Trump Administration tells EPA to freeze all grants and contracts

[biggunsbob]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-all-grants-contracts/?utm_term=.a36ab222cf37

 

[Gulo Blue]

Freezing new grants would be one thing, but freezing existing grants would put startups out of business since you sometimes have to take out a loan or put up your own money when you get a grant, then you do the work, then you get the money. A lot of it is universities, don't know how this would affect them. They have to find the money somewhere.

Even if it's only new grants, fuck this noise. It's bad for the world. You usually have to show some initial results to stand a chance at getting a grant anyway. This kind of funding is a huge part of why our universities are as great as they are.

 

[biggunsbob]

Scotty Pruitt
This is all you need you know about this crooked POS.

https://youtu.be/86dzRQHUv2Y

 

[tomdalton22]

He has halted federal hiring and raises. It appears that this is a piggy back to that. It also states that it is a temporary freeze.

 

[Mitchrapp]

He has halted federal hiring and raises. It appears that this is a piggy back to that. It also states that it is a temporary freeze.

His idea behind the hiring freeze, exceptions only for military, national security or public safety personnel, as it was said is wasteful money on duplicate jobs.

As far as this goes I did read "This may be a little wider than some previous administrations, but it?s very similar to what others have done,? he told the publication." I'd wait and see where it goes before people freak out.

I suspect it's his way of looking over things before starting them up again.

 

[biggunsbob]

So let me be clear about Scott .. He should not be nominated for EPA.

 

[Spartanmack]

He has halted federal hiring and raises. It appears that this is a piggy back to that. It also states that it is a temporary freeze.

this is common when a new administration takes over. just more bloviating - leftists taking every thing to 11 right out of the gate. I guess none of them have heard of the boy who cried wolf.

 

[Spartanmack]

So let me be clear about Scott .. He should not be nominated for EPA.

got it. if only Trump read DSF...

 

[Gulo Blue]

this is common when a new administration takes over. just more bloviating - leftists taking every thing to 11 right out of the gate. I guess none of them have heard of the boy who cried wolf.

Hiring freezes or freezes of new stuff happens, but I thought they had said this was unprecedented.

Edit: Let's see, anonymous guy says it hasn't happened in 10 years, guy with a name says it's not unprecedented:

One EPA employee aware of the freeze said he had never seen anything like it in nearly a decade with the agency. Hiring freezes happened, he said, but freezes on grants and contracts seemed extraordinary.

Monday night, Myron Ebell, who ran the EPA transition for the incoming administration, confirmed the basics of the freeze, but said the actions were not unprecedented.

 

[Gulo Blue]

The freezing isn't all there is to this. This is very much about controlling the message.

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[Spartanmack]

Hiring freezes or freezes of new stuff happens, but I thought they had said this was unprecedented.

Edit: Let's see, anonymous guy says it hasn't happened in 10 years, guy with a name says it's not unprecedented:

One EPA employee aware of the freeze said he had never seen anything like it in nearly a decade with the agency. Hiring freezes happened, he said, but freezes on grants and contracts seemed extraordinary.

Monday night, Myron Ebell, who ran the EPA transition for the incoming administration, confirmed the basics of the freeze, but said the actions were not unprecedented.

I was referring to the hiring freezes but wasn't explicit about that in my post - that was unintentional. I wouldn't be surprised if the grant stuff was fairly routine but I don't know - I did hear or read that the hiring freezes are commonplace. But I think we need a little context for the EPA stuff. hasn't happened in 10 years? this is only the second peaceful transition of power in those 10 years. anonymous guy may be technically correct but he's working with a weak sample size.

 

[Gulo Blue]

I was referring to the hiring freezes but wasn't explicit about that in my post - that was unintentional. I wouldn't be surprised if the grant stuff was fairly routine but I don't know - I did hear or read that the hiring freezes are commonplace. But I think we need a little context for the EPA stuff. hasn't happened in 10 years? this is only the second peaceful transition of power in those 10 years. anonymous guy may be technically correct but he's working with a weak sample size.

I've run into hiring freezes before, but grant freezes has such tremendous potential to be disruptive. These things move slowly because there's so much planning involved. People hire and fire based on grants. By the time one is awarded, you've already sunk significant resources into it. Big organizations can weather delays, but startups just go under.