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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · 23d

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AFGE Local 3403 Members at NSF Take Bold Stand for Science

In a powerful act of professional integrity, nearly 150 career scientists and workers at the National Science Foundation (NSF), represented by AFGE Local 3403, have delivered an unprecedented whistleb...

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · 29d

confirmed from multiple staff sources from various departments 😫

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Sep 8

Three AGU Bridge staff members were fired this morning, including the long term lead.

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.alxnow.com/2025/08/26/g...

GSA launches search for new Alexandria office space to house displaced National Science Foundation | ALXnow

The General Services Administration has launched an official search for office space in Alexandria to relocate the National Science Foundation after the agency was displaced from its Eisenhower Avenue...

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Aug 11

Join us on August 18 for the next webinar.
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Aug 9

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Aug 2

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/n...

Judge Declines to Order Trump Administration to Restore Research Cuts

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jul 31

www.govexec.com/management/2...

NSF slashes most career executive roles after shedding one-third of staff

The National Science Foundation is initiating a reduction in force for senior executives, but offering them opportunities to stay at the agency.

www.govexec.com

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jul 29

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‘A never-ending nightmare’: Federal workers detail mental health toll of government downsizing

Federal employees say in a new survey that they are experiencing high levels of anxiety, stress, sleep deprivation, anger outbursts and depression.

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jul 23

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...

Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · Jul 10

US Earth Science people: Our June webinar felt so good, we’re making it a series. Join us next Tuesday 7/15 (and again in Aug & Sept) to hear from NSF staff and to get (most of?) your questions answered. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jul 3

Includes comments from NSF program directors: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts

Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jun 26

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oc7...

National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover | NBC4 Washington

YouTube video by NBC4 Washington

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...

Housing Department to Move Headquarters, Booting National Science Foundation

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jun 25

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National Science Foundation to Be Requisitioned as Mansion for HUD Secretary (And Also HUD Office)

I’m still trying to find out more about this. But as I...

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💙 Tiny Mushroom D*ck 💙 @alexismya.bsky.social · Jun 25

HUD secretary's hostile takeover of the NSF building have angered NSF employees

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jun 25

So about that @dangaristo.bsky.social scoop...

It would seem the "New Golden Age of HUD" now supersedes "Restoring Gold Standard Science".

"The New Golden Age of HUD | Secretary Turner Unveils HUD's New Building"

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · Jun 25

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jun 25

National Science Foundation Surprise: Employees Being Relocated to
Accommodate Secretary of HUD’s Palatial New Office

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jun 25

Report: National Science Foundation headquarters to be taken over by HUD, displacing 1,800+ employees

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News | ALXnow

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · Jun 9

www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · May 28

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...

National Science Foundation Sued Over DEI Funding Rollback (1)

Sixteen states say the National Science Foundation is illegally divesting millions of dollars from university research efforts to align with the Trump administration’s anti-DEI mandate, according to a...

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · May 22

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!

Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.

👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.

➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 9

NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

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