Does the transition from localized, physical tape archives at the GSA or Department of Transportation to a centralized "mega API" increase administrative efficiency or merely facilitate mass surveillance?
Compare the immediate savings from cutting "professional services" against the long-term impact on infrastructure planning and environmental standards. Privacy under siege: DOGE's one big, beautiful database
This paper would investigate the technical and ethical implications of DOGE’s initiative to convert "70-year-old" magnetic tape archives into modern digital formats.
1. "From Magnetic Tapes to Master Databases: The DOGE Transit Migration"
2. "Interoperability as Surveillance: Cross-Agency Data Integration in DOGE"