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Austria’s Ministry of Economy kicks out Microsoft, moving 1,200 staff to Nextcloud in 4 months 🕒

EU-based cloud ensures GDPR & NIS2 compliance 🇪🇺
Hybrid setup keeps Teams only for external use; all internal collaboration now on Nextcloud 🔒
Smooth rollout earns positive employee feedback 👍

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#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Cloud #DataSovereignty #Nextcloud #EU #FOSS #CyberSecurity #IT #Government #Software #Innovation #Digital #Security #Linux


Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
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Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
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#News #SocialSecurity #Disability #Trump #USPolitics #Government


Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
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#News #USPolitics #Government #DHS #Immigration #ICE #Trump #Texas


#taxtherich
OMG! It works! Who would have thought?! /s

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

"The law, which charges a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, has created a $5.7 billion windfall to fund bridge repairs, literacy programs, and address the transportation system's budget deficit."

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#tax #economy #justice #publicservice #government


The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center is calling for an inspector general investigation into potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations in the office of border czar Tom Homan related to government contracting.
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#News #TomHoman #Ethics #Government #Immigration #USPolitics


Russell Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who wants to take a hatchet to the federal government.

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#News #Trump #USPolitics #Government


Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way and overwhelmed challenges to their arrests.

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#News #USPolitics #Government #DHS #Immigration #ICE #Trump


The #Government Is #ShutDown. But Not for #FossilFuels.

Federal workers who issue permits for oil, #gas & #mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal #pollution limits.

#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #ClimateCrisis
nytimes.com/2025/10/17/climate…


From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”

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#News #Trump #USPolitics #Government


Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇
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#Government #Vought #Trump #Layoffs #WhiteHouse