Makena Kelly

Brooklyn, New York

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The CFPB Has Been Gutted

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Makena Kelly

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,400 of the agency’s 1,700 employees; medical debt and student loans will now be deprioritized. More than 1,400 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workers were terminated from their positions on Thursday amid a broader Trump administration shakeup at the independent government agency, sources tell WIRED. There were around 1,700 employees in total at the CFPB.
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Makena Kelly |Vittoria Elliott

DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope. OPERATIVES FROM ELON Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are building a master database at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that could track and surveil undocumented immigrants, two sources with direct knowledge tell WIRED.
Vigilar y castigar: los inmigrantes en EE UU están en la mira mientras el DOGE de Musk recopila datos de agencias clave

3 weeks ago | es.wired.com | Makena Kelly

Trabajadores del llamado Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental (DOGE), liderado por Elon Musk, están desarrollando una base de datos gigante para el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) que podría rastrear y vigilar a inmigrantes indocumentados, de acuerdo con dos fuentes cercanas que hablaron con WIRED.
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants

3 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Makena Kelly |Vittoria Elliott

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DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants

3 weeks ago | wired.com | Makena Kelly |Vittoria Elliott

Operatives from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are building a master database at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that could track and surveil undocumented immigrants, two sources with direct knowledge tell WIRED. DOGE is knitting together immigration databases from across DHS and uploading data from outside agencies including the Social Security Administration (SSA), as well as voting records, sources say.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted

3 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Makena Kelly

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted

3 weeks ago | wired.com | Makena Kelly

More than 1,400 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workers were terminated from their positions on Thursday amid a broader Trump administration shakeup at the independent government agency, sources tell WIRED. There were around 1,700 employees in total at the CFPB. The mass reduction in force, or RIF, comes nearly a month after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from removing probationary employees at the CFPB and other agencies.
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project

1 month ago | technewstube.com | Makena Kelly

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Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project

1 month ago | wired.com | Makena Kelly

Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is part of an effort by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to build a new “mega API” for accessing Internal Revenue Service records, IRS sources tell WIRED.
El DOGE planea un hackathon en el IRS de EE UU para facilitar el acceso a los datos de los contribuyentes

1 month ago | es.wired.com | Makena Kelly

El Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental (DOGE) de Elon Musk tiene previsto organizar un hackathon la semana que viene en Washington DC. El objetivo es crear una única "mega API" (un puente que permita a los sistemas de software comunicarse entre sí) para acceder a los datos del Internal Revenue Service (IRS), el departamento de hacienda de EE UU, según informan fuentes a WIRED. Se espera que la agencia se asocie con un proveedor externo para gestionar ciertos aspectos del proyecto de datos.