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Wondering where that random statistic about 40% of SSA calls being fraudulent came from? We now have our answer: Stephen Miller’s wife and former White House staffer, Katie Miller. Via @theindependent.bsky.social. Tons of $ wasted trying to find fake fraud… www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

National Archives to lay off 3% of its workforce while allegedly “enabl[ing] faster public access to the agency’s records, artifacts and holdings.” Via @govexec.bsky.social Impacts: eliminating the Office of Innovations and reducing support to Presidential libraries www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

DOgGEball may have stolen Federal data—Congress asks for info on a staffer's account on GitHub “that allegedly hosted ‘bespoke code’ designed to remove data from a sensitive case management database” used by the NLRB via @npr.org. www.npr.org/2025/06/16/n...

You can’t make this up: Pentagon to “direct commission four tech executives at the rank of Lt. Col., charging them with leading a new Army innovation corps” called Detachment 201, via @breakingdefense.com. Includes execs from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/andu...

FEMA is hemorrhaging more leaders as the head of the National Response Coordination Center resigns via @npr.org. The NRCC “acts like air traffic control for first responders after a hurricane, tornado, flood, wildfire, earthquake or other national emergency.” www.npr.org/2025/06/17/n...

The Sammies, the Oscars of Federal Government Service, will be presented tonight

A senior DHS official held a briefing for a far-right anti-voting group last week on how federal databases can be used to check voters' citizenship status, according to an email sent by the group. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

#BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s cancelling of federal health grants over their connections to “gender ideology” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” was unlawful and void.

Trump tells Forest Service, Interior to merge wildfire management programs

GAO finds Trump administration’s second violation of federal spending law

An internal Department of Commerce watchdog found that the bureau that’s focused on safeguarding national security via export controls lacks the capabilities to detect and respond to cyberthreats effectively. via @madialder.bsky.social fedscoop.com/watchdog-bur...

“DC roads reopen, cleanup continues after military parade” via @wtopnews.bsky.social. Bet DC will be left with the bill, once again. wtop.com/dc/2025/06/d...

White House and Department of Veterans Affairs officials fighting over @theguardian.com report about changes to hospital treatment rules and “bylaws” thehill.com/policy/healt...

Bizarrely, it appears that Trump’s nominee to lead the FAA has been lying about holding a commercial pilot license www.politico.com/news/2025/06... #aviation

US Copyright Office’s fired leader is suing the Administration as a controversial report on training AI use/infringement just landed via @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/06/06/n...

IRS lost 2K IT employees since January and now must “reset and reassess.” They had about 8,500 IT employees at the start of FY25 via @federalnewsnetwork.com: federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

LMAO, the Army birthday celebration fireworks just started. It’s not even close to dark! 😳

Nothing says "250th Army Celebration" like arresting a group of veterans… www.yahoo.com/news/police-...