Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Their Work in an Email or Face Termination
Elon Musk has drawn inspiration from his 2022 takeover of X, then known as Twitter, as he works to overhaul the federal government.
Government Employees
How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
Trump Suggests Taking Control of the USPS
The president said he was considering merging the mail service, an independent agency, with the Commerce Department.
I.R.S. Bars Musk Ally From Seeing Personal Information
A document setting the terms of work at the I.R.S. by Gavin Kliger, a software engineer on Elon Musk’s team, only allows him to see anonymized taxpayer information.
Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.
Federal Tech Workers Push Back Against Musk’s Efforts
An employee at the Technology Transformation Services told colleagues that he had resigned because he was asked to grant a Trump appointee access to a database used to text the public.
Did You Work at the National Nuclear Security Administration? We Want to Hear From You.
We are looking into the firings at N.N.S.A. and the impact they have had.
DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke
After 20 percent of the World Trade Center Health Program staff was terminated last week, Democratic lawmakers were outraged. On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers joined them.
I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday
The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.
Struggle Over Americans’ Personal Data Plays Out Across the Government
Employees from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are gaining access to vast amounts of information held by federal agencies, even as lawsuits try to stop them.