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Can one request all of the code this dude has written or is it as his discretion what is released to the public domain?
by kubectl_h 2y ago
Can one request all of the code this dude has written or is it as his discretion what is released to the public domain?
- porphyra 2y agoidk try to make a FOIA request
- jerrygenser 2y agoDOGE moving under the presidents executive office instead of as a separate agency seemed to be done for the purpose of shielding DOGE From FOIA and only subject to President Records Act
- cyanydeez 2y agoAnd Trump's history with that act suggests it'll go to the highest bidder, foreign or domestic
- selfhoster 2y agoIs it OK to make baseless accusations on Hacker News now? When did that become OK?
- tastyfreeze 2y agoOnly if you are attacking Trump or anything his administration is doing.
- CamperBob2 2y agoHe could always try committing fewer crimes, and see how that goes for him.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- actionfromafar 2y agoAfter yesterday, hardly baseless.
- esotericimpl 2y agoNot really baseless when he was caught with classified documents after he was selling them to the highest bidder. Yes americas right wing courts blocked justice from being applied in this case but this would hardly be baseless.
- cyanydeez 2y agoSo your conceptual model of keeping secure documenys in a bathroom ?
- panda-giddiness 2y agoA reference for those curious: - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-foia-public-records.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-musk-do...
- KennyBlanken 2y agoWhich is hilarious because they promised DOGE was going to be all about transparency ....and that was a lie. Also they've been hoovering up cash like it's going out of style. I think at last count DOGE had slurped up $40M and nobody knows where it's gone
- selectodude 2y agoProbably Elon’s margin calls since TSLA has been going to shit.
- kubectl_h 2y agoI'm not asking how to go about requesting his code, I'm asking whether the policy you cite allows him to decide what is public domain himself or if one has to work through processes and procedures to release and obtain that code.
- ludicrousdispla 2y agoIf they are an actual federal employee then they will need a 'cooling off' period before they can work in the private sector in an area related to their government work (I don't see that happening).
- Jtsummers 2y agoThis depends on their role. That more applies to people involved in contract decisions and execution (the legal/financial parts, not the doing the technical work part). For programmers, they can move back and forth relatively freely, but should go through their agency's legal office to be certain.
- ludicrousdispla 2y agoRight, well ... the DOGE staffers (which assumes they are actually employed) seem to be primarily focused on contract decisions and execution.
- kyrra 2y agoIf they are just data analysis and gathering, that's not exactly contract negotiation.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> they are just data analysis and gathering They are not. They de facto cancelled contracts while rooting around at the Treasury. Given the lack of transparency at DOGE, it’s unclear how the front-line bros can claim they were following official instructions versus making calls on their own.
- dylan604 2y agoDoes that also applied to all of the employees that have been DOGEd? For example, would someone that just got fired from NOAA need a cooling off period before getting hired at AccuWeather? That seems to be the MAGA solution for all of the NOAA employees.