#DOGE also announced drastic cuts at depts that provide critical #SocialServices including #VeteransAffairs [#VA], which administers #healthcare for #veterans, & the #SocialSecurity Administration, which sends out checks to #retired, #disabled & #widowed Americans [money Americans put into the #SSA out of their own paychecks].
#OPM …has laid off >200 of its own employees & allowed >400 to *opt in* to *voluntary* exit programs since #Trump took office…
"Authorizing a #Musk-controlled agency like #OPM to hire a driver while slashing essential #FederalWorkers who actually help Americans in need is a good example."
The #Trump admin, #DOGE, Musk & Ezell did not respond to requests for comment. An OPM spox said in a statement that the agency "has ongoing security concerns" requiring a driver, w/o providing further detail.
#OPM, the agency leading #Musk's firing spree, froze Federal hiring, but to hired a driver to ferry around its leaders.
The federal HR agency leading efforts by billionaire WH *adviser* #ElonMusk to slash the federal workforce has decided to hire its first new career employee since #Trump took office, acc/to emails seen by Reuters.
#ForTheeButNotForMe #USpol #corruption #hypocrisy #kleptocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-agency-leading-musks-firing-spree-hire-new-driver-emails-show-2025-03-31/
Listening to this song again made me cry. IDK why.
3 of the BINI girls Aiah, Maloi and Sheena sang a cover of Cindy Lauper's "True Colors."
#Philippines #Asian #BINI #Music #OPM #CindyLauper #SongCover #Maloi #PlayListSEA
March's final Other People's Music is here! This week offers jazz noir, updated kosmische, experimental electronic weirdness, a chip metal tune about a mole, and a Plunderphonic wonderland. Read and listen here:
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/28/opm-from-jazz-to-plunderphonics/
EDIT: Thursday now, but this is still new to many of you!
It's WEDNESDAY, so let's have a teaser look at this week's Other People's Music. This thread will contain the first line of each review, plus links to music, socials and the full review. Don't want to wait? Dive into the full selection right here, right now:
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/21/opm-gods-and-vampires/
BINI, sikat ka na.
Filipino choir sings and dances to BINI's song "Karera."
#Philippines #Asian #Ppop #BINI #OPM #UPsingingAmbassadors #Music #Video
Federal Judge Deborah L. Boardman has blocked #DOGE / #OPM from accessing large swathes of data at the Depts of #Education & #Treasury, ruling that DOGE has no right under the #Privacy Act to unjustified access to large-scale amounts of personal identifying information.
#law #USpol #Trump #Musk #InfoSec
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070.68.0_1.pdf
Centralizing Personnel Authority
A new #Trump move seeks to evade #court orders & empower DOGE
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/centralizing-personnel-authority
"Why the new confidence in OPM? #OPM is, effectively, a subsidiary of DOGE now. DOGE employees, when they meet resistance, have not been shy about threatening federal employees or contractors... The new #EO means that #DOGE employees have even more leverage in their interactions with agencies."
Nag-i-Ingles yung Eraserheads sa mga interview kahit Pinoy ang interviewer. Napakapeke ng dating.
#Philippines #Asian #RockBands #Documentary #EraserHeads #Video #OPM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8y8wZuufWtg&pp=ygUZRXJhc2VyaGVhcmRzIGRvY3UgdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D
What an elite list
Every OPM artist surpassing 1 BILLION streams on Spotify across all credits:
Moira Dela Torre
Ben&Ben
Zack Tabudlo
December Avenue
Arthur Nery
Parokya Ni Edgar
Hev Abi
Flow G
Skusta Clee
Silent Sanctuary
Eraserheads
Al James
Adie
TJ Monterde
BINI (new)
*OPM = Original Pilipino Music
we sought records from the Office of the Chief Information Officer. This office receives requests for access to databases maintained by OPM. Numerous reports surfaced that access to OPM information was given to individuals who had not received proper security clearance or followed the appropriate security procedures. @epicprivacy requested records of all requests received by that office seeking access to #OPM databases and IT systems.
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #OPM #RIF #Union
From Federal News Network: OPM looks to limit federal unions’ role in coming RIFs
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2025/03/opm-looks-to-limit-federal-unions-role-in-coming-rifs/
This week's Other People's Music kicks off with a multigenre maelstrom of cabaret, house music, electro and more, and closes with a harrowing sonic trip thru the wilds of no-input mixing. In between, dubstep, drone and a garage rock anthem for boat-sinking orcas!
https://www.etherdiver.com/2025/03/14/opm-cabaret-of-the-bizarre/
Via #LLRX - @psuPete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 15, 2025: Four highlight's from this week's column - The 200+ Sites an #ICE #Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring; US cities warn of wave of unpaid parking #phishing texts; #OPM watchdog to investigate #IT risks tied to #DOGE agency access; and A Brand-New Botnet Is Delivering Record-Size #DDoS Attacks. #cybercrime #cyber #security #privacy https://www.llrx.com/2025/03/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-march-15-2025/
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Table of #DOGE members.
(61 - 65) (of 68)
From #Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members
61) #BradSmith, Chief of staff
62) #BrendanSpikes, Musk lieutenant, #OPM
63) #ChristopherStanley, Musk aide, OPM
64) #RussellVought, Director, #OMB
65) #JordanWick, Expert (coding), #CFPB
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Table of #DOGE members.
(51 - 55) (of 68)
From #Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members
51) #AustinRaynor, Lawyer, senior advisor, #OPM, #EOP
52) #RyanRiedel, Chief Information Officer, #DOE
53) #RachelRiley, Senior advisor in the Office of the Secretary, #HHS
54) #MichaelRusso, Chief Information Officer, #SSA
55) #AmandaScales, Chief of Staff, OPM
