The federal paperwork mine in DOGE's crosshairs is real and bizarre
In the Oval Office on Tuesday, Elon Musk said the government stores and processes retirement paperwork in an old limestone ...
What Trump is doing to the US government is not a spoils system
We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...
DOGE Won’t Deliver Government Efficiency
The problem of waste that really needs fixing is not the public employees but the private contractors—and Elon Musk is one of ...
The US Government Is Not a Startup
It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and ...
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Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites
Amid takedowns of various government sites and databases, several organizations are working to preserve vital climate, health ...
Are US Retirement Papers Kept in Limestone Mine? What We Know
Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, ...
US Republicans find unity on taxes a heavy lift in Trump 'golden age'
Barely a month after predicting a new "golden age" under President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans are struggling to ...
Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government
I had not had a chance to look at the new DOGE executive order President signed this afternoon with Elon Musk standing beside ...