about Accountability

As part of current and future messaging on “accountability,” I firmly believe we need to correctly pronounce that Vitek/”Leon” “DOGE” er,hm…thingy… that will be up in our public communications space during 2025. 

The proper pronunciations Is:

“dodg·y [ˈdäjē – as per Merriam Webster] . 

These 2, ‘tres commas’, $B-boys are pronouncing it all wrong. Of course.

I am retiring from 4 decades of federal service.  My soon-to-be-former agency is, IMHO, the leading experts in government acronyms –i.e.: we must master the acronyms of every agency across all branches of government PLUS our own– we know that the “E” is NOT silent.  C’on man?!.  Big. Red. Flag.   The E isn’t silent when we refer to  

• ICE – US Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or
• the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE); or
• the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE); or
• the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE); …

…and I could go on – with the help of A-Z index of U.S. government departments and agencies | USAGov