Who is Meredith? Did DOGE find out about the listserv? She wont ID herself. Who is she working for? > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 10:16 pm > From: xxxxxx@fastmail.com > To: "Heather Jordan - jordanhm at ints.rutgers.edu" <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> > Subject: Re: [Ext][RESADM-L] Latest E.O. targeting IHE grants and contracts > > I agree. Given the overall situation, the perspective that this is simple streamlining seems to go beyond optimistic straight into the realm of deliberately putting blinders on. > > Even if this administration were acting in good faith - which it seems obvious to me that it is not, although clearly there are disagreements here - centralizing that degree of power and authority in a single person, especially one who is not a non-partisan career civil servant, seems fundamentally misguided and ripe for abuse. > > One perfect example, it's been reported that staff at USAID have been desperately trying for weeks to get the appropriate payments out in compliance with court order, only for 1-2 people reporting only to Musk to manually deny all payments - including those explicitly approved by the State Department. Now the DOJ is reporting that there was and is no possible way for them to get payments out on time and has appealed to the Supreme Court for relief. > > What's next? For a political appointee to start manually denying NIH or NSF invoices from any and all universities that the administration dislikes, or whose representatives have not sufficiently begged on their behalf? > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 3:51 PM, Tucker, Shawn M - Shawn.Tucker at oregonstate.edu (via resadm-l list) wrote: > > Except that’s not what is happening. It’s putting every dollar spent through a single individual at each department controlled by doge, who is not a part of an official department, to dictate that dollars are spent on pet projects only approved by doge. > > > > How is it in any way efficient to run everything through one person at an agency, who isn’t even a part of that agency? > > > > > > Shawn Tucker > > Research Program Coordinator > > Environmental and Molecular Toxicology > > Superfund Research Center > > Pacific Northwest Center for Translational Environmental Health Research > > Oregon State University > > _1011 ALS_ > > _Corvallis, OR 97331_ > > _541-737-0908_ (office) > > _541-231-9473_ (cell) > > xxxxxx@oregonstate.edu > > > > > >> On Feb 27, 2025, at 12:47 PM, Meredith Blake <xxxxxx@outlook.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> You don't often get email from xxxxxx@outlook.com. Learn why this is important <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> > >> > >> [This email originated from outside of OSU. Use caution with links and attachments.] > >> > >> It's understandable to see it that way initially. However, think of this as a 'smart streamlining' rather than just 'more bureaucracy.' The centralized systems and justification requirements are designed to *reduce* long-term inefficiencies and prevent waste. > >> 1 By making every dollar accountable, we ensure funds are directed to the programs that truly make a difference. This isn't about killing grants; it's about making them more impactful and transparent, ensuring taxpayer money is used wisely. Imagine the potential for innovation and efficiency when every expenditure is thoughtfully considered > >> > >> > >> > >> *From:* Lisa Litchman - llitchman at iit.edu (via resadm-l list) <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> > >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 27, 2025 8:22 PM > >> *To:* xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> > >> *Subject:* Re: [Ext][RESADM-L] Latest E.O. targeting IHE grants and contracts > >> > >> Speaking for myself and not my institution: > >> > >> So, what I am seeing is that they are cutting staff and funding while increasing the bureaucracy load on everyone, such that attempting to follow the EO will become prohibitive, thus negating the agencies' ability to award grants, disburse funds and essentially killing off grants by strangling them from within, while still "technically" following any court orders, or have I misread the EO? > >> > >> > >> *Lisa Litchman* > >> Project and Privacy Coordinator > >> Office of Research > >> she/her/hers > >> 10 W. 35th Street, Suite 7C9-1 > >> Chicago, IL 60616 > >> Phone: 312-567-3960 > >> Email: xxxxxx@iit.edu <mailto: xxxxxx@iit.edu> > >> > >> <Outlook-z1mjemsi.png> > >> > >> > >> *From:* xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> on behalf of Jessica Kump <xxxxxx@mines.edu> > >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 27, 2025 1:10 PM > >> *To:* xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> > >> *Subject:* [Ext][RESADM-L] Latest E.O. targeting IHE grants and contracts > >> > >> > >> > >> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-cost-efficiency-initiative/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> *Jessica Kump (she/her)* > >> > >> Proposal Manager* > >> Colorado School of Mines <https://mines.edu/> | Office of Research Administration <https://ora.mines.edu/>** > **xxxxxx@mines.edu* > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> - = - = - = - = - = - = - > >> > >> This email was sent to xxxxxx@iit.edu via the Research Administrator's mailing list. > >> > >> To unsubscribe from RESADM-L, go to https://lists.healthresearch.org and enter your subscribed email address into the "My account and unsubscriptions" area at the bottom of the page. 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