Link to entire Guide: “If you haven’t already backed up your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) and payroll records, now is the time to do it. It’s a quick process that ensures you have all your important documents saved in one place, rather than downloading them manually one by one. This method will allow you… Continue Reading
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CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head
Washington Post [unpaywalled]: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau halted much of its work to investigate and penalize corporate wrongdoing Monday, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — tapped to lead the watchdog on an acting basis — ordered an agency-wide review to “promote consistency” with the new Trump administration. Shortly after assuming the post, Bessent and… Continue Reading
A guide to using Signal for government workers
Via Matthew Haughey – AWLN – “A friend of mine works in the federal government and wrote a guide for their fellow federal workers on how to use Signal. There are lots of good reasons for switching to Signal for messaging, and this does a great job of laying it all out. This friend doesn’t… Continue Reading
Archive of deleted CDC datasets
Internet Archive: A complete archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025. Under the direction of Trump, the CDC has been removing data related to gender, vaccines, and climate change. Continue Reading
Deferred Resignation Email to Federal Employees, January 28, 2025 – updated Feb 4, 2025
Via LLRX – Deferred Resignation Email to Federal Employees, January 28, 2025 – updated Feb 4, 2025 – I have updated this article with links to new documents pertaining to directives made by non government civilians to federal government employees to resign their jobs using a purported buyout offer. The emails and “offers” were not… Continue Reading
Data brokers can keep selling your social security number, says new CFPB chief
The Verge: “Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent has been named the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the bureau announced today. Bessent quickly instructed the agency to “to stop all rulemaking, communications, litigation, and other activities,” reports Bloomberg Law. A source inside the CFPB told Bloomberg Law that his order “appeared to shut… Continue Reading
Mapped: The Top Import Partner of Every U.S. State
Visual Capitalist: “The Trump administration is imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico [this is on hold for one month – maybe] and Canada, along with a 10% tariff on imports from China. The U.S. President says he wants strong action to halt the flow of the opioid fentanyl and its precursor chemicals into… Continue Reading
Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system
FT.com: “Musk appeared to confirm on Saturday that DOGE had access to the Treasury system, which disperses trillions of dollars each year Elon Musk has vowed to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after apparently gaining access to review the US Treasury’s vast payments system, a move that prompted the… Continue Reading
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
Just Security: “This public resource tracks legal challenges to Trump administration actions. If you think we are missing anything, you can email us at [email protected]. Special thanks to Just Security Student Staff Editors, Rick Da and Jeremy Venook, and to Matthew Fouracre. The Tracker is part of the Collection: Just Security’s Coverage of the Trump… Continue Reading
Surveillance Self-Defense Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications
Surveillance Self-Defense Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communication A Project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying. Read the BASICS to find… Continue Reading
Brookings Reg Tracking
“As the Trump administration returns to office for a second term with renewed deregulatory ambitions, the executive branch and its agencies are implementing significant policy changes. The Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets Regulatory Tracker (“Reg Tracker”) has relaunched to track major regulatory and executive actions taken by the administration, with a particular focus on… Continue Reading
DOJ Jan 6 deleted info on all prosecutions from website
Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social – Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms. The information is Here: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.231933/gov.uscourts.dcd.231933.176.0_1.pdf Continue Reading
