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I really hope this will get challenged in court.
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How would this possibly work with classified work? Are IC jobs exempt from this or are they all fired? Ridiculous and insane.
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Sadly court may reverse it, but unless someone respects the courts ruling it means nothing…
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Actual OPM email has gone out apparently, I dont know whether to laugh or just get angry.
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Totally agree. This is beyond ridiculous. Would you even receive such an email working in SCIF?? And what are you guys expected to say?
Arrived in office, logged in
Responded to emails (classified)
Completed training (classified)
Lunch break
Attended a meeting (classified)
Wrote a report (classified)
Logged off, went home.
I can think of more juicy responses but those would get you fired for certain. Please keep us posted as you’re able. Good luck!
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I’ve been applying to IC contractor positions. I am going to keep at it, though I’m not particularly optimistic. But I’d love to get a job using my clearance before my eligibility expires.
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Were you cleared by the NSA and placed on the cleared candidate list? I have an offer from a contractor whose client is NSA. Last hurdle is for NSA to review and approve everything.
Any idea what’s going on with your job?
Kash Patel has already instructed FBI people not to reply. I suspect other IC elements will receive similar guidance. Many blue-badge IC employees rarely ever check their .gov/.mil unclas email anyway.
Haha some Elon lover got my post flagged and removed I guess. Anyways…My direct supervisor hasn’t said much, she assumes we (new hires) are “safe”. Starting to hear the rumor mill pick up, which is annoying.
Hoping to get agency clarification soon, hard to believe we would have any significant cuts. But these are not normal times. Business as usual until it’s not is how im operating.
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Thats a good point, I dont even have my unclassed email access yet anyways. Sorry, Elon.
Always a side effect of times like this, even among contractors. I always liked it when management would tell us not to pay attention to rumors… except they were usually more accurate and informative than the kraap the company was putting out.
The real significance of any cuts won’t be numbers, but the loss of new hires and making other people much less likely to seek IC employment for quite some time.
I’ve been hearing the same as your supervisor says @RandomMan Plus, looks like people at your agency are being instructed not to respond at all. Same thing at DoS.
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Mission accomplished whether people got the email, didnt get the email, or dont respnd.
For IC internship position: Technical interview scheduled for March, seems to be still ongoing. Inquired for an update on processing and was informed “the intern team has no updates at this time”. No idea if Interns are safe or not at this point
Is this for a summer 2025 or 2026 position? Would you be able to elaborate more on the agency? Thanks for the update!
Summer 2025. My CJO was rescinded this morning sadly. No reason was provided
Sucks to hear. Still waiting to if hear my CJO will get rescinded. Pretty pessimistic at this point, but at least it hasn’t happened yet.
Thought this OPM document was interesting and relevant.
OPM’s Privacy Impact Assessment for Government-Wide Email System (GWES):
“Overview To execute its authorized role with respect to personnel matters and fulfill its duty to enforce the civil service laws, OPM has developed a system to send government-wide emails to federal government employees. This system increases efficiency and transparency by allowing simultaneous communication with the federal workforce OPM has been tasked with overseeing. The GWES system operates entirely on government computers and in Microsoft mailboxes. OPM uses this system to communicate with federal employees, a capacity which is within its statutory authority. The only information collected, maintained, or used by the GWES are (1) names of federal employees, (2) their government email addresses, and (3) short, voluntary email responses.”
Section 2.0. Characterization of the Information 2.1. Identify the information the project collects, uses, disseminates, or maintains. GWES collects, maintains, and uses the names and government email addresses of federal government employees. GWES also collects and redistributes responses to emails sent to those addresses, which are limited to short, voluntary, non-identifying information. Specifically, GWES contains the following: • Employee Contact Data: GWES collects, maintains, and uses the names and government email addresses of federal government employees. Other identifying information is not used. • Employee Response Data: After an email is sent using Employee Contact Data, GWES collects, maintains, and redistributes short, voluntary responses.
Section 4.0. Notice
4.1. How does the project provide individuals notice prior to the collection of information? If notice is not provided, explain why not. The names and government email addresses of federal government employees are already housed in OPM systems or provided by employing agencies and, in any event, do not contain substantive information about employees. As a result, there is no reason to provide advance notice for the collection of Employee Contact Data. All individuals are provided advance notice of the Employee Response Data, as it is voluntarily provided by the individuals themselves in response to an email.
4.2. What opportunities are available for individuals to consent to uses, decline to provide information, or opt out of the project? The Employee Response Data is explicitly voluntary. The individual federal government employees can opt out simply by not responding to the email.
4.3. Privacy Impact Analysis: Related to Notice Privacy Risk: There is a risk that individuals will not realize their response is voluntary. Mitigation: This risk is mitigated by ensuring that any email sent using GWES is clear, by explicitly stating that the response is voluntary, and by including specific instructions for a response.
Still “actively processing” as of a few minutes ago, thank god.
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