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[livingston]

Ridiculous gov spendings: Karoline Leavitt on the media and their reactions to musk cutting costs

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[Dr. Evil]

 

[Defilade]

Get pissed folks! Do you have a pulse? Start demanding answers from the elected! They have been ripping us off for years!

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[kev74]

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The bars are (should be) serial numbered.

A real audit would involve both making sure all the serial numbered bars are accounted for (including weights and density), as well as melting down a statistically significant representative sample of the bars and analyzing to verify their composition.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I WANT MY REPARATIONS!

 

[byron]

The bars are (should be) serial numbered.

A real audit would involve both making sure all the serial numbered bars are accounted for (including weights and density), as well as melting down a statistically significant representative sample of the bars and analyzing to verify their composition.

no need to melt just use an XRF analyzer

 

[kev74]

no need to melt just use an XRF analyzer

XRF only analyzes the surface. Crooks know this and have been known to plate bars of base metal, drill and fill holes to steal some gold, etc.

Standard practice is to melt the bars and test a sample from molten metal, or melting the metal, casting into bars and drilling samples for analysis.

 

[byron]

XRF only analyzes the surface. Crooks know this and have been known to plate bars of base metal, drill and fill holes to steal some gold, etc.

Standard practice is to melt the bars and test a sample from molten metal, or melting the metal, casting into bars and drilling samples for analysis.

Thank you I did not know that I thought all along it went deeper I see that even a Mass Spectrometry don't go very deep guess we are going to haft to melt it

 

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[Dr. Evil]

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week.

apnews.com

 

[zorro]

Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have until just before Tuesday to explain what they accomplished over the last week.

apnews.com

This is getting fairly stupid now

This was sent to ICE agents, DEA, Border Patrol as well as HSI AGENTS as an example

Theses are agents WE NEED and are out hunting people on the streets

They have essentially been given till Monday to reply or be fired

This is CRAZY

A lot of these agents, many of whom put their life on the line every day are pissed off big time with this

I can understand admin/office staff getting this - but active field agents who have been literally working round the clock non stop since Jan 5th…………… sorry, this is just wrong

 

[Acer-m14]

GOOD ... need more of it ..

just following orders will not cut it ...

 

[spat]

This is getting fairly stupid now

This was sent to ICE agents, DEA, Border Patrol as well as HSI AGENTS as an example

Theses are agents WE NEED and are out hunting people on the streets

They have essentially been given till Monday to reply or be fired

This is CRAZY

A lot of these agents, many of whom put their life on the line every day are pissed off big time with this

I can understand admin/office staff getting this - but active field agents who have been literally working round the clock non stop since Jan 5th…………… sorry, this is just wrong

Eh, I've been on the receiving end of this sort of directive.

Sure, compliance is annoying.

But if you're actually a productive employee it's like 5 mins and an email.

I am sure the hard working guys are well aware of why this is necessary, and that it is a temporary measure.

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

This is getting fairly stupid now

This was sent to ICE agents, DEA, Border Patrol as well as HSI AGENTS as an example

Theses are agents WE NEED and are out hunting people on the streets

They have essentially been given till Monday to reply or be fired

This is CRAZY

A lot of these agents, many of whom put their life on the line every day are pissed off big time with this

I can understand admin/office staff getting this - but active field agents who have been literally working round the clock non stop since Jan 5th…………… sorry, this is just wrong

I bet you that reply email will be the most productive thing half those employees did all week.

And if that's the case, their managers are the ones that should be getting fired.

 

[zorro]

Many Agents that got these emails are out in the field hunting down illegals, ISIS, gangs, drug dealers, etc……….same agents that Noem was having her hair and make up done for to have the photo op while out riding with them a few weeks back

Same agents that both Noem and Homan told they have their back

I know for a fact what these guys are doing and how hard they are working every single day and night for 6 or 7 days per week

These guys don’t deserve to be treated like this

This email really has annoyed a lot of the front line agents and should not have been sent as a blanket email to every employee by DOGE and it doesn’t matter if their reply takes 5 minutes or not - respect goes a long way

 

[zorro]

Kash Patel has told his Agents NOT to respond to this request

Update - ICE and HSI have now been told NOT reply as well

Clearly this should have not gone out in the manner it went out - it bypassed all of the leadership in these agencies who are now saying their employees will not respond

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

Many Agents that got these emails are out in the field hunting down illegals, ISIS, gangs, drug dealers, etc……….same agents that Noem was having her hair and make up done for to have the photo op while out riding with them a few weeks back

Same agents that both Noem and Homan told they have their back

I know for a fact what these guys are doing and how hard they are working every single day and night for 6 or 7 days per week

These guys don’t deserve to be treated like this

This email really has annoyed a lot of the front line agents and should not have been sent as a blanket email to every employee by DOGE and it doesn’t matter if their reply takes 5 minutes or not - respect goes a long way

 

[zorro]

And who took the survey and what do they know about the structure, hierarchy, leadership etc of each agency within the federal government?……….517000 users of X !!!!!

