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A Hurricane Season like no other
US President Donald Trump’s administration has laid off more than 500 workers from the country’s National Weather Service (NWS), which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in recent months. The cuts come amid Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s decision to reduce the federal workforce. NOAA, which houses NWS and…
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They tried to make the team work for the Government Accountability Office
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has declined a request by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to have a DOGE team assigned to the agency, a spokesman said. “GAO isn’t subject to Executive Orders and therefore has declined any requests to have a DOGE team assigned to GAO,” the spokesman added.
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It was easy to fire federal employees
The US government fired around 70 to 100 probationary employees of the Elon Musk-owned Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in February after a meeting with the Tesla CEO’s Department of Government Efficiency, court filings revealed. The employees were hired by the agency for a period of time. Over 24,000 federal employees were affected by the…
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Musk wanted the government to go down
Billionaire Elon Musk’s government efficiency agency has been shut down amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, as per reports. Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has eliminated jobs of around tens of thousands of government workers. The agency was founded by Musk in 2017 to help the government identify waste, inefficiency and fraud in government…
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The race to the bottom of the doge
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DGE) is currently looking at shutting down all the US government agencies, The New York Times reported. Musk had created the agency earlier this year. Last week, Musk also said, “I hope that you will think about resignations and that they won’t be able to…
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The lawsuit says the Trump administration allowed DOGE to look at workers’ data
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force”. This comes after two labour unions filed a lawsuit accusing Trump’s administration of violating federal law by allowing government workers from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to gain access to OPM…
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Government signature emails are being removed of pronouns
Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has reportedly taken over US federal agencies and sensitive government systems with apparent White House clearance. It’s said to be spearheaded by Musk. The move comes after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that gives powers to Musk and his appointees to control the government’s IT…
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Tech workers are forced to defend their work
The General Services Administration (GSA) has asked its employees to identify their biggest win and blocker in a brief meeting. The invites included people without official GSA email accounts who were using Gmail accounts as well as official government accounts, WIRED reported. This comes as Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DGE) was…