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Summary

  • Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems

  • Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM

  • Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists.

Summary - Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems - Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM - Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists.

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So the entire OPM was replaced by a couple of competent engineers. Telling.

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Well, they started trying to change titles for DEI/ESG/Diversity Hires to hide them from the EO's that are designed to get rid of them.

This was a natural step. That data will all be visible in the records at OPM and they will be able to root them out no matter how hard they try to hide.

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This is getting good