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Response To Elon Musk's Role In The US Federal Government
The role of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Federal government of the United States, US federal government, including the extent of its power, is a matter of debate. The actions of DOGE's ''de facto'' leader Elon Musk and his associates have faced criticism, opposition, and Lawsuits involving the Department of Government Efficiency, lawsuits because of mass firings and conflict of interest, conflicts of interest with Musk's business empire. Federal judges have been unable to establish clear relationships between Musk, Musk's employees and associates appointed within government, and DOGE, which has been criticized for its poorly defined status. Journalists have found multi-billion-dollar accounting mistakes in DOGE's "Wall of Receipts" website of claimed savings. Security experts have pointed to national security and Computer security, cybersecurity risks created by Musk's associates embedded in government. Economic conservatives have complained that Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Government Efficiency
Musk has offered to run the department The Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) is a proposed US government department. Proposal The idea for the department was first proposed by Elon Musk, who joked about potentially establishing such an agency under a second Trump administration and naming it after a cryptocurrency. Trump has proposed creating a commission or agency focused on government efficiency, with Musk potentially leading it. The goal would be to streamline government spending, reducing bureaucracy, eliminate “waste, fraud and improper payments,” within six months of being formed and make the federal government more efficient. Musk has claimed he can cut at least $2 trillion of waste from the federal spending. The concept has been met with skepticism from some, including the American Federation of Government Employees, who worry about potential job losses and the replacement of civil servants with allies. Trump's proposal draws parallels with a similar co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Institute
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (renamed in 1981 from the International Center for Economic Policy Studies) is a conservative American think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs, established in Manhattan in 1978 by Antony Fisher and William J. Casey.R. Emmett Tyrrell, ''After the Hangover: The Conservatives' Road to Recovery'' (2010), p. 187.Jason Stahl, ''Right Moves: The Conservative Think Tank in American Political Culture Since 1945'' (2016), p. 112. The institute has produced books, articles, interviews, speeches, op-eds, and the quarterly publication ''City Journal''. History Foundational years (1978–1980) The International Center for Economic Policy Studies (ICEPS) was founded by Antony Fisher and William J. Casey in 1978. ICEPS changed its name to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research in 1981. The institute's first president was Jeffrey Bell, who was succeeded in 1980 by William H. Hammett, who served until 1995. In 1980, the institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politico
''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally. It primarily distributes content online but also with printed newspapers, radio, and podcasts. Its coverage in Washington, D.C., includes the U.S. Congress, Lobbying in the United States, lobbying, the Media of the United States, media, and the President of the United States, presidency. Axel Springer SE, a German publisher, announced in August 2021 that it had agreed to buy Politico from founder Robert Allbritton for over $1 billion. The closing took place in late October 2021. The new owners said they would add staff, and at some point, put the publication's news content behind a paywall. Axel Springer is Europe's largest newspaper publisher and had previously acquired ''Business Insider, Insider''. History Origins, style, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Digital Service
The United States Digital Service is a technology unit housed within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It provides consultation services to federal agencies on information technology. It seeks to improve and simplify digital service, and to improve federal websites. It was launched on August 11, 2014. Activities The US Digital Service has created: * A Digital Services Playbook, for improving digital government * Draft Web Design Standards, "to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites" * TechFAR Handbook, on federal contracting and procurement *Discovery Sprint Guide The United States Digital Service sends a report to Congress each year detailing its projects and accomplishments. Its federal agency work spans across the Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, and Health and Human Services. History The United States Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Davis (Musk Lieutenant)
Steve Davis (age 45 as of March 20, 2025) is, a businessman and executive. He is the effective leader of the United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The ''New York Times'' characterized Davis as Elon Musk's "top lieutenant", having played many roles within Musk's enterprises, particularly focused on cost cutting, firing, and dismantling organizations. Musk has compared him to chemotherapy, that is, poison to save a body from imminent death of cancer. His methods are controversial, as "experts are worried that the focus on reducing expenses could lead to a breakdown in provision of essential services." Education Davis graduated in 1997 from Sharon High School in Sharon, Massachusetts. Davis holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Aeronautics (''Summa Cum Laude'') from the University of Pennsylvania (2001), and a Bachelor of Economics (''Summa Cum Laude'') from the Wharton School of Business (2001), from where Donald Trump and Elon Musk also graduated. He went o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campaign Legal Center
