Trump says Elon Musk will lead "DOGE," a new Department of Government Efficiency

I get frustrating reminders of how inefficient those organizations can be every time I end up on a gov contract. My last one was the worst. Perhaps entropy is the unavoidable result of complex organizations? If that's true, then what will prevent DOGE from succumbing to the same fate?

So many of the "cyber" orgs exist to perform "outreach" with talking heads paid too much to basically say "hacking bad, security good." I'm not sure what's worse: a world where such marginal things are provided in exchange for value, or a world where such marginal things are actually valued. The pattern exists across the US federal space.

The leadership of DOGE will need to be focused on actual results. It won't be effective if their existence is justified by how many powerpoints they present. It won't be effective if it's just a bunch of SESers "working together" with other SESers "towards efficiency." The fundamental incentives of US gov orgs will have to change in ways likely to be resisted.

Sooner or later they will become enemies.