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It is to process the retirement papers of the government’s own workers. But that system has a spectacular flaw. It still must be done entirely by hand, and almost entirely on paper.
The prospect of government data becoming less accessible or lower-quality could have long-term consequences — both tangible, in terms of dollars and cents, and intangible, in terms of confidence ...
Tech Why government workers and military planners all love Signal now. The encrypted chat app beloved by Elon Musk and foreign dissidents has been embraced by federal government workers, DOGE and ...
We the Builders claims to be founded by anonymous federal workers intent on sharing the truth about Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
American workers are now 81% more productive than they were 45 years ago, according to the Economic Policy Institute, yet their wages have grown by only 29%. Americans are struggling, billionaires ...
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order forcing it to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers. The order to reinstate over 16,000 probationary ...
On March 25, more than 600 people attended a Run for Something informational call aimed at former federal workers interested in running for office. Attendees said they were tired of waiting for ...
Elon Musk drew attention to a circa 1960 converted underground limestone mine in Pennsylvania his team stumbled upon that is still being used to process paperwork for federal worker retirements.
Elon Musk, who Trump has picked to co-lead the new outside-of-government "Department of Government Efficiency," has said he wants to cut $2 trillion of the $7 trillion in annual federal spending.
In 2012, the state terminated the Court Case Management System after it spent half a billion dollars on the IT project. The state auditor reported in 2022 that the accounting software known as Fi ...
The federal government is preparing to shed up to a quarter of its 360 million square feet of real estate, an NPR analysis finds. The agency in charge of federal real estate is also slashing staff.
Trump's order may affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers Experts warn reclassification could lead to mass layoffs Federal workers' unions oppose Trump's employment changes April 18 ...