Do you agree with Elon Musk's direction for the US Office of Personnel Management?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 06:29
In part, yes. Eventually someone has to do it. It happens that Musk is extremely vocal about Government efficiencies. Governments want to improve. The Office of Personnel Management is an example. They have a policy on innovation, which mentions "learning from the outside and experimentation" and their IT policy mentions they strive for cloud solutions and AI. Despite the Office of Personnel Management listing a whole page of initiatives for modernizing their workforce (AI innovation), it turns out they're still using a mine to store all their records.
Where DOGE has received criticism is in the planning. You’ll often hear that DOGE lack oversight. This was always Elon Musk's approach - 'move fast and break things'. He executes from principle rather than catering to the exceptions. And when you move at this speed, you're guaranteed to break things. DOGE is an iterative process. He'll soon realize that government is a completely different world, and that removing these processes, manual or not, can bring some amount of risk.