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Will it work? Can it work?

I have hope.

A paltry 6% of the federal workforce “report in-person on a full-time basis” while almost one-third of federal workers are remote on a full-time basis, in a sharp turn-around from the pre-pandemic era in which only 3% teleworked daily, a report from Sen. Joni Ernst’s office found.

Ernst (R-Iowa), who has long crusaded against the rise in remote federal work, is planning to reveal the fruits of her office’s year and a half inquiry to Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy during their visit to the Capitol Thursday.

“The nation’s capital is a ghost town, with government buildings averaging an occupancy rate of 12[%],” Ernst wrote in the blistering report. “If federal employees can’t be found at their desks, exactly where are they?”
Only 6% of federal workers show up in person on a full-time basis, scathing Senate report reveals
 

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I'm a government worker and the majority of our building could do their jobs remotely at home. But they refuse to let us do that. We keep coming in every day sinking money on overhead into a building that is as old as Moses and highly inefficient.
Same. Rarely does a day go by that I don't lose it and launch into a several minute-long rant (usually peppered liberally with filthy-as-hell modifiers) due to incompetency or laziness. It hasn't happened much this week, but I know it's coming. I have had days where I literally sat at my desk for hours unable to do a damn thing because I am waiting on critical data I need from some apathetic putz in Montgomery or Mobile. There are people I see all the time and to this day don't have the slightest idea what they actually do (aside from being the vehicle that helps their coffee mugs get around.)
 

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Same. Rarely does a day go by that I don't lose it and launch into a several minute-long rant (usually peppered liberally with filthy-as-hell modifiers) due to incompetency or laziness. It hasn't happened much this week, but I know it's coming. I have had days where I literally sat at my desk for hours unable to do a damn thing because I am waiting on critical data I need from some apathetic putz in Montgomery or Mobile. There are people I see all the time and to this day don't have the slightest idea what they actually do (aside from being the vehicle that helps their coffee mugs get around.)
We spend god knows how many hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to upkeep a building that is so outdated it is pitiful, to house departments that don't need an "office". The bulk of everything we do is digital and at worst, we should downsize into a building that costs us a lot less to maintain. But we don't and keep dumping overhead costs into an enormous money pit of a building. Unreal.
 
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Once when I switched government jobs, I went to one of the ubiquitous government-occupied office buildings in Northern Virginia. People were still unpacking when I got there, as this government organization just moved in. A couple of weeks later we were told we had to move. It seems this location was not allowed to be leased by the government. Never did get a confirmation on the reason, but it may have been because there was no lobby area that provided for security and the scanning in and out for government employees.

So, we moved to a rat-infested building down the road. And we had to keep paying on the multi-year lease on the original building. Amazing (not really) that with all the levels of government approval required on a large-dollar contract, no one caught that the chosen building was ineligible. None of the signatories on the lease (my direct supervisor was the lead on this action) were fired or even disciplined. In fact, this issue was re-told with amusement by the PTBs. Yeah, being incompetent and wasting taxpayer money is funny. :rolleyes:
 

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Once when I switched government jobs, I went to one of the ubiquitous government-occupied office buildings in Northern Virginia. People were still unpacking when I got there, as this government organization just moved in. A couple of weeks later we were told we had to move. It seems this location was not allowed to be leased by the government. Never did get a confirmation on the reason, but it may have been because there was no lobby area that provided for security and the scanning in and out for government employees.

So, we moved to a rat-infested building down the road. And we had to keep paying on the multi-year lease on the original building. Amazing (not really) that with all the levels of government approval required on a large-dollar contract, no one caught that the chosen building was ineligible. None of the signatories on the lease (my direct supervisor was the lead on this action) were fired or even disciplined. In fact, this issue was re-told with amusement by the PTBs. Yeah, being incompetent and wasting taxpayer money is funny. :rolleyes:
Oh, and when I got to the original building, all the furniture was brand new. We didn't take it with us to the ratty building. That building had older but functional furniture. A few months later we got all new (again) furniture. The unoccupied building retained its unused, new furniture until the lease ran out. I was told that furniture was then packed off to be stored in one of the many warehouses at Ft. Belvoir. Buying and storing unused furniture, computers, etc. until the items become obsolete is a very common theme in government purchasing. No biggie. Just taxpayer money.
 
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this will be a special interest lead S-show with the American people taking the largest hit from this. I'm sure SpaceX and Tesla will continue to benefit greatly as well as anything Vivek is tied to.
 

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(Nov. 15, 2024 article)

The Pentagon on Friday failed its seventh audit in a row, with the nation’s largest government agency still unable to fully account for its more than $824 billion budget, though officials stress they are making good progress toward a clean audit in 2028.

The Department of Defense technically earned a disclaimer of opinion, meaning it failed to provide sufficient information to auditors to form an accurate opinion.


BTW, also from the linked article: "This year, the audit cost the Defense Department $178 million and involved some 1,700 auditors."
 

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(Nov. 15, 2024 article)

The Pentagon on Friday failed its seventh audit in a row, with the nation’s largest government agency still unable to fully account for its more than $824 billion budget, though officials stress they are making good progress toward a clean audit in 2028.

The Department of Defense technically earned a disclaimer of opinion, meaning it failed to provide sufficient information to auditors to form an accurate opinion.


BTW, also from the linked article: "This year, the audit cost the Defense Department $178 million and involved some 1,700 auditors."
I've been an auditor/accountant for 25+ years and reading this disgusts me because I know what it truly means to "fail an audit". It means your "business" is out of control.
 

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(Nov. 15, 2024 article)

The Pentagon on Friday failed its seventh audit in a row, with the nation’s largest government agency still unable to fully account for its more than $824 billion budget, though officials stress they are making good progress toward a clean audit in 2028.

The Department of Defense technically earned a disclaimer of opinion, meaning it failed to provide sufficient information to auditors to form an accurate opinion.


BTW, also from the linked article: "This year, the audit cost the Defense Department $178 million and involved some 1,700 auditors."
and if you think the Trump administration does anything to the military budget I have beachfront property in Arizona I'd love to offer you.
 

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It's obvious what the view from some will be:
If DOGE does anything, it's going to be awful.
If DOGE does nothing, it's going to be awful.

Pretty hilarious, actually - just highlights how entrenched so many are wrt the state of the State.

"Statists gonna state."
 

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It's obvious what the view from some will be:
If DOGE does anything, it's going to be awful.
If DOGE does nothing, it's going to be awful.

Pretty hilarious, actually - just highlights how entrenched so many are wrt the state of the State.

"Statists gonna state."
i assume this is to me but no there is plenty of waste in government and most of us would love to see massive cuts in a lot of areas. I just don't see these clowns as either capable or honest enough to do it well. They will cut the typical GOP targets and leave Trump, their pals and their own grifts untouched or escalated. But hey, I'd be thrilled to be wrong
 

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i assume this is to me but no there is plenty of waste in government and most of us would love to see massive cuts in a lot of areas. I just don't see these clowns as either capable or honest enough to do it well. They will cut the typical GOP targets and leave Trump, their pals and their own grifts untouched or escalated. But hey, I'd be thrilled to be wrong
It will be interesting to see what DOGE recommends and what is actually implemented. The GOP likes to talk; let's see some results. And I agree that most of the recommended cuts will draw the ire of the Democrats. There is plenty of waste to cut everywhere, especially Defense. I don't expect the cuts to equitably distributed, but I'll applaud waste reductions wherever they are realized. I'll never get the full loaf. I'd be thrilled with half a loaf. Hell, I'd smile if I got the thinnest slice of Wonder Bread.
 
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