Doge tells federal employees to detail their working week or to be fired
After years of being plagued by civilian research needs and lawsuits of the Ministry of Justice (Doj), the real estate sector hoped for a looser antitrust enforcement under a second Trump administration. Although enforcement experts were initially skeptical, the latest action taken by the Elon Musk-Holmed Department of Efficiency of the Government Perhaps it is exactly what the real estate sector was hoping for.
On Saturday, the Human Resources Office of the federal government gave all federal employees two days to deliver five lists of what they achieved last week, according to one Bloomberg report.
This will be especially difficult for federal employees at the Consumer Financial Protection BureauThey have been instructed not to work on supervisory and enforcement work or lawsuits. Only a small number of employees at De Waakhond is even allowed at the moment.
In response to the threat of Musk if employees do not comply, the American Federation of Government Employees (Aged) said, the largest federal employee union, that it would dispute every “illegal” endings.
Five people at the Doj, who spoke with Bloomberg on condition of anonymity, told their teams not to describe the work that they do until they receive further clarity.
According to those with knowledge of the situation, at least two American law firms employees have sent a message that the supporting office tried to collect guidance for all 93 American lawyers from DOJ leadership on how they could meet.
Sources told Bloomberg that Doj lawyers are concerned that the unveiling of private research data, including evidence for a large jury, would amount to the misconduct of lawyers.
In a post on X, Musk wrote that “it will not respond will be considered a dismissal.”
In a communication that was shared with Bloomberg on Saturday, the Office or personnel management government employees advised not to send “classified information, links or attachments”.
The DOJ currently had CIDs out with various local and national broker associations about the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) no-commanding rule. Moreover, the Department is known that the Nar’s fiercely disputed clear cooperation policy, as well as buyers’ representative agreements and cooperative compensation practices that some listing agents still use.
If the DOJ staff are cut as a result of the Doge order, this would mean that fewer staff members are available to pursue some of these investigations into the real estate sector, a relaxing antitrust enforcement, which is exactly what many in industry are on hoped.
