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UK politics
fromtheregister
5 days ago

AI sackings reach New Zealand, which will use it to eject 14 percent of government staff

AI will become a basic expectation for New Zealand public entities, alongside public service restructuring and budget caps enabling 9,000 job cuts.
SF politics
fromMission Local
2 months ago

Mayor Lurie's charter reform would enable him to remake City Hall

Mayor Lurie filed three charter reform measures for November ballot, but is bypassing the Board of Supervisors and making signature-gathering harder while claiming to foster cooperation.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Reform UK government would replace top civil servants with policy believers'

Reform UK plans to dismiss permanent secretaries across all government departments and replace them with outsiders or officials deemed more aligned with party priorities, risking civil service politicization and loss of institutional expertise.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Madagascar strongman sacks government after just 5 months

Madagascar's interim military leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina dismissed his prime minister and dissolved the Cabinet five months after seizing power during youth-led protests against the former government.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Judge Rules That Kari Lake Is Still A Loser - Above the Law

Kari Lake's illegal appointment as Deputy CEO of USAGM resulted in court nullification of her actions, dismantling critical US media broadcasting into Iran and other regions.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Anger over plans to abolish New Zealand's dedicated environment ministry

New Zealand's government plans to abolish its dedicated environment ministry by folding it into a mega-ministry covering housing, urban development, transport, and local government, citing reduced bureaucracy, though critics warn this could weaken environmental protections.
fromArs Technica
5 months ago

DOGE "cut muscle, not fat"; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

After Donald Trump curiously started referring to the Department of Government Efficiency exclusively in the past tense, an official finally confirmed Sunday that DOGE "doesn't exist." Talking to Reuters, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor confirmed that DOGE-a government agency notoriously created by Elon Musk to rapidly and dramatically slash government agencies-was terminated more than eight months early.
US politics
fromProPublica
7 months ago

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump's Shadow President

The star of that video, which quickly went viral, was Russell Vought, the president's top budget adviser. More than that, Vought is the architect of Trump's broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies, and he's a big reason the second Trump administration has been more effective at accomplishing its goals than the first.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
10 months ago

The Democratic Pendulum

When and if the Democrats return to power, how much of Trump's damage can they undo? Most of the powers that Trump asserts are either preclusive or negating.
US politics
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Trump administration to cut all USAID overseas roles and axe thousands of staff

The Trump administration is radically restructuring foreign aid by eliminating all USAID overseas positions by September 30.
fromNextgov.com
11 months ago

Here's where the State Department is planning its layoffs and changes

The State Department plans to eliminate or consolidate over 300 offices and bureaus, affecting 3,400 employees and aiming to streamline bureaucratic functions.
SF politics
fromSan Jose Spotlight
11 months ago

Santa Clara County takes over managed health care program - San Jose Spotlight

Facing dramatic federal funding cuts, Santa Clara County leaders aim to reduce taxpayer support for the public hospital system by reorganizing its governing structure.
SF parents
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