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Natalie Alms

@AlmsNatalie

reporting on how the government works—or doesn't—at @washingtonsun

Previously @NextgovFCW. NC native, DC resident. signal: nalms.41 & nataliealms@washsun.com
a coffeeshop near you washingtonsun.com/natalie-alms Joined August 2018
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Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie
NEW for @washingtonsun: Federal workers in a government tech office are once again being mandated to send in updates about what they do, giving some flashbacks to the infamous “five things” emails Elon Musk required at the height of DOGE.

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www.washingtonsun.com Some Federal Workers Are Being Required to Email What They Do Again The new daily requirement at a government tech team run by a former DOGE staffer is giving workers flashbacks of Elon Musk’s “five things” emails.
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Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie
NEW: Stephen Miller, now WH chief of staff, has repeatedly sought to wield the the federal govt against the Somali population in Minnesota in the name of fraud.

Asking agency heads to pull funding to Minnesota.

Installing a key ally at DOJ.

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www.washingtonsun.com How Stephen Miller’s Fixation on Minnesota’s Somalis Became a Full-Scale Crackdown The new White House chief of staff has spent the last year moving the federal government against one community in one state.
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Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie
If you haven't read @anna_c_kramer's vivid story on the campaign of Democrat Sam Forstag -- a Forest Service smokejumper who chose to run after Trump took a sledgehammer to the govt workforce -- you should now. Montanans are sending him to the House.

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www.washingtonsun.com DOGE Upended His Work. Does Montana Care Enough to Vote for Him? Democrat Sam Forstag was a smokejumper with the Forest Service when Trump took a sledgehammer to the federal workforce.
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Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie
Wild and important story from @EricM_Katz and Domonique King:

The Education Department’s top internal watchdog could soon be an employee who was, until a few months ago, a middle school principal who had never worked directly in the federal government.

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www.washingtonsun.com Trump Picks a Recent Middle School Principal to Be an Agency Watchdog The Education Department’s pending acting inspector general has worked for the federal government only during the past three months.