Summary

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), touted as a bold initiative to slash federal spending and dismantle bureaucracy, is a rebranding of the Obama-era United States Digital Service (USDS).

The renamed agency will focus on modernizing federal IT and reducing workforce inefficiencies, falling short of its initial promises to cut $2 trillion in spending.

Backlash has emerged, with unions filing lawsuits over concerns of corporate favoritism and lack of transparency.

Critics argue the initiative prioritizes wealthy interests while undermining federal employees and government accountability.

    • @FiremanEdsRevenge
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      11 days ago

      Already happened with our telecoms and treasury being hacked. It was barely news for 1 day and now everyone has forgotten.

      • @alekwithak
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        Like the whole right wing pundits paid millions by Russia thing didn’t even make it into the news cycle.

      • @jaybone
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        111 days ago

        We were hacked by our new friends the Chinese.

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      211 days ago

      Im putting money on them fucking up the payroll system and screwing every federal employee out of a pay cheque. Bonus if they refuse to do backpay.