#department-of-government-efficiency

#department-of-government-efficiency

On February 24th, advocacy group Frequency Forward and journalist Nina Burleigh filed a public records request to the FCC, seeking details about DOGE's activities and whether they created conflicts of interest with DOGE creator Elon Musk. But the FCC has so far produced largely useless documentation that creates more questions than answers. Now, DOGE's role is among the many topics FCC Chair Brendan Carr could face during a highly anticipated oversight hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

Welcome to WIRED's Uncanny Valley. I'm WIRED's director of business and industry, Zoë Schiffer. Today on the show, we're bringing you five stories that you need to know about this week, including how despite some reports claiming that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency is pretty much over, DOGE people are actually still at work across federal agencies. I'm joined today by our senior politics editor, Leah Feiger. Leah, welcome back to Uncanny Valley.

During his tenure, Ehikian oversaw mass workforce turnover at the agency, both via voluntary departures and layoffs, including the elimination of entire GSA teams. "By cutting outdated regulations, centralizing procurement, optimizing real estate, adopting smarter tech and modeling the change we want to see, we are delivering a better government for the American people," Ehikian wrote in his email, saying that "government doesn't need to be slow."

Judge Michael H. Simon stated that the withholding of funds from humanities councils is likely unconstitutional, affirming Congress' exclusive power over federal funding.

"No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!"