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Re:A DOGE staffer appears to be posting DOGE work on his pub... by Jtsummers on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:04AM (#43220607)
This 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.
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Re:A DOGE staffer appears to be posting DOGE work on his pub... by ludicrousdispla on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:16AM (#43220756)
Right, well ... the DOGE staffers (which assumes they are actually employed) seem to be primarily focused on contract decisions and execution.
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Re:A DOGE staffer appears to be posting DOGE work on his pub... by kyrra on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:20AM (#43220795)
If they are just data analysis and gathering, that's not exactly contract negotiation.
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Re:A DOGE staffer appears to be posting DOGE work on his pub... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:34AM (#43220947)
> 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.

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