再砍数亿美元合同,马斯克的D.O.G.E又发现了哪些奇葩的政府部门?

marsbitPublished on 2025-02-18Last updated on 2025-02-19

2 月 17 日,马斯克发文讽刺:「根据社会保障数据库,这些是死亡字段设置为 FALSE 的每个年龄段的人数!也许《暮光之城》是真实存在的,而且有很多吸血鬼在领取社会保障金。」并配图如下。图中显示,目前美国还有超过 2000 位 200 岁以上的老人正在领取社会保障金,其中最「高寿」的竟有 360 多岁。很显然,这是为了冒领保障金而进行的造假。目前政府效率部正在介入调查此事。

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自 2025 年 1 月美国新任总统特朗普任命埃隆·马斯克领导「政府效率部」(DOGE)以来,这一以企业化思维改造政府机构的改革行动迅速引发全球关注。2 月 11 日至 13 日的世界政府峰会期间,马斯克被问及政府效率部(DOGE)的任务时,直言政府效率改革就像企业转型一样,只是规模要大得多。他以旗下的 Twitter 为例,指出改革过程中削减了 80% 的人力,却通过技术提升,在一年之内取得了过去五年才能取得的成绩。通过官方推特账号「DOGE」的动态与公开信息,DOGE 团队以激进手段推动政府降本增效,其举措既带来显著成效,也引发争议。


以下是马斯克的政府效率部近期关键行动梳理:


2 月 11 日,农业部终止了 18 份合同,总额约为 900 万美元;教育部终止了 29 项总额达 1.01 亿美元的 DEI 培训补助金,终止了 89 份价值 8.81 亿美元的合同;

2 月 13 日,核实教育部取消不必要开支合同情况共 900 万美元;EPA 取消了 3 份 DEI 合同,节省 4500 万美元;此外还有 58 项合同取消,节省了超过 1.5 亿美元,涉及媒体、DEI 和咨询等类别;

2 月 14 日,取消了 167 项计划,节省了约 1.15 亿美元;教育部终止了对四家「平等援助中心」的拨款,总额达 3300 万美元;取消了拜登时代向气候正义联盟提供的 5000 万美元环境正义拨款,该联盟认为「气候正义通过自由巴勒斯坦实现」;

2 月 15 日,终止 10 家机构 586 个合约,上限价值为 21 亿美元,且已确保 4.45 亿美元的储蓄;教育部终止了 70 项总额达 3.73 亿美元的 DEI 培训补助金;取消了 9 项浪费的环保局 DEI 和环境正义合同,节省约 6000 万美元;追回拜登任职期间住房和城市发展部 (HUD) 被挪用的 19 亿美元资金,现在财政部可以将这些资金用于其他用途;

2 月 16 日,DOGE 取消了一系列对外援助合同,共计 7.29 亿美元,其中不乏一些看起来很离谱的项目:

为「莫桑比克自愿男性包皮环切手术」提供 1000 万美元;

为加州大学伯克利分校提供 970 万美元,用于培养「一批具有创业驱动技能的柬埔寨青年」;

向「选举和政治进程加强联盟」拨款 4.86 亿美元,其中 2200 万美元用于摩尔多瓦的「包容性和参与性政治进程」,2100 万美元用于印度的选民投票率;

2900 万美元用于「加强孟加拉国的政治格局」;

......


除了以上大规模缩减预算,马斯克的政府效率部还一直在精简政府部门人员,以及介入审计政府部门财政系统,这成为马斯克逐渐接近权利中心的两条路,也引起了美国社会的极大争议。


大规模裁员扩展至关键公共部门,引发社会服务担忧

据央视新闻记者报道,截至 2 月 16 日,特朗普和马斯克发起的大幅削减联邦政府工作人员数量的计划已经解雇了超过 9500 人。当地时间 2 月 16 日,美国国家卫生研究院(NIH)内部邮件显示,原计划裁撤 1500 人调整为 1165 人,受影响员工自 17 日起停职。这一调整被认为与公共卫生服务压力有关,但具体裁撤标准未公开,引发对医疗研究连续性的质疑。除此之外,美国总统多个部门当天还公布了裁员人数和裁员计划:


美国环境保护署称已解雇 388 名员工;

美国农业部两家研究机构的试用期工作人员也已被解雇,但尚不清楚有多少工作人员受到此次解雇的影响;

美国疾病控制与预防中心将有近 1300 名试用期员工被迫离职,约占该机构员工总数的十分之一;

美国国税局准备最早在下周解雇数千名员工;

美国林业局将解雇约 3400 名新雇员;

国家公园管理局将裁撤约 1000 个职位;

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如此大规模的裁员计划,在美国国内引发了轩然大波。民主党对此提出尖锐批评,民众也纷纷走上街头,发起多次抗议活动。公共部门的人员变动,直接关系到民众的生活质量和社会的稳定发展。


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敏感数据争夺战:纳税人隐私与国家安全争议

《华盛顿邮报》2 月 17 日披露,DOGE 团队要求访问 IRS 纳税人信息,声称用于审计政府支出效率,但未明确数据使用范围。此举引发隐私权倡导者和民主党议员强烈反对,称其可能滥用数据或威胁公民隐私。

尽管财政部声称 DOGE 仅有「只读」权限,但多个政府雇员工会并不买账,直接起诉财政部,指控其非法向马斯克团队开放支付系统访问权。此前,DOGE 团队已通过 AI 分析教育部敏感数据,这无疑加剧了人们对数据安全协议缺失的担忧。数据安全无小事,尤其是涉及到政府部门和民众的敏感信息,一旦出现漏洞,就可能引发信任危机。

在这场敏感数据的争夺战中,DOGE 的激进实验已然走上了一条不归路。若成功,或许能为全球政府改革提供全新的思路和模式,成为一种可借鉴的范例。但如果失败,美国无疑将陷入政治分裂与社会信任危机的泥沼。就像马斯克在推特所言:「要么让政府像科技公司一样运转,要么被淘汰。」只是在这场充满风险的实验中,美国政府能否找准方向,实现高效运转,还是未知数。而这场风波最终将如何收场,整个世界都在拭目以待。

最近的事态显示,DOGE 的改革已从初期「砍合同、裁部门」转向深水区:触及国家安全数据、核心公共服务和政党博弈。马斯克的硅谷式「颠覆」虽加速了流程,但也激化了宪政冲突与社会矛盾。若无法平衡效率与公信力,这场实验可能成为美国官僚体系史上最具争议的篇章。

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