Well it was orientation today. And I think it was a little disorganized because a lot of people were out of the office or doing telework today in the aftermath of the hurricane. Not that there was any damage in downtown, but I think some of the suburbs were still without power and a number of schools were closed today.
Interestingly there were a a number of newly-minted law grads who were starting in the Legal Honors program. Apparently this is the only way to get into HUD (and I think other agencies) as a newly minted attorney on an actual "attorney track". There were a lot of JDs applying to the PMF program but the work they do as PMFs is usually not really law focused according to what I have heard. There were a couple of other HUD PMFs too.
So we had a nice big group of orientees with lots of people who were new to federal work. We spent most of the day going through procedures and filling out paperwork, of course. I did get my voice mail box set up this afternoon. When I got to my new office almost everyone was gone for the day though. I read through some of my paperwork and finally met two of the directors when they got out of meetings. Nice men and they were glad to see me.
That's all I have for now. I need to go research health plan options and life insurance rules and premiums. Apparently if you don't sign up for life insurance when you are hired it can be hard to add on later. However I really don't need life insurance right now. Well I'll do a little research.
Sorry but no pictures.
-Sarah
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