Government Efficiency (3 Viewers)

[RobF]

I think this topic deserves its own thread, both to discuss generally the topic of government efficiency, and specifically the so-called 'Department of Government Efficiency' and the incoming Trump administration's aims to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure Federal Agencies".

The announcements have been covered in the The Trump Cabinet and key post thread, but to recap, Trump has announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will work together on a not-actually-an-official-government-Department of Government Efficiency, which is intended to work with the White House and Office of Management & Budget to "drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before," with the 'Department' to conclude its work "no later than July 4, 2026."

Musk has previously said that the federal budget could be reduced by "at least $2 trillion", and Ramaswarmy, during his presidential campaign, said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and disband agencies including the Department of Education and the FBI.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Emails sent by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency asking federal workers to respond with five accomplishments have reportedly run into a technical hitch.

The billionaire ordered federal workers to email the Office of Personnel Management listing five weekly achievements as part of a drive by the Trump administration to drastically reduce federal staff numbers.

When workers submitted their lists, many received bounceback emails informing them that the department’s inbox was full, Bloomberg reports.

“The recipient’s mailbox is full and can’t accept messages now. Please try resending your message later, or contact the recipient directly,” emails received by workers seen by the outlet reportedly said.

The fault comes as Musk has branded himself and his DOGE team as the White House’s “tech support” and threatened to terminate workers who did not respond to the emails.

Employees across the Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and the Internal Revenue Service received the bounceback, according to ABC News.

The issue was “resolved quickly earlier this week,” a spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management told The Independent.

Enforcing Musk’s demand has “waned” at some agencies, sources told ABC News. “Some employees have simply stopped submitting their reports without consequence,” the outlet reports............

Workers receive bounceback to Musk and DOGE’s ‘five things’ emails

The fault comes as Musk has branded himself and his DOGE team as White House ‘tech support’

www.the-independent.com

Now "the 5 things" they will be doing for the remainder of this term will be trying to resend "the 5 things" they have done...

 

[CoolBrees]

I would list the things I didn't do:

1) I didn't leak war plans on a chat app

2) I didn't sell out our allies to a KGB thug

3) I didn't take lunches away from school kids

4) I didn't tank the economy with idiotic tariffs

5) I didn't float the idea of eliminating federal courts

My two week look ahead:

Throw up all over myself and have Fox compliment my technique.

 

[longtime lurker]

White House to DOGE employees: Preserve your Signal records

The recordkeeping instructions come amid fallout from the "Signalgate" scandal.

www.yahoo.com

 

[longtime lurker]

Experts warned USAID's gutting would give China room to replace the US. Now, it's happening.

China could look to sectors that it already leads — like agriculture and public health — in places like Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia.

www.yahoo.com

 

[MT15]

Union busting, and canceling workers’ rights. If you think this won’t affect you because you’re not a federal worker, you’re crazy. You should realize by now that he will try to do this nationally next.