Some say the world will end with fire.

Others say with ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those that favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate,

To say that for destruction ice,

Is also great and would suffice.

Robert Frost



"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID" - Ron White



"Good things come to those who wait, but, only the things LEFT by those who hustle." - Unknown (at least by me)



"Life is wonderful, without it you are dead." - Hy "Pete" Peterson - Park City and Kenecott Miner



"Don't worry about those people in your past---there is a reason they are not in your present." - Unknown



"Life's tough - it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne



"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!" - Vince Lombardi



"If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re probably taking up too much space.” ~ Attributed to Jim Whittaker by Doug ‘Swani’ Swantner, Alaska Smokejumper and Air Attack Base Manager (Ret.)

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I am married and have seven children and twenty grandchildren. I retired January 1, 2010 after working 39+ years for the Forest Service...NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE HAS BEGUN!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

IT'S A BUDGET

OK today we are 6 and 1/2 months into the fiscal year and the Senate today voted yes to the budget for FY 2011. What does that mean???---well all the federal workers who have been re-doing their planning for work to be accomplished get to do it one more time before they really start on what Congress is paying them to do.

This whole process has been a monumental waste of money. The people doing the work have planned their year at least five times so far and get to do it at least one more time. They have not been able to go forward with contracts to accomplish their work because of the budget situation. Sure there have been a few contracts that moved forward without guaranteed funding but there are trade-offs associated with that of using all the available money to pay the contract and not hire any seasonal help. Now the money is available they can go back to the plans and modify them so they know what kind of temporary workforce they can hire for the remainder of the year to complete their projects.

AND THIS MY FRIENDS IS THE VERY REASON I GOT OUT OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE. THEY NOW HAVE 5 1/2 MONTHS TO COMPLETE A YEARS WORTH OF WORK. THIS IS INSANITY.

3 comments:

Dee Ice Hole said...

Well not quite 6 1/2 months---this comes in one day ahead of that.

Looney said...

It seems the budget process just gets crazier.

Dee Ice Hole said...

Probably because there are more of us to satisfy---but no excuse for not doing it.