The Human Resources Administration quietly releases a memo that strengthens the official structure of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as federal employees launched last week protests from entrepreneurs who disrupt federal agencies I did.
an OPM memo dated February 4th It calls for a redesignation of the Chief Information Officer from the political appointee of the Chief Information Officer across the government. OPM recommends that all agencies send requests to OPM and reclassify the role of CIOs from their carrier reserve to “general” by February 14th.
The new CIO position will work with Doge. Doge is a familiar source of information for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The new memo provides the most detailed details on how DOGE works within the federal government. Presidential Order of January 20th. But it has been completely overlooked by the Legacy Press. The Legacy Press relied heavily on career staff within the government who characterized Doge’s actions as non-government. Democrats like New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tried to portray this effort as “coup d’etat.”
However, the memo shows that Doge is trying to normalize its operations within the federal government.
“Improvement of government digital policies to make governments more responsive, transparent, efficient and accessible to the public is the focus of President Trump’s administration and the use of government programs. and to make it easier to understand,” reads the memo.
Unlike most major institutions, the federal government does not have a central IT department. Instead, IT responsibilities are distributed across federal agencies, spending billions of dollars on contractors and heterogeneous artificial intelligence technologies. Mask house cleaning can rebuild this The $163 billion industry. (Related: Duke: Does Elon Musk have a Social Security Number?
Doge is a renamed US digital service. US Digital Services is a small office within the White House created to build healthcare exchanges under Affordable Care Acts, and advises on technical strategies. It is not yet clear that Doge Office, the executive office building in Eisenhower, has contacted the government-wide CIO.
a Washington Post Report On Monday, Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old Doge team member known online as “big ball,” revealed he was stationed at the State Department’s Office of Diplomacy and Technology. Provided by the Bureau of Diplomacy and Technology IT Services.
The memo says that CIOs alongside the new Doge will play a major role in public policy around technology.
This memo provides insight into what they prioritize, such as improving government procurement policies and privacy: diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
“Poor technical assistance policies can put property and privacy rights at risk. Inadequate security policies can lead to vulnerabilities and hacking.” We focus on policies such as “We have a focus on such policies. [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility] Sucking labor and resources from other core goals. ”
The Biden administration helped lay the foundation for change. Two previous OPM memos cited in the February 4 memos have made the highly technical role of government appointees, including those released in the last month of the government’s last administration. I’ve expanded my permission to look outside.
a 2018 OPM Notes Under the first Trump administration, a “severe shortage of candidates and/or critical employment needs” for STEM and cybersecurity pointed out. a Notes on September 2024 The release under the Biden administration pointed to a persistent “severe shortage of talent” in cybersecurity and other high-tech sectors.
The new memo states that moving a specific CIO position away from a career position will help ease that by dramatically increasing the number of candidates available to fill these important roles. It’s there.
The move is an official statement about potential Ohio governor Vivek Ramaswamy about improvements to the high-tech infrastructure of the Ohio government, created by MUSK and former Doge co-lead and potential Ohio governor Vivek Ramaswamy. It’s along with. Communicate between agents.
The biography of Mask on his website X reads “White House Technical Support.”
“My favorite title in the new administration is a volunteer IT consultant,” Musk wrote on X December 9th. “If the computer doesn’t work, we can’t make government efficient and fix the deficit.”
Yes, that’s crazy.
My rough guess is that governments have tens of millions of media and software subscriptions that are not needed. https://t.co/yd4cmzlyf9
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 10, 2025
“The federal government is the world’s largest IT customer. In theory, this should give you great purchasing power to negotiate a good deal for taxpayers, but of course that’s not what happens,” Ramaswamy said. I said it on December 5th. The government is serious about cutting costs and will raise government-wide licenses. ”
The federal government is the world’s largest IT customer, spending between $200 million since 1994. In theory, this should give you great purchasing power to negotiate a good deal for taxpayers. I agreed to pay $170 for farming…
– Vivek Ramaswamy (@vivekgramaswamy) December 5th, 2024
Despite its focus on Doge, there is little discussion of existing federal methods for managing data and records.
The top five contractors that came with it won $45 billion in 2024. Washington Technologycommercial publications using federal procurement data, USASPENDING.GOV, and company security and exchange committee applications.
The government is extremely overpaying for software that doesn’t actually work
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2024
Musk’s SpaceX was there 39th largest federal contractor Government technology costs around $1 billion. It represents about a third of musk Reported $3 billion A contract with the US government. Musk’s contract include Starlink Satellite Internet Unit and distribution of services to national parks and the Department of State; Regulations The US Space Force in a satellite network called Starshield.
While the potential conflicts in the mask are in the spotlight, all of the government’s current top five contractors have former government officials or board members, and sometimes multiple government officials, members of Congress. They include a Predecessor,former Official Pentagon Acquisition, Co-Chief of Staff Leadership,former Deputy Chief of Defenseand the previous chair Armed Services Committee.
Additionally, all of these companies use a variety of artificial intelligence technologies in all federal contracts, many of which use unopened sources.
Musk and Doge were given a set date Saturday when district judge Paul Engelmeyer ordered something temporary Stop working with Doge’s US financial datacites cybersecurity concerns. The lawsuit was filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James and 18 other state attorney generals.
Washington Post Story Reported on Friday night That Booze Allen Hamilton described access to the Doge team’s financial data – “read-only” access reportedly where data is not allowed – Single biggest insider threat risk The Bureau of Finance Services has faced it before. ”
The company issued a statement hours after the rating was published.
“Booz Allen did not conduct threat assessments or make any Doge recommendations.” I read the statement. “The commentary written in the draft document by the subcontractor contained unfounded personal opinions. …Buz Allen has ended the subcontractor.”
Booze Allen Hamilton is the fourth largest contractor in the government. In 2024, it won $8.2 billion.
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