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.

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[–] 178 points 2 years ago (1 child)

On brand for Musk. Take it over, rebrand it, pretend you made it.

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  • [–] 148 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So this is how they get around needing Congress to establish a new department.

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  • [–] 75 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    modernizing federal IT

    This also might be how they permanently compromise the FEC and voting machines for future elections; considering Trump already mentioned Elon helped with "those vote counting computers".

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  • [–] 85 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    What an excellent way to know I'm likely to be amongst the first on the chopping block (federal IT). And what a great thing to start making cuts to, the people likely keeping everyones digital information secure

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Any bets on how long it will be until we see the digital equivalent of 9/11?

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  • [–] 66 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    For shits and giggles decided to take a look at the site


    there's ASCII art in the source

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    It's changed a few times today too.

    It was this:

    They then replaced the middle image with: (I forgot to grab a screenshot at the time, grabbed this from google images)

    Now the page shows just:

    The ASCII art is also no longer in the page source as of writing.

    /edit:

    Just noticed, all the images on the page are hosted by 'imagedelivery.net' and there's several references to x.com

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago

    Thanks, Obama.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Looking forward to the swearing in at the Four Seasons.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Spirit Halloween energy 🎃

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I was convinced I was reading a satirical headline at first.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    I don’t want Elon must choosing what to install on government computers.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Thanks, Obama.

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    Another common L from the US Government.

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