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I am on a train en route to the U.S.A. National Science Foundation (NSF).

And it is a mess from a federal government standpoint. 1/n

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45/47 is anti-anything-he-can't-understand, which very much includes science.
Dr. Brad Rosenheim
The NSF provides funding for scientific and engineering research proposals as well as a comprehensive proposal review process fueled by volunteer time mainly from U.S.A. university professors (the universities pay us for our time, but we are serving the profession rather than the university).

I am to serve on a panel beginning on Tuesday. A panel reviews the proposals submitted for certain funding calls as well as the ad hoc reviews from other scientists to make funding recommendations to the program that solicited proposals. It is part of a three step process which ensures thorough, transparent, and expert opinion on proposals before spending taxpayer money on them.

It is a rigorous process.
Dr. Brad Rosenheim
I received these messages by text this morning from a friend working in another division (one not holding the panel on which I am serving).
Screenshot from text message chain from friend saying "Have you heard anything about your panel? Are you still coming to DC?" I replied, "Why? Should I check my email? What's up?" They followed with, "Yes, you should check your email. We received an email from the Chief Science Officer last night that all panels scheduled for today (Monday) need to be scheduled to a future date. It does not read anything for the rest of.the week though." I responded, "Hmm. No emails yet. I will reach out. Looks like train is delayed by about two hours at least due to a mechanical problem overnight in SC." They responded, "It is likely your PO (program officer) has not seen the email yet."
Dr. Brad Rosenheim
Ultimately, I texted the program officer (PO) running this panel, and they hadn't heard anything.

An hour later I received a message from the PO saying that email was coming out, but that the panel was "uncertain."

The email explained that NSF's legal team is trying to decipher the legality of holding panels, for which they pay for volunteers' travel. As a result they postponed panels that were being held today (Monday), despite people having traveled to DC already.

The panel I am on is "uncertain" because there is a chance that the legal team decides the panel can go on.
Dr. Brad Rosenheim
All this to say that the new regime running the country is a wasteful lot of idiots. And they don't care. Even though they purport to save money and run good businesses, they are really bullies seeking retribution for their failures despite the fact that they always fail upward.

I just want people to know that this government is wasting a shit ton of money. Hope MAGA is happy.
Dr. Brad Rosenheim
Update!

Just kidding; no news yet. It is 3PM in the eastern U.S.A., and there are no updates. Obviously this is a complex legal topic, but it is almost the close of business and I don't think this bodes well for the conductance of the panel this week. Womp, womp.
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Dr. Brad Rosenheim
Update for real this time:

"We have just received disappointing news. *All review panels scheduled for the remainder of this week, 1/28-1/31, will be rescheduled to a future date as appropriate. This will allow the agency to make the best use of everyone's time and resources as we continue to develop guidance to ensure compliance with the recent executive orders.*
For those panelists who traveled to Alexandria, we invite you to join us at (brewery) at 5:30, followed by going out to dinner around 6:00. We are also available for non-panel discussions tomorrow. You will need to contact the travel agency to arrange return travel.
Once we know more we will strategize about panel rescheduling. We appreciate all the time everyone has invested in preparing for the panel and apologize on behalf of NSF."

Super womp womp.

(Note that panelists and POs often have at least one dinner together during a panel, but everyone pays for themselves and it is not covered by taxpayer money. It is pretty no-frills.)
Michael T. Bacon, Ph.D.
This was the NIH last week. I was fairly certain the same shit was coming for NSF this week or in a couple of weeks.

I'm so sorry.
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The Nazi Fascists are beheading the government as we type, or eat, or speak or sleep. Rump TRE45ON is an Excremental and everything it touches turns to $h*t. It’s the Enshittification of what was once the USA, now the Untied Stasi Staats of Amerikkkanistan. USSA! USSA! USSA!
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