My first week of federal service has been completed. Its has been a busy week.
Day one was the intake day. I reported to the main State Department building in DC, and I and 47 other people were sworn in as employees, filled out paper work, listened to welcome speeches.had ID's issued, and had briefings on several different subjects.
The official orientation began on Tuesday. Every day of orientation is briefings, reading, presentations and meetings. Every night there is homework - readings, online courses, prep work for classes.
Looking back on my first week the most is the almost comical number of acronyms and forms that we we introduced to. It is like a parody. Like a mix of MASH, Office Space, and every other movie about dealing with a bureaucracy I have ever seen.
On the non-work side of things, we have managed to have a dinner with friends, take a couple walks on the Mall n DC and take in a couple museums.
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