.savensf.com/_files/ugd/e...

I missed NSF’s Division of Earth Sciences! What a welcome back. Most illegally terminated employees will be reinstated this week.

Firings+reinstatements+RIFs=Efficiency? “Vought issued a memo to agency heads, directing them to start preparing for mass layoffs through a reduction in force (RIF) by submitting a reorganization plan by March 13. Several agencies have already sent out RIF notices.” www.afge.org/article/afge...

What a roller coaster. I am grateful for and in awe of our wide NSF community. Reinstatement of fired staff is the right outcome of the first fight. www.axios.com/2025/03/03/n...

“ A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management to rescind directives that initiated the mass firing of probationary government workers in several agencies across the government, ruling that the terminations were probably illegal.” ✊🏻 #AFGE wapo.st/3QJEf7f

A court hearing this afternoon could be pivotal for NSF staff terminated illegally. A colleague’s declaration of harm is in Document 18, attachment 9 and speaks for a lot of us who were fired from NSF. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69655...

‘While Musk’s rampage has been feverishly covered, the scope of its impact remains largely underappreciated…It can’t be measured in weeks or months or in government services affected…It will be felt over the span of decades & defined in intellectual talent lost.’ www.thebulwark.com/p/the-doge-b...

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Are you a federal employee, contractor, or other worker in the DC area who's been illegally fired or whose job is in limbo because of Elon Musk? Come to the Senate to meet others in the same boat and share your story with Senate offices. We meet every day at 10am.

What is science in the US going to look like after 2/3 cut in budget? www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

During the mass firings yesterday, NSF’s Chief Management Officer told us, “This is the first of many forthcoming workforce reductions”. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.