Customs and Border Protection is exploring use of Elon Musk’s Starlink
The agency’s interest in the Musk-owned satellite internet service comes as he continues to earn more government business and exert more control in the Trump administration.
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GAO has a blueprint for cost savings, but so far has gotten the cold shoulder from DOGE
As the Trump administration slashes the federal workforce, the comptroller general said Elon Musk and his associates have barely sought out GAO’s cost-cutting and efficiency guidance.
Nearly two dozen technologists quit USDS, saying DOGE demands ‘are not compatible with the mission’; Rep. Connolly demands OPM rescind guidance opening CIOs to possible politicization
Twenty-one USDS members are resigned this week after being asked to participate in DOGE's efforts. And, Rep. Gerry Connolly wants OPM to rescind its guidance reclassifying CIO…
The Pentagon is looking to cut about 5,400 probationary workers starting this week; Why the U.S. is falling behind its enemies in cyberspace
The Pentagon said it would start this week to fire probationary employees as part of a large cutting of its civilian workforce. And, Gen. Paul Nakasone explains…
Katie Arrington returns to DOD as CISO; IRS is the latest agency to be sued by union groups over DOGE’s access to agency systems
Arrington, the architect of CMMC, is back at the Pentagon. And IRS is being sued for allowing the DOGE to access taxpayer systems.
NSF terminates 168 probationary employees amid mass federal firings; Federal judge denies the request to block DOGE and Elon Musk from seven agencies’ data systems
NSF is among the latest federal agencies to terminate its probationary employees. And, a federal judge rules against a lawsuit seeking to limit the DOGE's access into…
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Federal judge denies request to block DOGE, Musk from seven agencies’ data systems
The state attorneys general who sought the temporary restraining order failed to demonstrate irreparable harm, the judge ruled.
GSA staff reinterviewed by DOGE prior to terminating probationary employees; Unions lack standing to fight deferred resignation
DOGE ‘touch-base’ sessions with staff at the General Services Administration preceded probationary terminations, and stirred privacy concerns internally, a source told FedScoop. And Unions lack standing to…
Trump order limits agency hiring, puts DOGE leads in decision-making roles; the State Department loses its top data and AI official
The new executive order looks to minimize agency hiring allowances, requiring four workers to depart for every one hire to be made. And, Matthew Graviss is leaving…
Trump DOJ seeks reversal of judge’s order to block access to Treasury systems
A federal judge had barred DOGE workers from payment systems and ordered the destruction of copies of materials accessed.