Networks mock Musk but dodge DOGE and ‘Government Efficiency’

North Dakota Senate passes bill for efficiency task force, like federal DOGE

The North Dakota Senate passed a bill on Friday to create a state Department of Government Efficiency task force in the same vein as the federal DOGE. House Bill 1442 passed the Senate with a 41-4 vote and now heads back to the House for a vote of concurrence before it can be sent to the governor’s desk. The bill, introduced by Rep. Nathan Toman, R-Mandan, would create a task force made up of 10 members. The director of the Office of Management …

Why the war on government efficiency is anything but efficient

By Fareed Zakaria, CNN (CNN) — When Donald Trump announced that he was creating the Department of Government Efficiency, I welcomed the initiative. Streamlining the federal government by having outsiders take a look was an excellent idea. And Elon Musk’s stated objective, to cut the budget by $2 trillion, while ambitious, would be a useful yardstick. But DOGE began its work not by taking on the most logical targets if you were really looking for…

DOGE Announces $1 Million in Savings Storage Technology

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has achieved significant cost savings by modernizing its information storage systems. By transitioning from outdated technologies to digital records, the GSA has saved approximately $1 million. This initiative is part of a broader effort by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to enhance operational efficiency and reduce unnecessary expenditures within federal agencies. DOGE has been instr…

Editorial: Legislature moves to make state-level DOGE changes. Don’t copy federal mistakes

As in many red states, Texas officials want to support, and replicate, Donald Trump’s policies. So it should surprise no one that our legislature is working to create a state version of one of the highlights of the president’s administration. The Senate last week passed Senate Bill 14 that would work to improve state government efficiency, which is the stated goal of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency that has shuttered dozens of federa…

BROADCAST BIAS: Networks mock Musk but dodge DOGE and ‘Government Efficiency’

close Video Maddow mocks Musk after GOP’s Wisconsin election loss, says locals gave him ‘one-finger salute’ MSNBC host Rachel Maddow slammed Trump senior advisor Elon Musk on Wednesday night after a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election didn’t go the billionaire’s way. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As much as ABC, CBS and NBC have tried to embarrass Republicans over the years for any attempt to question or curtail laws with no…

NC Veterans in the Crosshairs - Carolina Forward

One of the Trump administration’s major stated goals is to rein in waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. In principle, this is a sensible and universally shared goal. In practice, however, new parastatal organizations like Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) have behaved more as vehicles of political score-settling, operating outside plain... The post NC Veterans in the Crosshairs appeared first on Carolina Forw…