How Elon Musk’s DOGE took over the Education Department, one office at a time
According to employees, however, the DOGE teams appear to be competing with one another to get a very big headline on budget cuts… likely due in part to the rules that govern the DOGE staffers’ employment. Most DOGE workers are designated as “special government employees,” a category that insulates them from some federal disclosure requirements. But in exchange, the status limits the total number of days they can work per year to 130. The way the DOGE teams appear to be operating, they have about four months to make all the cuts they can. After that, the agencies will be left to deal with the fallout.
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by Annie Nova, CNBC.