Name: Analyst: Problem With Federal Government Workforce Is Inability to Reward Good Performance and Punish Bad Performance
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Description: Avik Roy from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity spoke with NTD's Melina Wisecup about the legal and practical obstacles for Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and how the Silicon Valley technology leaders can help with DOGE's proposed reforms.

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