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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    He already bought himself an entire department with no oversight but got bored of it after a few months.

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      In 1962, Congress created the role of “special government employee,” which allows the executive branch, the legislative branch and independent federal agencies to bring on employees for specific roles on a temporary basis.

      SGEs are limited to working for the government for no more than 130 days out of a 365-day period, though they can work multiple years, and they can either be paid or unpaid. NPR has reported that Musk is not being paid for his work with DOGE.

      • ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml
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        1 hour ago

        If you’re just going to copy and paste from an NPR article, you might as well provide a link while you’re at it.