University freezes staff hiring
President Jonathan Levin ’94 and Vice Provost Jenny Martinez announced the implementation of a staff hiring freeze in an email Wednesday morning.| The Stanford Daily
He says he was inspired by the same patriotic call to action as his grandfather, who was executed by the KGB The post Why you need Big Balls appeared first on The Spectator World.| The Spectator World
I've noticed that the "Department of Government Efficiency" has received hardly any media attention in recent months, and its website shows no updates since August 13. Has there been any formal change in policy terminating or downsizing DOGE, or has it simply become less active and/or prominent de facto since Musk's departure, without any de jure change?| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
Universal vouchers are draining state revenue and driving up local property taxes “HB1s fiscal analysis vastly underestimates the...| Accountabaloney
The Department of Government Efficiency announced fresh cuts to federal spending this week. Over five days agencies ended or scaled back 94 contracts deemed wasteful totaling a ceiling value of 8.5 billion dollars with projected savings of 546 million dollars. This latest round targets examples like a 533 thousand dollar consulting deal at the Commerce […] The post DOGE Axes 94 Federal Contracts to Trim Waste appeared first on The Next Gen Business.| The Next Gen Business
President Jonathan Levin ’94 and Vice Provost Jenny Martinez announced the implementation of a staff hiring freeze in an email Wednesday morning.| The Stanford Daily
The letter gives Stanford 14 days to comply with its orders or “face potential loss of federal funding.”| The Stanford Daily
Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced this week the launch of the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO). The new state agency, which is housed within the Office of the Governor, is designed to streamline government operations and reduce regulatory burdens on Texans. Governor Abbott has appointed Jerome Greener as the office’s first director. Greener, who is […] The post Greg Abbott Announces Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office appeared first on Texas Politics.| Texas Politics
“This report concludes that DOGE is jeopardizing Americans’ most sensitive data, while its employees operate under a layer of secrecy that shields them from meaningful oversight and accountability,” the report’s authors wrote. The post New York Times: Democratic Report Says Disorder at DOGE Jeopardized Americans’ Data appeared first on Government Accountability Project.| Government Accountability Project
There’s some good news related to the Trump administration’s concerted attack on the Social Security Administration: Thus far, it doesn’t appear to have significantly affected the delivery of benefits. Checks are still going out and payments into beneficiaries’ bank accounts are still arriving on time. Beyond that, however, the system is going to hell.| Government Accountability Project
In one speech, Donald Trump gave the world a lot to think about, and none of it was good. Especially if you are Secretary of State/National Security Advisor/Archivist of the United States Marco Rubio The post What Trump’s UNGA Speech Tells the World appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Keith’s note: The other day I tweeted that “In the @NASAKennedy town hall yesterday KSC Center Director and former Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro said that it was that DOGE and the Administration who told her to consider firing probationary employees ‘because that’s an easy way to cut down the work force’.” NASA PAO has told me that Janet Petro has “worked to ensure the continuity of the Pathways intern […] The post About Those NASA Interns appeared first on NASA Watch.| Education Archives - NASA Watch
HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — REAL News Michiana has discovered the Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services awarded Memorial Hospital of South Bend a $1-million dollar grant to stop “racial bias” in healthcare in St. Joseph and Elkhart […] The post Memorial Hospital awarded $1-Million to train racism out of doctors appeared first on REAL News Michiana.| REAL News Michiana
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union says 133 of its members at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have just been fired following a review of the agency by the new Depar…| Learmount.com
The Trump administration's first weeks saw a wave of firings, including more than 17 inspectors general, independent watchdogs overseeing government waste, fraud and abuse. These actions have already prompted a lawsuit challenging their legality and ongoing protests outside federal buildings. Laura Barrón-López speaks with two of the fired inspectors general, Christi Grimm and Robert Storch.| PBS News
The chair of the Finance Committee sent the agency a letter inquiring about allegations that it had put the confidential personal information of Americans at risk.| Government Accountability Project
Troubling and unusual unemployment numbers for Black Americans are signaling that the...| TPM – Talking Points Memo
Several sources report that the NASA GISS lease of the Armstrong Hall building in New York City can't be broken by| NASA Watch
DOGE's actions have effectively created "a live copy of the entire country’s Social Security information," lawyers for chief data officer Charles Borges alleged in the Aug. 26 complaint, which contends the information is on a server that lacks security oversight and a way to track who has accessed the data.| Government Accountability Project
