Waste.gov put behind the password after sending a live WordPress demonstration website

The US government recently registered Dei.gov And To waste As new federal websites, Reuters reporting that none of the pages was reactive last Wednesday. NOW To waste was hidden behind a password after apparently put online – with a defect WordPress model.

404 media reports that To waste temporarily displayed a Web page example Supplied by WordPressUsing the design model Twenty-four And with a fictitious architectural firm called studies. While the page included the domain name and the slogan “monitoring of government waste”, the rest of To waste focused on the false architectural services of studies. Dei.gov redirected to To waste.

The Waste.gov website on February 11, 2025, archived by the Wayback machine.
Credit: screenshot: mashable

It’s a pretty sloppy look for President Donald TrumpThe new administration, which has also disclosed Public health websites Accommodation of the information used by doctors to process patients. It is not even to mention the closure of the US humanitarian aid and its websiteTHE Office of armed violence prevention websiteAnd Many federal web pages on LGBTQ issues. To waste was quickly locked behind a password after the 404 Media report.

To judge by domain names, it is reasonable to assume that To waste And Dei.gov are intended to worry Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Effectiveness (“Doge”) as well as Trump’s continuous efforts to Demant the diversity, equity and inclusion programs (DEI). Musk and Trump have continuously allegedly alleged that the US government was wasting funds, DOGE to considerably reduce federal spending and employees.

Unfortunately, Trump and Musk have bad stories when it comes to correctly assessing what constitutes waste. An analysis revealed that the elimination of Trump from More than 100 environmental protection regulations During his first mandate, contributed to 22,000 American deaths in 2019 only. Meanwhile, Musk sadly Reduce almost 90% of Twitter staff After acquisition 2022With the Value of the company subsequently Tanking while Advertisers deserted the platform.

Despite this, Trump and Musk seem to believe that the American government can be directed to an acceptable standard with a fraction of its current employeessignificant IA dependenceand with $ 2 billions withdrawn from its budget (The federal budget before their cuts was 6.8 dollars billions). Tuesday, Trump signed a executive decree Organize federal agencies to execute “large -scale” job cuts and work with Musk’s Doge to limit hiring.

Until now, the Trump administration’s drastic cuts have mainly caused chaos and concern. Doge quickly Access the digital networks and databases of the federal government Apparently looking for “waste”, Lock US government officials out of key systems and sparkling many prosecution. To wasteThe unhappy publication of a WordPress demonstration website by default is just another indication that Trump’s hasty evisation and Musk towards the US government is a disorderly process that will probably only disorder.