…#State Dept staffers say they fear a selective disclosure of documents…could be distorted to fit any…narrative #DarrenBeattie, #Rubio, or others create.
Weaponizing any speech…by deeming it #disinformation is not only ironic, says Jankowicz—it will also have “chilling effects” on anyone who conducts disinformation #research, & it will result in “less #oversight & #transparency over #tech #platforms, …adversarial activities, [&]…people who are legitimately trying to disenfranchise US voters.”
This felt, they say, like a powerful misuse of the public records system—or as Jankowicz, the #disinformation researcher & fmr DHS ofcl, put it, “weaponizing the access [Beattie] has to internal communications in order to upend people’s lives.”
“It stank to high heaven,” one staffer says. “This could be used for #retaliation. This could be used for any kind of improper purposes, & our #oversight committees should be informed of this.”
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/doge_goa_probe
Musk’s DOGE probed by top watchdog after poking around Uncle Sam's systems
#doge #elonmusk #nazi #elon #fascist #musk #kakistocracy #us #coup #usa #junta #tech #technology #GAO #usgov #nasdaq #TSLA #tesla #swasticar #usaid #economy #finance #ai #xai #oversight #gov #usgov #uspol #politics #techbros #oligarchy #fascism #treasury #audits #comptroller #NHTSA #SSA #IRS #administration #NLRB #labor #Dodaro #senate #appropriations #OPM #Heinrich #agencies
😢 Rep. #GerryConnolly, the top #Democrat on the #House #Oversight & Government Reform Committee, will step down from his leadership post on the panel & will not run for reelection.
The #Virginia Democrat, whose constituency includes many #FederalWorkers, cited the return of his esophageal #cancer — first diagnosed in late 2024 — as the reason for his planned departure.
#USpol
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/28/congress/connolly-to-step-down-as-top-oversight-dem-00312360
Government Spending Australia - Checks & Balances! Unconscionable !! Oversight of government spending in Australia. Huge Commitments (like Aukus, HAFF, Defence, Forced Immigration) are made without consulting the people - Why? When Questioned at Oversight - the answer is "We will get back to you". NOT GOOD ENOUGH, people! Its taxpayers money!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=05kKob4dPgY
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#australia #government #banks #oversight #publicservice #politics #election2025 #business
🚨BREAKING: #AI revolutionized the #legal field! 🚨 Lindell's lawyers, clearly believing #in Skynet's #legal prowess, decided to let #AI draft their brief—because who needs #human oversight? 🤖 The result? A masterpiece of gibberish featuring nearly 30 glorious #blunders. Bravo, AI! 👏
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/mypillow-ceos-lawyers-used-ai-in-brief-citing-fictional-cases-judge-says/ #Revolution #vs #Oversight #Tech #Law #Legal #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated
Elias Alvarado wrote: "How can we forget the tremendous leadership Dick put on display all those times he impotently whimpered that John Roberts should do something about the Supreme Court’s ethics issues."
I agree, Sen. Durbin was terribly weak on the issue of Supreme Court’s ethics.
#SCOTUS #corruption #oversight #politics #TheBestJudgesThatMoneyCouldBuy
Thursday, April 24th, 2025
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The #LosAngelesCounty Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission will hold a virtual mini conference on the Sheriff’s Department’s public complaint process.
Links to join virtual conference on webpage below
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CALACOUNTY/bulletins/3dd1dd2
An M.D. cited by the California state medical board for gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, unprofessional conduct involving dishonesty or corruption, making or signing false documents, creating false medical records, and failure to maintain accurate medical records, gets five year probation after patient death. Doc killed a dude and they didn’t even revoke his license. How is that possible? #Medicine #Malpractice #MedicalErrors #hospitals #oversight #California
Source: KGET 17 News https://search.app/6kdxUvQzkuhTb5KV6
#politics #DOGE #GAO #oversight #recursion
"[Wired], citing government records and sources, revealed that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) launched an investigation back in March into how Elon Musk’s pseudo-agency has been handling data in the offices that it has pried its way into."
https://gizmodo.com/the-government-accountability-office-is-doge-ing-doge-2000587264
chuck grassley hasn't shown signs of a backbone much in the last 10 years but maybe this is his last hurrah. #tariffs #congress #oversight #uspol #applenews https://apple.news/AN66O4EwpR7OK1GNjlattbg
Ranking Member Jamie Raskin delivers opening remarks
Two big problems in #IT that I don't see anyone trying to solve, and very few people even thinking about, let alone talking about:
1. a comprehensive set of #professional #standards regarding the #ethical operation, administration, moderation, and #oversight of public discussion forums.
2. a comprehensive set of professional standards regarding the ethical storage and transmission of personal #data and #information.
I don't think people even understand why these are #problems.
Pentagon Oversight Agency to Examine Defence Secretary's Involvement in Group Messaging Incident #World #agency #Defence #examine #group #incident #involvement #Messaging #Oversight #Pentagon #Secretarys
https://tinyurl.com/27pr6fno
Somalia: Al-Shabaab's Clan Divide and Government Oversight #Somalia #WestAfrica #AlShabaabs #Clan #Divide #government #Oversight #Somalia
https://tinyurl.com/2beudmfm
If more people had some good sense, they would use country extension domain names.
But everyone wants that cool domain, for example, random dot social, as opposed to random dot ch.
Corporate America, governed under Us Law, is going to have a lot more oversight on the Internet, and many of you are not paying attention.
#Internet #WorldWideWeb #Oversight #DomainName #Domain #DomainRegistration #Register #Website
#musk mocks the US 3 branch system. He gloats as he proves that our nation can be bought through targeted #corruption, that #oversight is controlled by those who need oversight. It’s time to send #elon back to South Africa!
#doge #fascism #eattherich #trump #kleptocracy
Ah! The twin towers of #idiocy making their #stupidity and #corruption known again. Let's replace a #government agency with a private one, #reinvent the wheel and give gobs of money to my #crony here with even less #oversight. My head hurts over this filth's #lies and #dishonesty.
#corruptGOP #CorruptToTheCore #TraitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #TellMeWhatToSay #USPolitics #CronyCapitalism #idiot
https://www.ksl.com/article/51284308/mike-lee-introduces-bill-to-abolish-the-tsa
Among other steps, #Columbia said it would have 36 campus safety officers w/ #arrest powers, a shift w/enormous resonance at a university that has a long history of campus #activism & fraught ties w/law enforcement.Columbia also said it would adopt a formal definition of #antisemitism, review its #admissions policies &, in a turn that was especially alarming to professors who cherish #academic #freedom, impose new #oversight of the university’s #MiddleEastern, #SouthAsian & #AfricanStudies Dept.
