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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
By Tim Reid
January 31, 20252:20 PM PSTUpdated 10 hours ago

Musk, the billionaire Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved swiftly to install allies at the agency known as the Office of Personnel Management.

The two officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said some senior career employees at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the department's data systems.

The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said.

"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems," one of the officials said. "That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications."

Officials affected by the move can still log on and access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.

Musk, OPM, representatives of the new team, and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

OPM has sent out memos that eschew the normal dry wording of government missives as it encourages civil servants to consider buyout offers to quit and take a vacation to a "dream destination."

Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said the actions inside OPM raised concerns about congressional oversight at the agency and how Trump and Musk view the federal bureaucracy.

"This makes it much harder for anyone outside Musk's inner circle at OPM to know what's going on," Moynihan said.

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more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-a … 025-01-31/

Q&A with Former Navajo Nation Vice President on Incoming 2nd Trump Administration 

What is your reaction to this election?

I was featured on stage at a Trump rally in Albuquerque last week. I had just two, three minutes to really bring hope, provide encouragement, and let President Trump know that Indian Country is out there, and we have a lot of valid issues. We have a lot of history of the government failing us, and broken promises, broken treaties.

Have you been contacted by the Trump team soliciting your advice?

Yes, the contact is ongoing, collaborative, and, of course, I’m trying to garner more attention for all of our issues, all the plights of Indian Country. To recite a part of my speech in Albuquerque last week, the left wing and the right wing are of the same bird.

I fully expected Trump to win. Seeing the tide turn, and then it was revealed in those numbers. Even though we are 1 percent of the voting block in this great United States, 64 percent of the Native American voted red, voted for President Trump.

Biden-Harris, to their credit, they advanced Indian Country a lot. And now Trump can advance. They are in queue. Now it's their time. We need one another, getting messaging and policy recommendations, getting rid of the hierarchy of layers and layers of federal bureaucracy that has stymied advancement in Indian Country.

We have the land, we have the resources, if the federal government would let us tap into them more readily, we are sovereign. Who out there would use our sovereignty? Who would like to use our sovereignty as an unfair or a competitive advantage? That's what I'm interested in. Those are the discussions that I'm pursuing currently.

Have you been offered a position in Trump's administration?

There's been hints of it from various respectable and good sources. I'm standing there ready for what may come. I will be a strong advocate for Indian Country.

more: https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/q … nistration

Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders
The DOJ argued in court that Indigenous people don’t have birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, so neither should children of noncitizens born in the US

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies its efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas about reports of Indigenous people being detained in the Valley.

Since President Donald Trump issued his executive order for an increase in ICE raids, Navajo tribal leaders have received alarming reports that their tribal members are being detained, heightening uncertainties over the implications these actions have for their communities and the safety of their people.

“We now know that Navajo people and enrolled members of other tribes are being detained in Phoenix and other cities by ICE,” Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley said during a committee meeting on Thursday. “The reports that we have received indicate that we need to coordinate an operation or some type of response to help our enrolled tribal members here on the Navajo Nation.”

more: https://azmirror.com/2025/01/24/reports … l-leaders/