Watchdogs support Musk’s goal of tackling fraud — but question the way DOGE is doing it

Watchdogs support Musk’s goal of tackling fraud — but question the way DOGE is doing it

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16 Feb   |   Read Online Keeping Up With America Watchdogs support Musk's goal of tackling fraud — but question the way DOGE is doing it: For decades, government watchdogs and budget oversight experts have been trying to get someone — anyone — to listen to them about the need to root out waste, fraud and abuse in federal spending, frustrated that their calls for systemic change were going unheard by Washington. Men say they were conned by woman linked to reporter's death and went to police but heard nothing back: The phone's screen saver was the first sign that something was wrong. When Jason Egle plugged the device in and fell asleep at his parents' New Orleans-area home in the predawn hours of Oct. 16, 2021, it was dead. He hadn't realized it was someone else's. 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