The message continues: Employees with a legitimate business should submit an exception SAM request for their supervisors review.

Employees may request an exception if they have a business need for job-specific duties.

DOGE alsoincorrectly identifieda contract with a wing of Thomson Reuters as going toward news subscriptions.

President Donald Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025.WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP/Getty Images

Its not known yet whether this policy is being replicated at other agencies.

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