president Donald Trump It signed an executive order aimed at granting the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE) more power to the intestine of federal agencies and reducing government spending.
Newsweek I arrived to comment on the White House via email on Wednesday evening.
Why do it matter
Trump Duj created an executive order on the first day of his second term Elon MuskThe richest man in the world and the person who originally proposed the administration to lead the cost reduction efforts.
Dog is targeting federal agencies and the start of mass shooting in recent weeks, which prompted a major violent reaction from critics who argue that saving claims are exaggerated and that Dog is using his authority.
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What do you know
The White House shared an executive entitled “Implementing the” Government Enable “initiative for the president on its website on Wednesday evening. The heads of the Federal Agency guides to work with “Doge Team Leads” who monitor each agency and justify spending on government contracts and grants within 30 days.
“Every agency, in consultation with the Doge Team team at the agency, must review all current covered contracts and grants, and when necessary and consistent with the applicable law, end or amend (including through re -negotiation), such covered contracts and grants to reduce federal spending in general or re -customize spending to enhance efficiency and progress in my administration.”
“This process must start immediately and give priority to reviewing the funds that were spent under contracts and grants covered for educational institutions and foreign entities for waste, fraud and abuse.” “Every head of the Agency must complete this review within 30 days of the date of this request.”
It also requires the agency’s heads of “written justification for each batch”, to explain “federally funded travel for conferences and other unnecessary purposes” and determining federal real estate that is no longer needed.
In addition, the request puts a 30 -day freezing on all agency credit cards, with the exception of “disaster exemptions, natural response operations, operations, or other important services.”
This comes after musk warned against federal workers controversially that they will present a “resignation” if they fail to respond to an e -mail inspired by Doge demanding the justification of their work.
While many agencies have since said that the responses to the email are voluntary and will not affect the work, Trump has supported musk. During a meeting of the cabinet that Moscow attended at the White House on Wednesday, the president insisted that the workers who did not respond to the email were “on the bubble” and he had “gone” soon.
What people say
Musk, commenting on Trump signing the executive order in A. mail To X, Twitter previously: “No more wasting your hard money!”
Writer Justin Glaw, Suspension According to Trump on x: “Trump has just signed an executive order that requires almost all governmental contracts, spending and some of the approved travel operations by Dog” team “in each federal agency. So, who is this hell” leads these teams? “No one really knows.”
A group of 21 government workers resigned from Dog to protest on Tuesday, in a message It was obtained by Associated Press: “We will not use our skills as technicians to waive the basic government systems, put the data sensitive to Americans, or dismantle critical public services. We will not put our experience to implement or give legitimacy to Doug’s behavior.”
What happens after that
The complete effect of Trump’s executive order remains. Several lawsuits have already been filed for DOGE and Musk efforts to qualify the federal workforce, prohibit spending on the agency and access government databases that contain personal information.
