DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has made the news recently slashing spending in the US Gov't, and most recently, the shutting down of USAID for receipts for things that the current administartion does not feel aligns with our country's stated mission. Was it the appropriate thing to do? What can we look at in the past to see if things can be effectively utilized and not squandered?
Executive Producers:
Dame Slamy
Kyle of the "Pocket Parley" and "Light Tickle" podcasts
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/blackburn-drafts-doge-act-legislation-will-limit-federal-agencies
https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/2/issues/jobs-and-economy/blackburn-introduces-doge-acts-to-make-federal-government-more-efficient-and-slash-wasteful-spending
Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/202/text
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-report-unveils-only-six-percent-federal-employees-work-person
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/few-federal-employees-work-regularly-office-wasting-taxpayer-dollars
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2025-01/011525_Telework%20Staff%20Report_FINAL.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/us/politics/usaid-funding-trump-fact-check.html
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/list-insane-priorities-of-usaid-spending-during-biden-administration-foreign-assistance-president-donald-trump-karoline-leavitt-condoms-in-gaza-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/08/usaid-trump-musk-doge-00203191
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/world/global-war-against-aids-runs-short-of-vital-weapon-donated-condoms.html
https://crisismagazine.com/vault/dirty-little-secret-why-condoms-will-never-stop-aids-in-africa
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/2-decades-ago-senators-probe-usaid-funding-led-government-transparency-reform
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14355251/shocking-ways-usaid-spent-money.html
https://dotchuoinon.com/2024/12/24/swapping-gas-for-batteries/
https://selex.vn/en/swapping-gas-for-batteries/
https://www.bbc.com/mediaaction/documents/bbc-media-action-impact-report-2023-24.pdf
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/even_a_short_list_of_how_usaid_spent_our_money_is_outrageous.html
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/usaid-was-spending-268-million-fund-6000-approved/
USAID commits to reducing its carbon footprint and improving its operational sustainability:
https://medium.com/usaid-2030/doing-our-part-54ac6204a32
https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/agency
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888975907567903075
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888612732230090863
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888438050231103559
USAID Funding Summary FY 2023:
https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2023
USAID Funding Summary FY 2024:
https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2024
USAID Funding Summary FY 2025:
https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2025
https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/climate/publications
https://datarepublican.com/award_search/
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (Build Back Better in Iraq):
https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72065621IO00001_7200
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-international-development-325c807f4f3930adbaa5c42dfef69c69
https://www.usaidstopwork.com/
https://www.globalaidfreeze.com/
NGOs and money laundering:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/551323/EPRS_BRI(2015)551323_EN.pdf
https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/dam/fatf-gafi/guidance/BPP-combating-abuse-non-profit-organisations.pdf
https://www.sanctions.io/blog/aml-considerations-for-ngos
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/revealed-the-charities-making-billions-off-of-the-border-crisis/ar-BB1mnIQi
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-politicians-use-nonprofits-hide-dark-money
https://billybon3s.com/
https://www.tabletopwoodworks.com/
https://modernpodcastapps.com/