Whistleblower Charles Borges, who worked as the chief data officer at the Social Security Administration since January, said the potential sensitive information that risks being released includes health diagnoses, income, banking information, familial relationships and personal biographic data.| Government Accountability Project
The top data official from the Social Security Administration is warning that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has put the Social Security information of more than 300 million Americans at risk of exposure to malicious actors.| Government Accountability Project
A whistleblower accused officials tied to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of putting the personal details of hundreds of millions of Americans at risk by uploading the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) most sensitive database into a “vulnerable” cloud server.| Government Accountability Project
Whatever downsides there may be to living in and around Washington, D.C., even in our historic, amenity-rich neighborhood of Georgetown — the high cost of| The Georgetowner
New FSA loan rules have changed the process for farmers applying for federal loans. Learn more about what these changes mean here!| National Land Realty News
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS have raised concerns that allowing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) access to Treasury Department databases could expose human intelligence assets operating abroad.| intelNews.org
Maple Grove, MN – The Rush Creek Golf Club’s event space was filled with the din of knives and forks, scraping and tapping ceramic to the tune of conspiratorial chit chat, as a fluorescent white audience –mostly over the retirement age — shared with one another the latest misinformation to come across their Facebook feeds. […]| UNICORN RIOT
Last week’s kickoff of the Idaho DOGE Task Force highlights the need to rein in Idaho’s spending growth. It’s a tall order. Since 2019, the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Spending Index has been the only yardstick for measuring the impacts of individual agency appropriations bills. And necessarily, the votes on these bills by legislators provide the […]| Idaho Freedom
Ask any good conservative in Idaho politics, and they’ll tell you Idaho’s budgets and government growth are out of control. They’re right. Now, throw in the biggest buzzword in politics for the last six months (the start of President Trump’s return to power), “DOGE.” Of course, that’s shorthand for the Department of Government Efficiency (headed […]| Idaho Freedom
Iowa elected officials are preparing to trash 60% of the state’s historical archives with no transparency or input from the public.| Barn Raiser
Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?| Revolving Door Project
Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?| The American Prospect
DOGE has reportedly turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to drastically reduce the number of federal regulations. That’s according to a report Saturday| PYMNTS.com
This is the second installment in the Notes on the Crises series on the IRS. While the first essay traced how the agency has become a political target and potential tool of authoritarianism, this piece investigates how DOGE’s so-called tech modernization efforts may further entrench those risks.| Notes on the Crises
The former DOGE staffer who gutted USAID is now allowing a State Department social media account to promote corporate communications for Elon Musk's X, in its conflict with the French government.| America 2.0
マスクは米国行政機関の切実な問題を解決しようとしているのではない——彼はそれを破壊したい。審判を解雇したい。なぜなら審判がいなくなれば、ルールなしでゲームを続けられるからだ。 The post トランプ／マスクが望むのは「公正なゲーム」ではなく「審判のいないゲーム」だ first appeared on p2ptk[.]org.| p2ptk[.]org
Musk wants us to believe he's "left government" to focus on his companies. But the broader tech fascist movement he's enabling is moving forward at astonishing speed.| America 2.0
The deadly Texas floods will not be the last manifestation of extreme weather turbocharged by fossil fuel pollution. In an era of escalating climate threats, we need a stronger public sector with more resources to mitigate risks, help people weather storms, and adapt for the future.| Revolving Door Project
Keith’s note: According to this press release “Committee Leaders Demand Answers from NASA on DOGE Access After the Agency Refuses to Comply with Investigation“ specific instances of DOGE employees (who are named) with unparalleled access to NASA sensitive information have been identified. NASA has not been forth coming in their responses to earlier Congressional inquires in this regard. Now Congress wants answers, saying “The information we have reviewed of NASA’s […] The post Con...| IT/Web Archives - NASA Watch
Elon Musk’s replacement is busy with mass deportation, while simultaneously running an investment firm managing public union pension funds.| The American Prospect
He seems to have the most essential virtues, and perhaps the corresponding vices, demanded by the present crisis.| The American Mind
In this post, I will try to describe the physics-based limits that the economy is facing, related to diminishing returns of many kinds. The problem we are facing has sometimes been called "limits to growth," or "overshoot and collapse." Such changes tend to lead to a loss of "complexity." Continue reading →| Our Finite World
In February, President Trump said that tariffs would generate so much income that Americans would no longer need to pay income taxes. The latest plan, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is to abolish income taxes for people who earn less than $150,000 yearly. That move would affect roughly 75% of workers, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. On its […]| WEB OF DEBT BLOG
