Hello! I used my esoteric knowledge gleaned from my DC years to write about how Congress could EASILY defund DOGE: www.techpolicy.press/how-congress... - ThreadSky

rebeccawilliams.info • 5 days ago

Hello! I used my esoteric knowledge gleaned from my DC years to write about how Congress could EASILY defund DOGE:

https://www.techpolicy.press/how-congress-can-delete-doge/

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rebeccawilliams.info•5 days ago

USDS/DOGE is authorized funding from two big pots of money ARP & ITOR (~$296M over the years). As @propublica.org reported last week, DOGE has apportioned MILLIONS of dollars from these funds in their first month of existence, which should upset you and Congress:

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-trump-musk-funding-foia-congress-transparency

rebeccawilliams.info•5 days ago

DOGE is wearing the USDS like a skin and benefiting from its discretionary funding, special hiring authority, and access to agency websites and databases. We are seeing in real time how "just trust us" efficiency programs that aren't tied to democratically articulated programming can be abused.

rebeccawilliams.info•5 days ago

There is good news, though! Because USDS is not statutorily authorized (there's no law saying USDS/DOGE must exist as an agency), it is procedurally EASY to rescind all of their funding that is not yet obligated. This would (forgive me for this) neuter DOGE.

rebeccawilliams.info•5 days ago

Congress is in the middle of budget negotiations RIGHT NOW, and this should be on the table. Defunding DOGE is a line edit squarely in their power. Even the most DOGE-sympathetic members should want to reclaim their Constitutional power as members of Congress to oversee and direct federal agencies.

rebeccawilliams.info•5 days ago

Thank you to @americalabs.org, @bbkogan.bsky.social, @techpolicypress.bsky.social, and anonymous OMB and Hill staffers for gut checks on this piece. ❤️

bluedott13.bsky.social•5 days ago

Great, but that would mean our congress folx would actually have to do something, so…

hollakoala.bsky.social•3 days ago

Great piece! Do you know which appropriations subcommittee this goes through? I will send this to my representatives and urge others to do the same!

tkocreations.com•5 days ago

"But why would we do that when it's doing everything we've always wanted to do but lacked the political power to make happen?" - the GOP majorities in all branches of government

tubegarden.bsky.social•5 days ago

What can we do to prevent them from going into some system, paying themselves, and deleting the evidence? They'd just say it's "missing" and a sign of fraud.

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