Either way, Still does not make it right as clearly evidenced by all the Department Heads telling their staff NOT to reply to Musk under any circumstances - this is Patel, Noem, etc

If they want this, there are clear laws around “Time in Motion Studies” (this is clearly a version of that) which need to be adhered to

With regard to the 5 or 6 bullet points that Musk asked for - no regard at all to the content, background, metrics required - so if they say ANYTHING in the 5 bullet points is that ok - or are they looking for specific buzz words, etc?

Additionally, if required, this should come from the heads of the relevant agencies who were appointed only in the last few weeks - Noem, Patel etc

 

[tirwin1]

And who took the survey and what do they know about the structure, hierarchy, leadership etc of each agency within the federal government?……….517000 users of X !!!!!

Either way, Still does not make it right as clearly evidenced by all the Department Heads telling their staff NOT to reply to Musk under any circumstances - this is Patel, Noem, etc

If they want this, there are clear laws around “Time in Motion Studies” (this is clearly a version of that) which need to be adhered to

With regard to the 5 or 6 bullet points that Musk asked for - no regard at all to the content, background, metrics required - so if they say ANYTHING in the 5 bullet points is that ok - or are they looking for specific buzz words, etc?

Additionally, if required, this should come from the heads of the relevant agencies who were appointed only in the last few weeks - Noem, Patel etc

You raise good points but I think you are missing the point of the whole exercise.

Yes, anyone dealing in confidential areas (FBI, DHS, etc) should be exempt for obvious reasons
Yes, it is ridiculously easy to come up with 5 bullet points if you have half a brain

The purpose of this exercise is to identify those that refuse - they will go on the chopping block by self identifying as worthless employees! It's a great first step. The ones that refuse are certain to be the ones that actively work against the trump administration over the next 4 years. Better to get rid of them as quickly as possible.

Genius!

 

[Deplorable Me]

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Easy. Take it all back. Let her start working like a hooker like her mother.

 

[Cavalry]

This is getting fairly stupid now

This was sent to ICE agents, DEA, Border Patrol as well as HSI AGENTS as an example

Theses are agents WE NEED and are out hunting people on the streets

They have essentially been given till Monday to reply or be fired

This is CRAZY

A lot of these agents, many of whom put their life on the line every day are pissed off big time with this

I can understand admin/office staff getting this - but active field agents who have been literally working round the clock non stop since Jan 5th…………… sorry, this is just wrong

It seems a pretty easy and painless email response even for a "busy" LEO
"I served 14 warrants resulting in 12 arrests and continued investigations for an estimated 12 warrants to be served next week"

 

[zorro]

You raise good points but I think you are missing the point of the whole exercise.

Yes, anyone dealing in confidential areas (FBI, DHS, etc) should be exempt for obvious reasons
Yes, it is ridiculously easy to come up with 5 bullet points if you have half a brain

The purpose of this exercise is to identify those that refuse - they will go on the chopping block by self identifying as worthless employees! It's a great first step. The ones that refuse are certain to be the ones that actively work against the trump administration over the next 4 years. Better to get rid of them as quickly as possible.

Genius!

Agreed - it should have been targeted rather than a blanket email blast to everyone

This was sent to Agents who are deemed as a National Security Key resource with zero exception - people who are currently hunting down ACTIVE terrorist threats across the US including significant threats within the NYS areas - and they need to justify their existence with 5 bullet points???

We can all disagree, but I think this is ridiculous

 

[zorro]

It seems a pretty easy and painless email response even for a "busy" LEO
"I served 14 warrants resulting in 12 arrests and continued investigations for an estimated 12 warrants to be served next week"

Well done on that - and I am genuine - great results

But if that was me, I am not sure I would be happy being that busy and productive and then some outsider asks me to justify my existence in 5 bullet points or be fired

Maybe that’s just me!!!

 

[Cavalry]

Well done on that - and I am genuine - great results

But if that was me, I am not sure I would be happy being that busy and productive and then some outsider asks me to justify my existence in 5 bullet points or be fired

Maybe that’s just me!!!

If one was doing their job this should not be difficult at all. I hope they release a statement on how many emails were not replied to. There has to be a sizeable percentage of Fed employees just sitting there staring at a blank email trying to decide whether to lie about what they did or just send a bunch of low level or very few accomplishments and hope for the best.

 

[stokes]

No body will be fired as a result of this. In fact, the threat of not replying being considered a resignation was not even in the actual email, it was something stupid Musk said in a post on X. Civil service is full of do nothing mother fuckers, civil service protections are the cause. The appointed people are the only ones that have to worry, they hold non competitive lines and can be fired without cause.

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

Every manager that works for me has to do similar recaps every single day. Not a big deal. It helps me identify where support may be needed, and where some recognition is deserved.