A UAE brigadier general received permission from the Pentagon to recruit former members of the Defense Digital Service to work on artificial intelligence for the UAE military — despite past warnings from US spy agencies and federal lawmakers that UAE could share AI technologies with China| ZERO DAY
For federal contractors, understanding the administration's mindset and priorities, including DOGE, is critical to positioning for success.| The Chertoff Group
A calculated campaign of cruelty: using LGBTQI+ lives to justify dismantling the very systems meant to protect us all. The Trump Administration’s first 100 days provide a moment for reflection and …| Global Equality Today
The world is moving from having enough goods and services to go around, to not having enough to go around. Tariffs and DOGE may be helpful in fixing this.| Our Finite World
The planetary phase shift framework helps us to see the new era of Trump's trade wars as part of the last stages in the life-cycle of our civilisation - and the precursor to a rapid new geopolitical and economic reordering of the international system.| Age of Transformation
While the US administration obsesses with pointing DOGE at relatively small levels of governmental expenditure in areas such as USAID and the Department of Education, when it comes to US healthcare, there are levels of cost inefficiencies and improved outcomes that could reach trillions of dollars if managed effectively.| Horses for Sources | No Boundaries
Science agency funding is under heavy scrutiny by DOGE, OMB, OPM and other Administration offices| NASA Watch
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- Trump gives CHIPS Act & AI oversight to DOGE/Musk-| Semiwiki
A Roth Capital Partners survey of residential solar and storage installers revealed a market shift away from the leading home battery provider.| pv magazine USA
There’s a reason why the chainsaw is such an apt symbol for the current assault on American science: because you can cut a tree down in minutes, but growing it back takes decades.| Total Internal Reflection
Update: Looks like those Cybertruck fires in Seattle were “most likely” arson, according to investigators. We counted 9 initially, but it’s actually 10, based on recently emerging evidence. We’re only 18 days into March 2025, and already we’ve seen 9 instances of Tesla dealerships, Supercharger stations, or parked vehicles torched or shot in a wave […]| FuelArc News
A U.S. lawmaker has said the government cannot afford to continue its reckless spending. Fox Business host Stuart Varney asked| IJR
The administration claims that it’s targeting DEI. It’s really chipping away at civil rights protections.| Capital B News
Die 10. Kalenderwoche geht zu Ende. Wir haben 18 neue Texte mit insgesamt 169.955 Zeichen veröffentlicht. Willkommen zum netzpolitischen Wochenrückblick.| netzpolitik.org
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.| Mother Jones
One of the highlights of last week’s Texas House of Representatives assignments was the establishment of a DOGE-like committee to ferret out waste and overspending in state government. Formally named the Committee on Delivery of Government Efficiency, “Texas DOGE” has yet to schedule a meeting or have any bills assigned to it. According to […]| The Hayride
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The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. It promotes science in many ways: administering grants, advising government, holding meetings and lectures, and publishing expert reports on scientific matters of public importance. | BishopBlog
The Pentagon is set to begin its termination of thousands of select probationary employees in the coming days as part of the Trump administration’s unfolding campaign to “maximize efficiency” by rapidly reducing the size of the federal workforce, according to a senior defense official.| DefenseScoop
Dogecoin, una criptomoneda que transformó una broma en toda una explosión de valor que puede dar inicio a toda una revolución.| Bit2Me Academy
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."| 404 Media
When Elon Musk began digging into the U.S. Treasury, one phrase kept coming up: “Read-only access.” As in, Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency| PYMNTS.com
Employees at Elon Musk's agency have been told "OMB is asking us to stop generating new slack messages starting now."| 404 Media
Pretty alarming!| The New Republic
Elon Musk is reportedly considering using blockchain technology at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk, head of the newly created agency,| PYMNTS.com
By the time this is over, Vivek and Elon will be lucky not to be deported.| Political Orphans
An internal GOP budget squabble has put future funding for the Old Americans Act at risk, as Trump allies mull cuts in similar programs.| Howard Gleckman
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Congressional DOGE Caucus are more than ready to eliminate government waste, but one question remains: Wh| The Floridian
The popularity of memecoins after the election is yet another sign of retail investors’ reluctance to bid on tokens backed by venture capital firms.| Unchained
A trader who nailed the May 2021 Bitcoin (BTC) collapse is suddenly turning bullish on Dogecoin (DOGE). Pseudonymous analyst Dave the Wave tells 146,500 followers on the social media platform X that DOGE may be forming a bullish ascending triangle on the daily timeframe.| The Daily Hodl
A crypto trader and analyst is expressing an overall bullish outlook on Dogecoin (DOGE) as the memecoin consolidates.| The Daily Hodl
