Government employees working from Home

Bring on the DOGE revolution

Government agencies need to provide some accountability to taxpayers

An explosive new report from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) Caucus, notes that fewer than 1 of out every 10 federal employees (6%) work in an office full time, citing an April survey.

“If you exclude security guards & maintenance personnel, the number of government workers who show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week is closer to 1%!” posted Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur leading DOGE with fellow billionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, in response to the report. “Almost no one.”

Sure, federal employees in many roles can be productive at home. But the report from Ernst, an Iowa Republican, raises serious questions about whether there is any real culture of accountability at federal agencies. Occasional work from home is a privilege—and federal agencies should be careful to limit it to good employees and regularly be tracking performance and productivity metrics.

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When it comes to federal employees, the taxpayers are the bosses—and the taxpayers elected Donald Trump, whose allies are signaling it’s a new day in Washington for federal employees. It’s about time.

Joni Ernst's (BUILT IT) Act

Congress Now Has a Chance to Fix the Southern Border

The United States southern border is an essential barrier that exists for a reason.

For the sake of this country’s national security, knowing who is entering the country is critical. Of equal importance is the ability to control who comes in.

Sadly, the current White House administration has washed its hands of the southern border entirely. This created a situation where Border Patrol agents and officials of border states are having to work day and night to do the federal government’s job.

I blogged about this several days ago but it should be mentioned as often as possible. We must protect our country.

Joni Ernst @SenJoniErnst
#DYK: "American taxpayers are paying $3 million per day for contractors to guard unused Southern border wall materials." This is asinine.