Nov 19, 2024
The Dept of Government Efficiency is coming for fed agencies and contractors
Vivek Ramaswamy, who only dropped out of the GOP presidential nomination race himself at the start of the year, yesterday warned that certain federal agencies could be “deleted outright” as part of his and Elon Musk’s planned work with the Department of Government Efficiency.
Though it’s still unclear how far the advisory body, announced by President-elect Trump last Tuesday, can actually go in enacting some of the moves its chiefs have been touting, Musk has spoken confidently about the potential for major changes to how the US government is run, like wiping “at least $2 trillion” from current spending and reducing the federal agency count by more than 75%.
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