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President Donald Trump ’s special commission tasked with slashing federal spending continues to disrupt Washington and the federal bureaucracy.

Peter Bergen : The Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) has a broad mandate and seemingly nonexistent oversight.

Bergen says DOGE staffers have been granted administrator-level technical access to a variety of federal systems, including Social Security , Medicare and Social Security .

Richard Forno : DOGE appears to be operating with very little oversight by anyone in position willing or able to hold it responsible for its actions.

He says the Trump administration reclassified federal chief information officers to be general employees subject to dismissal for political reasons.

The federal government’s vast collections of data touch every citizen and company, Forno says.

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