Update: grants.gov is back online
It looks like the website https://www.grants.gov/ has been revamped, making it tough to find any announcements or updates regarding federal government funding opportunities. This change impacts all federal agencies.
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USAID – A judge has stopped Elon Musk, Pete Marocco and Rubio
Immediate Effects of the TRO (Until Feb. 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM): All USAID employees placed on administrative leave must be reinstated with full access to email, payment systems, and security notifications. No new USAID employees can be placed on administrative leave before the deadline. No USAID employees shall be evacuated from their host countries … [Read more…]
USAID: it’s a political purge
I think many of my colleagues are confused about what is going on with USAID. The Trump regime has stopped all foreign assistance, decapitated the leadership of USAID, executed mass firings, put almost all staff on hold. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issues a nominal waiver for emergency operations, which is just a fig leaf. … [Read more…]
Frederick (MD) – Local USAID contractor: Agency’s workers have been ‘demonized’ by cuts
A contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development says she’s concerned about the way the agency’s work force has been drastically cut, as well as the implications of the move. Jennifer Gauck, a USAID contractor from Frederick who was laid off this week as part of cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration, attended a … [Read more…]
USAID’s Unlawful Disintegration – Reach out to your Senators and Representatives… Check out templates below
From one of the newsletters that’s making the rounds… Find your Senators and House Representatives:Senate: www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htmHouse: https://www.house.gov/representatives (you can put your zip code in the box on the top right to get to your Representative.) Republicans and Right-leaning IndependentsHello/Hi, I am a constituent of the Senator’s/Representative’s. My zip code is [your zip].I am calling to … [Read more…]
LIVE – Dems & Fmr. USAID Officials Hold “Rally to Restore Foreign Aid Now”
Democrats, former USAID officials and demonstrators hold a rally to restore foreign aid after President Trump moved to dismantle the USAID agency. LIVE
PODCAST – Inside Elon Musk’s aggressive incursion into the federal government
Elon Musk and his team have taken a hacksaw to the federal bureaucracy one agency at a time, and the question has become whether he’s on a crusade that will leave the government paralyzed or deliver a shake-up it has needed for years. Jonathan Swan, a White House reporter for The New York Times, takes … [Read more…]
Abolishing USAID Is Both Unconstitutional and Disastrous
The State Department isn’t ready to handle vital disease-prevention efforts worldwide. Dissolving USAID or merging it into the State Department without the authorization of Congress would be unconstitutional. Article I of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the legislative prerogative to create and abolish agencies. And that authority has been affirmed by the judiciary in the … [Read more…]
USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is placing U.S. Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave except those deemed essential, upending the aid agency’s six-decade mission overseas. A notice posted online Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home. The move had been rumored for several days and was the … [Read more…]