“This is a mechanical task – they pay social security benefits, they pay suppliers, whatever. It is not someone where there is a role for non -mechanical things, at least from the point of view of the career. Your entire task is to the bills to pay if they are owed, “said Mazur. “It has never been used in a way to perform a partisan agenda … you have to prepare really bad intentions to be the case.”
The Trump government has previously issued an order to freeze the financing for a wide range of government programs, but has withdrawn the order after two days of protest and the ruling of a judge who temporarily blocked the financing period.
Trump ordered collaboration with Doge
The Trump Executive Order to set up Doge took the existing digital service of the United States and renamed it the Doge Service of the United States. It is part of the President's executive office and has the task of modernizing “federal technology and software to maximize the efficiency and productivity of the government.”
Trump's order said that federal agencies will have to collaborate with doge. “The USDS manager will collaborate with desk heads to promote interoperability between deskunet works and systems, to guarantee data integrity and to facilitate responsible data collection and synchronization,” the Order said. “Agency heads will take all necessary steps, in coordination with the USDS manager and to the extent that in accordance with the law, to ensure that USDS has complete and fast access to all non -classified agencies records, software systems and IT systems. USDS will Meeting rigorous data protection standards.
The post writes that “Musk has tried to exercise radical control on the inner operation of the US government, where old surrogates are installed at various agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, which essentially federal Human Resources and the General Services Administration treats. “
On Thursday, Musk visited the head office of the general service administration in Washington, DC, reported the New York Times. The account of the Department of Government Efficiency on X stated earlier this week that the GSA “had terminated three lease contracts of mostly empty office space” for a saving of $ 1.6 million and that more cuts have been planned. In another position, DOGE claimed that 'the federal government will save around $ 1 billion/day, usually from hiring people in unnecessary positions, removing dei and stopping incorrect payments to foreign organizations, all consistent With the executive orders of the president. “
“Mr. Musk's visit to the general service administration could make more cost -saving efforts aimed at federal real estate,” wrote The Times. “The agency also plays a role in federal contracting and in the provision of technology services in the federal government.”
