Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they’d accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary or not,
A threatening email sent by Elon Musk to millions of federal employees on Saturday backfired after opponents of the billionaire began spamming his inbox. In the email, Musk ordered government workers to respond with their weekly accomplishments by the end of Monday or face potential termination.
A California judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs of federal employees. The ruling emerged after a union and nonprofit-led lawsuit challenged the administration's directive to cut probationary staff,
The memo, published just a few hours before the midnight deadline, says responses should be sent to both OPM and agency leadership.
Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind.