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Thu Apr 3 06:00:01 UTC 2025
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Slept from eleven to eight.
Woke briefly around five.
Not as cool.
Thunderstorms in the evening.
Rain.
A chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the evening.
Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall after midnight.
Lows around 50.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph until early morning.
Chance of rain near 100 percent.
# Work
* 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM ELMS public engagement call with Darren Baird
* 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Architecture review board
* 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM CTO demand team sync
* 03:00 AM - 03:30 PM ELMS geospatial call with Darren Baird
Talked with the DOI Fire AD yesterday who alluded to what I today found out was the DOI CIO being put on administrative leave after refusing access to DOGE.
Also word officially leaked out today that Laura Hills, the FS ACIO, is taking the deferred retirement program (DRP).
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/some-usda-rif-plans-take-shape-department-warns-employees-major-cuts/404247/
> The changes will result in widespread layoffs across the department of nearly 100,000 employees, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a message to staff on Tuesday, who issued the cautionary note to encourage workers to voluntarily leave government. Like several other agencies in recent days, USDA reopened the window to take paid leave through September before separating from federal service.
> According to a source briefed on the matter, the U.S. Forest Service is planning to consolidate its 10 regional offices into as few as three. USFS' research team, which focuses on priorities such as new tools to model fire risk, markets, forest restoration and water and employs around 1,500 people, is expected to face cuts. The agency’s five Research Stations are slated to be pared back. The nation’s 154 National Forests are expected to be consolidated and the plan is to move the Wildland Fire division into another part of the government. USFS’ Washington headquarters is slated to be “hollowed out,” the source said.
Tah pulled all the CTO people into a call to tell everyone what he knows at this point.
He advised the FTEs to look hard at deferred retirement, depending on their personal situation.
Oh, no! Tah's taking the deferred retirement.
He got chocked up.
Forty-three years with the Forest Service.
# Home
* [ ] taxes
* [ ] schedule optometrist appointment (Costco?)
* [ ] apply for passport
* [ ] build Pi-hole for home network
* [ ] exercise for ten minutes
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Servings: grains 0/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 0/2, meat 2/3, nuts 0/0.5
Breakfast: coffee, banana
Lunch: egg, sausage, tomato, onions and mushrooms
Afternoon snack: strawberries
Dinner:
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