I figured I might just start a reporting thread on the biggest mystery in America right now: The Department of Government Efficiency and the nation's veritable Robert Moses, Elon Musk I will be adding to this periodically, if you find some interesting reporting, please drop it in the replies - ThreadSky

24sight.news • 27 days ago

I figured I might just start a reporting thread on the biggest mystery in America right now: The Department of Government Efficiency and the nation's veritable Robert Moses, Elon Musk

I will be adding to this periodically, if you find some interesting reporting, please drop it in the replies

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403verboten.bsky.social•27 days ago

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teladeperita.bsky.social•27 days ago

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namedrock.bsky.social•27 days ago

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danaaddydesigns.bsky.social•27 days ago

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24sight.news•27 days ago

Let's start with the incorporating article which handed the reins of the United States' Digital Service to Elon Musk, the executive order -- put into place the first day of this administration's term, establishes a new leader who reports to the president

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/

24sight.news•27 days ago

Musk's government agency is set to terminate on America's 250th birthday, July 4, 2026 - Sec. 3 (b)

Each federal department is required to anoint four people who will answer to Musk's agency - Sec. 3 (c)

Their job is make sure government IT systems communicate w/ each other - Sec. 4 (a)

24sight.news•27 days ago

The president directed that all agencies and departments must provide complete and full access to the Elon department, except for classified records - Sec. 4 (b)

24sight.news•27 days ago

The rest of the executive order is boilerplate that it replaces prior related orders and requiring that the rebranded digital agency abide all laws

Musk's employment status as the head of an IT consulting firm which can tap into the whole of the US govt is unclear to me from this document

phigmentor.bsky.social•27 days ago

Relatedly, here’s one of the subparts within the FAR that addresses what is disallowed: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/subpart-9.5

phigmentor.bsky.social•27 days ago

Happy to decipher if needed.

phigmentor.bsky.social•27 days ago

NYT hs done some really great coverage on this. Here’s one of them from before the election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

24sight.news•27 days ago

The government webpage for the Musk agency seems to be dead, unpopulated or inoperable (it's not clear to me why that's the case, but government is famously slow)

https://doge.gov

24sight.news•27 days ago

The bulk of information the new agency is putting out seems to be posted to the administrator's corporate publication

https://x.com/DOGE

itsnotlookinggreat.bsky.social•27 days ago

I posted about this a few days ago. It was working, but it seemed to be hosted on X (Twitter).
https://bsky.app/profile/itsnotlookinggreat.bsky.social/post/3lggodrl5rs2p

dumbphonesnow.bsky.social•23 days ago

Please ask Trump and Musk if they love the United States of America. I want to hear them both say on camera “I love the United States of America.”

manyakitty.bsky.social•27 days ago

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cpmc.bsky.social•27 days ago

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gloriadrygarden.bsky.social•27 days ago

I’ve begun to think of it as Destroy Our Government Everyday, DOGE.
THeir efficiency stuff is gonna cost a lot. Short cuts like what led to that plane helicopter collision. Big messes ahead, I fear.

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