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List of job sites, organizations, informational resources for current, former federal employees

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Via the Special Libraries Association

General

FedFam – FedFam is a member organization that supports federal workers. They have a free newsletter that provides news items and helpful links for this tumultuous time. They also have a Facebook group.
Partnership for Public Service – Scroll down to “Federal employees, we are here for you.”
Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund (FEEA): Informational Resources for Federal Civilian Employees

District of Columbia

DC Department of Unemployment Services: Unemployment Compensation for Former Federal Employees
District of Columbia Office of Unemployment Compensation – Find a Job

Maryland

Maryland.gov: Maryland Workers Impacted by Recent Federal Actions
Maryland Department of Labor
Prince George’s County, Maryland: Resources for Federal Workers
Montgomery County, Maryland: Resources for Workers Impacted by Recent Federal Government Actions Work Source Montgomery
Anne Arundel County, Maryland: Federal Employee Assistance
Expanded Howard County Resources

Virginia

VirginiaHasJobs.com: Resources for Impacted Federal Workers
Virginia Employment Commission
Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth: Resources for Impacted Federal Workers
VirginiaWorks.gov
Arlington County, Virginia: Assistance for Federal Employees and Contractors
Fairfax County, Virginia: Help for Residents Affected by Federal Workplace Actions
Prince William County, Virginia: Resources for Residents Impacted by Federal Workforce

Social Security News

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Social Security News. A service of Hall & Rouse, P.C./© Charles T. Hall. Includes primary documents from DOGE and OPM, emails and chats from/to Social Security employees, author commentary, and articles from reliable media reporting on the fast moving actions to fire, using illegal terminations, as many staff and leadership as possible, around the country.… Continue Reading

How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy

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The New York Times – no paywall: “It was driven with a frenetic focus by Mr. Musk, who channeled his libertarian impulses and resentment of regulatory oversight of his vast business holdings into a singular position of influence. Without ceding control of his companies, the richest man in the world has embedded his engineers and… Continue Reading

DOGE Was Just Rehearsing for Much-Larger-Scale Federal Layoffs

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New York – The Intelligencer: “Federal employees and those who depend on the benefits and services they provide have been in shock from the moment the new Trump administration unleashed Elon Musk’s shadowy DOGE operatives to conduct guerrilla warfare on the “deep state.” Chaos and unpredictability have been the hallmarks of the DOGE reign of… Continue Reading

Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund

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American Prospect: “On February 3, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund (SWF), saying the United States will have one of the largest funds in the world. That requires raising trillions of dollars very quickly. For context, Norway’s fund is currently worth $1.8 trillion U.S. dollars. Sovereign wealth… Continue Reading

US Workers Are More Worried Than Hopeful About Future AI Use in the Workplace

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“Artificial intelligence is not new to the workplace, but the debut of ChatGPT just over two years ago ushered in an era of rapid expansion. American workers have mixed feelings about how this technology will affect jobs in the future. About half of workers (52%) say they’re worried about the future impact of AI use… Continue Reading

What Is OpenAI’s Powerful New Deep Research Tool Capable Of? I Use It to Analyze the Legality of President Trump’s Pause of Federal Grants

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Via LLRX – What Is OpenAI’s Powerful New Deep Research Tool Capable Of? I Use It to Analyze the Legality of President Trump’s Pause of Federal Grants – On February 2, 2025 OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. OpenAI’s chief product officer… Continue Reading

No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits

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Wired:  “Elon Musk has repeatedly claimed that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project had uncovered massive government fraud when it alleged that 150-year-olds were claiming Social Security benefits. But Musk has provided no evidence to back up his claims, and experts quickly pointed out that this is very likely just a quirk of… Continue Reading

How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers

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Pluralistic:  “Two figures to ponder. First: if your local power company is privately owned, you’ve seen energy rate hikes at 49% above inflation over the last three years. Second: if your local power company is publicly owned, you’ve seen energy rates go up at 44% below inflation over the same period. Power is that much-theorized… Continue Reading

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 22, 2025

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 22, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex… Continue Reading

Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

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EXECUTIVE ORDER February 19, 2025. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  It is the policy of my Administration to dramatically reduce the size of the Federal Government, while increasing its accountability to the American… Continue Reading