The move comes after what authorities called a record summer that saw over 4 million people visiting the world-famous remains of the ancient Roman city, buried under ash and rock following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
The agency, for example, had an in-house consulting shop that during the first Trump administration focused on improving government services, especially those relying on technology. Among its initiatives, the team helped create systems to allow Americans to file taxes online and was working to improve online passport renewal.In the early weeks of the second Trump administration, DOGE officials gutted the team. Shedd defended that move, telling employees in a meeting that the team was eliminated because its work was not cost-effective, according to a transcript of his remarks.
Any reduction in headcount could also jeopardize the government’s ability to police contracts once they are issued to keep costs down.Such decisions have baffled those who have tracked GSA’s work.Amira Boland, a behavioral scientist at GSA during the first Trump administration, said that trimming government was a good idea but described some of DOGE’s cuts as “reckless.”
“There is certainly bureaucracy that needs to be eliminated,” Boland said, “but you have to know the stakes you’re playing with.”Goodman reported from Miami and Burke from San Francisco.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new American airstrike campaign against“The two-party system is over,” Ventura, a lawyer and former soccer pundit, said.
Chega competed in its first election just six years ago, when it won one seat, and has fed off disaffection with the more moderate traditional parties.Campaigning under the slogan “Save Portugal,” it describes itself as a nationalist party and has focused on curbing immigration and cracking down on corruption.
On the streets of Lisbon, 42-year-old bank employee Marta Costa said she felt “disappointment and sadness” at Chega’s showing.“We are losing the world and not building something decent for our children,” she said. “I think we are not placing enough value on freedom.”