Ask HN: What Could the New "Doge Department" Mean for Government and Tech?

Posted by Roshni1990r on Thursday November 14, 2024 @02:06AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Trump just announced a new "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aiming to make government operations more efficient. Dogecoin’s price crazily jumped after the news!

I’m wondering:

- What changes could Musk and Ramaswamy realistically bring to government with this department, aside from firing staff? - Could this idea spread to other countries in Europe? - Is Dogecoin's reaction an indicator of anything deeper in Blockchain, or is this just another hype cycle? - What could this mean for tech companies and businesses?

Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts!

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Re:Ask HN: What Could the New "Doge Department" Mean for Gov... by ano-ther on Thursday November 14, 2024 @03:39AM (#42134231)

This article from Francis Fukuyama outlines the possibilities and restrictions quite well:

https://www.persuasion.community/p/a-letter-to-elon-musk

And here is Matt Levine explaining the mechanisms around Dogecoin: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-13/trump-...

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Re:Ask HN: What Could the New "Doge Department" Mean for Gov... by max_ on Thursday November 14, 2024 @02:55AM (#42133992)

I expect alot of software based automation tools to be built.

If you can catch that wave in some way you will benefit immensely.

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Re:Ask HN: What Could the New "Doge Department" Mean for Gov... by davydm on Thursday November 14, 2024 @02:42AM (#42133915)

More billionaire back-slapping with the great orange bigot? Fostering human-oompaloompa relations?

I dunno, that's the best I could come up with.

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Re:Ask HN: What Could the New "Doge Department" Mean for Gov... by stephenr on Thursday November 14, 2024 @05:39AM (#42134894)

All you need to know about this, is that the clowns professing about "government efficiency" have just announced that they're going to create a second government department tasked with keeping the government efficient. Sounds super efficient, two departments to do the same thing.

As with everything it's an excuse to deregulate pesky things like the environment, public safety, etc.

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