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Government Tech Workers Forced to Defend Projects to Random Elon Musk Bros

39 points by pseudolus 2y ago

cdme 2y ago
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jawiggins 2y ago
> At least two of these individuals appeared to be “college students with disturbingly high A-suite clearance,” one TTS source told WIRED. (A-suite clearances tie employees to the GSA administrator’s office.) > One person says they were brought into a review with Edward Coristine, a recent high school graduate who spent several months at Neuralink It's a shame to see un-hired people enter government buildings and complete any meaningful task. Here's a relevant section from this week's Economist article on the same topic: "Were Mr Trump to make these changes stick—a questionable prospect—it would amount to “probably the most fundamental alteration of the civil-service system since 1883”, says Don Moynihan, of the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan (a verdict many in the White House would love). That was the year Congress created a civil service commission which began to professionalise government jobs. Mr Trump wants to recreate “the spoils system” of political patronage that prevailed until then, says Max Stier, of the Partnership for Public service, a charity which works to improve government. That was a model whereby new presidents came in and immediately distributed the bulk of government jobs to their unqualified supporters." [1] If Congress or the Courts aren't able to put an end to this in the next 4 years, I hope the next president doesn't continue this trend of eroding the civil service. I suppose the silver lining is that if this goes poorly enough the civil service will probably receive better protections to help this from happening in the future. [1]: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/29/donald-trump-goes-to-war-with-his-employees https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/29/donald-tr...
- tmpz22 2y ago
  > I suppose the silver lining is that if this goes poorly enough the civil service will probably receive better protections to help this from happening in the future. This isn't a pen-test its a lobotomy.
- belter 2y ago
  https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:th64qrgsvdp4mcljnvkjg7tu/bafkreifzwovd25qlxrctmd7syazxrfwepdw56ubejmb6x3suoyl2xpa66u@jpeg https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:th64qrg...
TrackerFF 2y ago
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quantified 2y ago
So when a random Elon bro shows up, why do you have to give him the time of day?
- tmpz22 2y ago
  The highest ranking treasury official was forced to resign for denying one of the Musk Youths - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-systems/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk...
  - quantified 2y ago
    This is also sort of a WTF. What are the Muskies doing in the government systems?

39 points by pseudolus 2y ago

cdme 2y ago

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jawiggins 2y ago

> At least two of these individuals appeared to be “college students with disturbingly high A-suite clearance,” one TTS source told WIRED. (A-suite clearances tie employees to the GSA administrator’s office.) > One person says they were brought into a review with Edward Coristine, a recent high school graduate who spent several months at Neuralink It's a shame to see un-hired people enter government buildings and complete any meaningful task. Here's a relevant section from this week's Economist article on the same topic: "Were Mr Trump to make these changes stick—a questionable prospect—it would amount to “probably the most fundamental alteration of the civil-service system since 1883”, says Don Moynihan, of the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan (a verdict many in the White House would love). That was the year Congress created a civil service commission which began to professionalise government jobs. Mr Trump wants to recreate “the spoils system” of political patronage that prevailed until then, says Max Stier, of the Partnership for Public service, a charity which works to improve government. That was a model whereby new presidents came in and immediately distributed the bulk of government jobs to their unqualified supporters." [1] If Congress or the Courts aren't able to put an end to this in the next 4 years, I hope the next president doesn't continue this trend of eroding the civil service. I suppose the silver lining is that if this goes poorly enough the civil service will probably receive better protections to help this from happening in the future. [1]: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/29/donald-trump-goes-to-war-with-his-employees https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/29/donald-tr...

tmpz22 2y ago
> I suppose the silver lining is that if this goes poorly enough the civil service will probably receive better protections to help this from happening in the future. This isn't a pen-test its a lobotomy.
belter 2y ago
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:th64qrgsvdp4mcljnvkjg7tu/bafkreifzwovd25qlxrctmd7syazxrfwepdw56ubejmb6x3suoyl2xpa66u@jpeg https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:th64qrg...

TrackerFF 2y ago

https://archive.ph/diPtN https://archive.ph/diPtN

quantified 2y ago

So when a random Elon bro shows up, why do you have to give him the time of day?

tmpz22 2y ago
The highest ranking treasury official was forced to resign for denying one of the Musk Youths - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-systems/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk...
- quantified 2y ago
  This is also sort of a WTF. What are the Muskies doing in the government systems?