"The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, is expected to be decimated, one of the sources said."

DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/politics/doge-dhs-secret-service

I keep seeing in comments that there is an updated EEEM memo. What are the details?

Email just arrived to FEMA grants management staff, per court preliminary injunction.

I heard that a second DRP might be offered this week? I want to get a lawyer to look over it before anything. What kind of lawyer would I get an employement lawyer? General practice?

*senior official performing the duties of

Here's some samples of his writing style.

https://muckrack.com/geoff-harbaugh/articles

WPS is back up. No notice has gone out. Good luck everyone.

Just wanted to shout-out the people that hosted the calls and signed up for the firing squad of furious and frightened people trying to be heard by someone, anyone.

This shit sucks. Nobody's happy. We're all expected to show up in offices that are plainly unequipped for the number of people being sent back to work in them. There are real health and safety hazards that will make us sick, our civil rights are plainly being violated, and there is no possible avenue for relief any time soon. This is the same story we have seen in every other major agency being RTO'd across the country. FEMA is no exception to their bullshit schemes.

Whatever you're feeling, call and/or write your representatives. Doesn't matter if you don't think they'll answer. There's nothing that the FEMA staff working these RTO calls can do to stop you from suffering, the decisions have been made by the President and OPM and Elon Musk that we should hate every day of our lives as federal employees.

Fuck them, fuck this, and fuck the idea that we're the problem here. We're in it together. Don't let them reduce us to squabbling amongst ourselves. Document everything that happens to you with dates and times and hold the fuck on.

Illegitimi non carborundum.

I received a notification that my CORE NTE has been successfully extended for four years. As an 0089 Job serie, I wanted to share this in case others are in a similar situation (either expired or approaching expiration).

I was told my reservations will most likely be gone when it’s back online.

Mega thread in light of rumors

There were comments in other subs about cutting BRIC and RIFs in Resilience tomorrow, what are folks hearing?

I received a tentative job offer for a reservist position back in October and had been patiently waiting to hear updates up until this point yesterday I received a email saying they decided to rescinded it due to operational needs…. Do you guys think it will reopen eventually or should I just look elsewhere for federal employment and leave fema alone for the foreseeable future.

Hi there. Was looking for information on how to file a grievance not related to anything that’s happening within the political climate. I’ve searched far and wide on sharepoint but there is not anything I can find that’s definitive about how and the steps to do so. I’m also looking to do this without union representation. If anyone has any experience I’d greatly appreciate it

Has anyone had an inspection done in SC for helene recently? Online changed to inspection needed last Wednesday but I haven't heard anything. Says an inspector will contact me in a few days but it's been a week. I'm worried they've all left the area.

Kevin Guthrie seems to be the only choice we know of, for now.

Hi all! With the news of the new CORE “renewal” process I am concerned that my position will not be renewed when my current CORE contact expires in July. Does anyone know if we would be eligible for unemployment benefits if we are let go due to a contact termination versus a RIF? I don’t think contractors are eligible for unemployment normally but also COREs are unique in that our positions (until this moment) have been constantly renewed.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2024/04/13/6-lessons-from-femas-response-to-thousands-of-crisis-situations/

Really wish they would make up their mind. Are we keeping FEMA now or something else?

At least they are interviewing two very qualified individuals. Would go with Guthrie personally.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/trump-fema-finalists-00257858

Hi everyone,

I'm a journalist at WIRED covering climate and the environment. I'm eager to chat with employees currently at FEMA about the turmoil in the agency right now. I'm also interested in speaking with people at state agencies about their experiences working with the federal system, as well as CORE and reservist folks in areas gearing up for the hurricane season.

Feel free to reach out to me securely on Signal (on your personal devices and on personal networks) at mollytaft.76. Happy to keep conversations anonymous.

For proof it's me, here's my post on BlueSky with the same contact info: https://bsky.app/profile/mollytaft.com/post/3ll52qywq5s2p

And here's my WIRED author page: https://www.wired.com/author/molly-taft/

Thank you!

Molly