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🗓️ 7 February 2025
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| 0:29.6 | Hey, everyone. Just a heads up that this is a fast-moving news story. It's possible that some |
| 0:35.4 | things might have changed by the time you listen. |
| 0:38.0 | Also, yes, my voice is a little scratchy. Got a bit of a cold. Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:47.4 | On Monday, a group of employees from the government's general services administration were |
| 0:52.1 | called into a meeting. |
| 1:00.5 | GSA oversees real estate, professional and tech services, and supplies for the federal government. |
| 1:07.0 | This team was focused on tech, and speaking to them was Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer. |
| 1:14.2 | And so Shed got before them and started laying out not only his vision, but also the GSA administrator's vision for what this agency could be. That's McKenna Kelly, who writes |
| 1:20.0 | about politics for Wired. When he talked to the employees, Shed also echoed the views of his |
| 1:26.3 | former boss, the richest man in the world. |
| 1:29.9 | Of course, Elon Musk is now heading Doge, and I think they share a lot of similar values |
| 1:35.8 | and ideas of what they want this government agency to look like. |
| 1:39.2 | Doge, Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency has spread its arms and philosophy across |
| 1:45.0 | numerous federal agencies in the past week, including Into the GSA's Technology Transformation Services, |
| 1:52.6 | or TTS, which Thomas Shed now heads. TTS handles creating and improving digital services |
| 1:59.6 | for the federal agencies. |
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