To the editor: “What did you do final week?” — this was requested of federal staff, together with healthcare personnel resembling Dr. Venktesh Ramnath, to justify their salaries. (“What did I do last week? I took care of your family, friends and fellow citizens,” Opinion, Feb. 24)
After I learn Ramnath’s response to that query, I couldn’t assist however really feel that for all of the demanding of solutions, the Workplace of Personnel Administration actually didn’t wish to hear anybody’s response. Chalk this as much as the president, as soon as once more, simply throwing a wrench into the works and making an attempt to complicate the every day routines of those federal staff already working beneath almost unattainable circumstances.
Ultimately, Ramnath did one thing I normally frown upon, however on this case was completely justified — he answered a query with a query, however not till after answering the OPM’s query in a radical, full, concise means.
What did the OPM do? I’d certainly love to listen to the response to Ramnath’s query.
Daniel V. Shannon, Camarillo
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To the editor: Because of Ramnath for exposing this newest gambit from Elon Musk for the nonsense that it’s.
We now have been advised that the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity is tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. Clearly requiring an worker to justify what they’ve achieved for the previous week by no means determines if the place itself is an instance of waste, fraud and abuse.
If this train is the perfect concept that DOGE might provide you with for fulfilling its mission, then I believe it’s honest to conclude that what it did for the previous seven days is an ideal instance of losing and abusing taxpayer {dollars}.
Cathy Hrenda, Glendale
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To the editor: If Musk is requiring federal staff to submit solutions on what they did during the last week or be fired, shouldn’t that additionally apply to the Home, Senate and White Home?
Thomas Helpful, Indio
