@heidilifeldman states who managed just fine on less than 2 weeks notice include #virginia, with a republican gov

@dramypsyd #virginia started with weekly monies onto #snap cards last Monday. Think they continued today. It was not hard to do. Gov (and legisl?) decided and about a week maybe two later boom card filled. So how could #usda “forget” how to do this but every state can who wants to?

$38.5 m a week from #va rainy day fund budget surplus.

Congratulations to the new Governor of Virginia! Thanks to all the Virginia voters abroad who voted!
#Virginia #VA #Democrats

Congratulations to the new Governor of Virginia! Thanks to all the Virginia voters abroad who voted!
#Virginia #VA #Democrats

Voters Abroad:
It's your LAST CHANCE if you vote in Texas-18, Pennsylvania, or Virginia!

👉 You need to courier your ballot so it arrives by NOV 4.

Your vote is crucial. Make sure to vote!

#Vote #TX #PA #VA #USpolitics

Voters Abroad:
It's your LAST CHANCE if you vote in Texas-18, Pennsylvania, or Virginia!

👉 You need to courier your ballot so it arrives by NOV 4.

Your vote is crucial. Make sure to vote!

#Vote #TX #PA #VA #USpolitics

"The Trump administration is making it more difficult for veterans with a rare but deadly cancer to get their health care needs covered by the government. The new policy, involving breast cancer in men, is laid out in a Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica."

https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-coverage-trump-executive-order

#healthcare #VA #veterans #military #cancer #BreastCancer #gender #environment #exposure

"The Trump administration is making it more difficult for veterans with a rare but deadly cancer to get their health care needs covered by the government. The new policy, involving breast cancer in men, is laid out in a Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica."

https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-coverage-trump-executive-order

#healthcare #VA #veterans #military #cancer #BreastCancer #gender #environment #exposure

Data manipulation within the US Federal Government [1]

👉Government datasets modified without notice.

▪️We gathered metadata from the US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, and Veterans Affairs database harvest sources [... ] that were modified between Jan 20 and March 25, 2025.

▪️We found that 114 (49%) of the 232 included datasets were substantially altered.

⭐SOME CHANGES⭐

- “Social determinants of health” to “non
medical factors”
- “Gender” to “sex”
- “female details” column deleted

▪️The agencies involved have not issued any statements confirming or explaining these changes [...]

▪️Despite Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's (Department of Health and Humana Services) calls for “radical transparency”, unlogged data manipulation moves away from meaningful transparency.

▪️Only 15 (13%) of the 114 altered datasets logged or otherwise indicated that the change had occurred.

[1] 🌐https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01249-8/fulltext

@publichealth @psychology @sociology @datascience #publichealth #datascience #science #research #health #government #criticalthinking #hhs #cdc #va @bicmay

Data manipulation within the US Federal Government [1]

👉Government datasets modified without notice.

▪️We gathered metadata from the US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, and Veterans Affairs database harvest sources [... ] that were modified between Jan 20 and March 25, 2025.

▪️We found that 114 (49%) of the 232 included datasets were substantially altered.

⭐SOME CHANGES⭐

- “Social determinants of health” to “non
medical factors”
- “Gender” to “sex”
- “female details” column deleted

▪️The agencies involved have not issued any statements confirming or explaining these changes [...]

▪️Despite Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's (Department of Health and Humana Services) calls for “radical transparency”, unlogged data manipulation moves away from meaningful transparency.

▪️Only 15 (13%) of the 114 altered datasets logged or otherwise indicated that the change had occurred.

[1] 🌐https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01249-8/fulltext

@publichealth @psychology @sociology @datascience #publichealth #datascience #science #research #health #government #criticalthinking #hhs #cdc #va @bicmay

#House#OneBigUglyBill#OneBigBeautifulBill#MagicMinute

Before I was fired tonight, I was in charge of information security for VA.gov, which has millions of users per month and stores and processes huge amounts of veterans' personal information. I've been told by people I've worked with that I'm the best at what I do of anyone they've ever worked with. Now there will be no one in charge of information security for VA.gov.
Does this seem like improving government efficiency?
#politics#USPol#DOGE#USDS#VA #infosec
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