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) government watchdog group in the United States. CLC supports strong enforcement of United States campaign finance laws. Trevor Potter, former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission, is CLC's founding president. Activities In 2004, it was a party to complaints filed with the Federal Election Commission against groups like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and America Coming Together, for trying to directly influence federal elections. In 2006, CLC testified before Congress in support of reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act (VRA). CLC was critical of former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards's use of charity organizations which he had founded, complaining they were being used chiefly to keep himself in the public eye in preparation for a possible 2008 presidential run. The group filed an amicus brief in the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case ''Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission'', unsuccess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Goodman
Ryan Goodman (born in Johannesburg, South Africa) is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and is the founding co-editor-in-chief of its website ''Just Security'', which focuses on U.S. national security law and policy. Goodman joined the NYU faculty in 2009. Prior to moving to NYU, Goodman was the inaugural Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. He joined the faculty of Harvard Law School in 2002 and received tenure at Harvard in 2006. Education Goodman received his J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University, and a B.A. in government (political science) and philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. Legal career Following law school, Goodman clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In a phase of his career prior to 2018, Goodman held the role of "special counsel to the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retroactive Continuity
Retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, is a literary device in which established diegetic facts in the plot of a fictional work (those established through the narrative itself) are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted by a subsequently published work which recontextualizes or breaks continuity with the former. There are various motivations for applying retroactive continuity, including: * To accommodate desired aspects of sequels or derivative works which would otherwise be ruled out. * To respond to negative fan reception of previous stories. * To correct and overcome errors or problems identified in the prior work since its publication. * To change or clarify how the prior work should be interpreted. * To match reality, when assumptions or projections of the future are later proven wrong. Retcons are used by authors to increase their creative freedom, on the assumption that the changes are unimportant to the audience compared to the new story which can be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Chutkan
Tanya Sue Chutkan (born July 5, 1962) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. district judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She is the presiding judge over the criminal trial of former U.S. president Donald Trump over his alleged attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, including the events leading up to the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Early life and education Chutkan was born on July 5, 1962, in Kingston, Jamaica. Chutkan has a younger brother, Norman, and a younger sister, Robynne, both of whom are physicians. Her father Winston Chutkan is an Indo-Jamaican doctor, and her mother Noelle is an Afro-Jamaican who was one of the leading dancers at the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica. Noelle is the daughter of Frank Hill, one of the members of the People's National Party. Through her mother, Chutkan is a cousin of former Liverpool and England footballer John Barnes. Chutkan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punchbowl News
''Punchbowl News'' is an online political news daily, in Washington, D.C., which debuted January 3, 2021 as "a membership-based news community," which focuses on the individuals "who power the US legislature." It intends to be non-partisan and non-judgemental, focusing on scoops and facts about Congress and the Washington power establishment, particularly core power-players. The initial products from ''Punchbowl'' included a free weekday-morning newsletter. Premium subscribers (annual subscription: $300) also received afternoon and evening editions, and access to question-and-answer sessions with the authors, online via Zoom, and a Sunday conversation. The team launched a podcast with Cadence13 in early February 2021, and by early April 2021, it was available as ''The Daily Punch'' on Apple Podcasts Preview. Conference calls and virtual events are also to be provided to subscribers. Concept and orientation The publication gets its name from the codename used by the U.S. Secre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatbot
A chatbot or chatterbot is a software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. Designed to convincingly simulate the way a human would behave as a conversational partner, chatbot systems typically require continuous tuning and testing, and many in production remain unable to adequately converse, while none of them can pass the standard Turing test. The term "ChatterBot" was originally coined by Michael Mauldin (creator of the first Verbot) in 1994 to describe these conversational programs. Chatbots are used in dialog systems for various purposes including customer service, request routing, or information gathering. While some chatbot applications use extensive word-classification processes, natural-language processors, and sophisticated AI, others simply scan for general keywords and generate responses using common phrases obtained from an associated library or database. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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