DHS & FEMA have chosen the vengeance route against the public signatories of the FEMA Katrina Letter. Effective immediately, all public signatories have been placed on administrative leave. They have also been ordered not to tell anyone. Whistleblowers are to be protected, not retaliated against.
![FEMA Memo Text MEMORANDUM Date: August 26, 2025 To: All FEMA Employees in the affected regions and all members of the FEMA National Emergency Management Agency. From: Jay Bradley, Chief of Staff, FEMA. Joseph A. ... [rest of name is cut off] ..., Director, National Emergency Management Agency. Subj: Employee administrative leave and a further notice. Effective immediately, and continuing until further notice, you are being placed on administrative leave with pay and all benefits, including retirement, health and life insurance. You will be responsible for your time sheet regarding working and future pay periods. You may use your government issued cellular phone and tablet for personal use, but you will not have access to FEMAEMS facility, connect to FEMAEMS personnel, and like [sic] editor or your official capacity. Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. You will continue to have access to your personal email, but you will not have access to FEMAEMS information or telecommunication systems including, but not limited to, your e-mail. You will have access to your voicemail, but do not retrieve or listen to any messages. You will have access to FEMAEMS facility, connect to FEMAEMS personnel, and like [sic] editor or your official capacity. Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. If you need access to a FEMAEMS information or telecommunication systems to perform your duties, you must receive a written directive from your supervisor. You must contact your supervisor via telephone or e-mail only. Any violation of these rules will be viewed as an act of insubordination. You must provide a current home address, a current home phone number, a personal email address and phone number where you can be reached while you access to your FEMAEMS information or systems. You must not contact any FEMAEMS personnel until you receive a written directiv…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:obksvg6m2wchvxqwrqclknbs/bafkreiem7f3vubks2gr76g6wzgy2ptd2fuennzswokvpja3i5p767fjtlu@jpeg)
![FEMA Memo Text MEMORANDUM Date: August 26, 2025 To: All FEMA Employees in the affected regions and all members of the FEMA National Emergency Management Agency. From: Jay Bradley, Chief of Staff, FEMA. Joseph A. ... [rest of name is cut off] ..., Director, National Emergency Management Agency. Subj: Employee administrative leave and a further notice. Effective immediately, and continuing until further notice, you are being placed on administrative leave with pay and all benefits, including retirement, health and life insurance. You will be responsible for your time sheet regarding working and future pay periods. You may use your government issued cellular phone and tablet for personal use, but you will not have access to FEMAEMS facility, connect to FEMAEMS personnel, and like [sic] editor or your official capacity. Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. You will continue to have access to your personal email, but you will not have access to FEMAEMS information or telecommunication systems including, but not limited to, your e-mail. You will have access to your voicemail, but do not retrieve or listen to any messages. You will have access to FEMAEMS facility, connect to FEMAEMS personnel, and like [sic] editor or your official capacity. Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. If you need access to a FEMAEMS information or telecommunication systems to perform your duties, you must receive a written directive from your supervisor. You must contact your supervisor via telephone or e-mail only. Any violation of these rules will be viewed as an act of insubordination. You must provide a current home address, a current home phone number, a personal email address and phone number where you can be reached while you access to your FEMAEMS information or systems. You must not contact any FEMAEMS personnel until you receive a written directiv…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:obksvg6m2wchvxqwrqclknbs/bafkreig7ebtholwj7wchjcwxpcmd6dsh3cr26wpgjjqlg6hmy7edtoe3r4@jpeg)
Dafuq?!?
Didn’t I read there were 5000 signatures? Not all were public but did they just suspend thousands of people. Just when you think this bullshit can’t get any stupider…
Oh, good thing they included reminders! Do tell what, exactly, are these supposed Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch the author reminds federal employees they are still subject to?? lol the irony! Also, I didn’t realize the Hatch Act was still in vogue? 🤦♀️ /s
"You must remain available for business purposes" That's a bunch of bullshit, on top of a mountain of bullshit If I'm put on a forced vacation, I'm sure as hell not waiting by the phone in case I'm needed by the dumbasses who said my services weren't needed
They really don’t like the concepts enshrined in the First Amendment
Heresy against the regime *must* be punished.
Whistle blowers
What's really dumb is that these people are getting paid not to work. Instead of addressing the problem they identified, they'd rather have them out of sight and out of mind, with pay. Talk about fraud, waste, & abuse! Can no one in the WH grow a spine & stand up to that decrepit old orange geezer?
And no one's going to remind them that freedom of speech protects THAT but doesn't protect their retaliation???? Cowards.
This is so wrong! My heart hurts for all federal workers who have been fighting against all the cuts that protect American citizens. They are paying the price.
I hope this isn't surprising to anyone. tRUmp's vileness knows no bounds.
Well, this is incredibly disappointing!!
Nice paid vacation though
Similarly, it's only a "proposed action."
They want to shut them up. It is all quite sad.
❄️❄️This administration can’t take people speaking up and speaking out. apnews.com/article/fema...
Thanks for fighting back!!!
Letter says this is not disciplinary or intended to be punitive. What?? Lunatic sadists are in charge of the entire gov. And what a wonderful time to send ppl home - right at the very peak of hurricane season!
