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tomder55
Feb 13, 2025, 06:23 AM
That's what desk jockeys were called in the days before digital.
Turns out the agency that processes Federal Employee retirements didn't get the memo.

According to the DOGE web site


Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process takes multiple months.

Work | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency (https://doge.gov/)

When Musk says everything DOGE is doing is 100 % transparent he means that everything they find is on the above web site and on the DOGE X page.


(1) Department of Government Efficiency on X: "Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process https://t.co/dXCTgpAWLs" / X (https://x.com/doge/status/1889437908094042277)