@joeneguse.bsky.social the BIL ecological restoration funding, which directly funds the jobs of several people in Fort Collins, has never been unfrozen. At least one of those employees has now been reinstated but there is no money to pay her salary

This town hall was is Laramie, a very progressive college town which has passed its own anti-discrimination protections for LGBT+ folks and has tons of Pride flags hanging in business windows.

My access card that allows me to enter the building, access emails and teams, access my groups files, and log into our internal sites including to report my hours. So I have a computer that can use the internet and my coworkers are sharing files to me with flash drives and booking rooms for me

USGS sent out letters yesterday, with start dates determined by supervisors but I went back same day. Everyone I know has been brought back to active duty with back pay. Of course our PIV cards had been destroyed and technology from remote employees mailed in so doing the work remains challenging

Despite a deadline to do so yesterday, my friends with the Forest Service have not been reinstated yet and have gotten no information from their supervisors on any plans to bring them back.

My fired USDA friends have not been reinstated yet and haven’t hear a single word from leadership about if or when it will happen despite a deadline to do so yesterday