
Jessie Blaeser
Data Journalist at POLITICO Pro
data journalist @POLITICOPro | formerly @Grist | M.S. @columbiajourn
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Danny Nguyen |Jessie Blaeser
The General Services Administration, which oversees government contracting, is leading a review of more than 20,000 consulting agreements for what is “non-essential.” Illustration by Claudine Hellmuth/POLITICO (source images via iStock) A Trump administration project to revisit thousands of federal agreements is starting to sink a vast ecosystem of contractors that deploy jobs across the Washington economy.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Danny Nguyen |Jessie Blaeser
A Trump administration project to revisit thousands of federal agreements is starting to sink a vast ecosystem of contractors that deploy jobs across the Washington economy. It’s an effort — launched in February — that’s already produced claims of big savings, including $43 million for oversight and protection of private information in the federal insurance marketplace.
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Feb 22, 2025 |
msn.com | Jessie Blaeser
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Feb 22, 2025 |
politico.com | Jessie Blaeser
“Everyone is very well-aware they’re repeating the wrong numbers,” said one manager at a company on DOGE’s list of cuts. Elon Musk’s DOGE has published its first accounting of cuts to government contracts. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Elon Musk promised to deliver a “maximally transparent” government efficiency program. What he’s disclosed so far is a messy and inaccurate accounting of his group’s early work.
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Feb 22, 2025 |
flipboard.com | Jessie Blaeser
3 hours agoTrump’s war on public employees is bad for all of us. President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk justify dismantling the civil service as cost cutting. The federal government has “billions and billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse,” Trump claimed earlier this month, and …
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