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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by 9283409232 on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:59PM (#42923019)
You have no real handle on the scale of damage being done and DOGE is a real department as it was merged into the US Digital Service through executive order.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by kelnos on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:08PM (#42925289)
Who is running USDS, though? If it's now Musk, doesn't that require Senate confirmation?
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by 9283409232 on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:57PM (#42925884)
You would think so but the legality of it all is very disputed.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:10AM (#42928277)
No, USDS is an organization within the President's executive staff.

The constitutional requirement is that "Officers of the United States" need Senate confirmation unless Congress has provided otherwise. The precise contours of this have never been super well defined, but it doesn't sound like Musk is exercising sovereign power under his own authority, at least not yet.

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