Hundreds of federal buildings, some of them historic, are on the auction block as part of DOGE’s effort to privatize everything possible

DOGE Suffers Another Setback, American Oversight Wins Court Order Forcing Preservation of Records - American Oversight

On Wednesday, in American Oversight’s groundbreaking federal records lawsuit against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order requiring DOGE to preserve all records that may be responsive to American Oversight’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and rejected DOGE’s arguments that its belated steps to preserve certain records fulfill its obligations under federal…

Hundreds of federal buildings, some of them historic, are on the auction block as part of DOGE’s effort to privatize everything possible

The federal government is reportedly moving to sell off hundreds of office buildings it owns and then lease them back. While the deal could provide a short-term infusion of cash, it’s a long-term loser for the taxpayer, experts told Fortune.  The Trump administration is pushing to privatize "anything that can reasonably be privatized," in the words of Tesla CEO and White House official Elon Musk. And part of that privatization now involves a tac…

DOGE Aims to Privatize Federal Government Functions

Those of us who have watched the movement to privatize public education over the past 30 years have witnessed a long list of broken promises. Privately-run schools, we were told, would be more effective, more accountable, more transparent, more responsive to students and parents, and would save money! Now we know that none of those claims were true. Privatization, in the case of charter schools and vouchers, does not produce better results, exce…