DOGE's 'Big Balls' previews digital passport overhaul

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEdward Coristine, the DOGE staffer known as Big Balls, told Fox News the plan is to make passport applications fully digital through America dot gov, an AI platform replacing thousands of sites.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith me is consultant Barnaby Yoshida-Mott. Barnaby, is online better than paper?

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   Barnaby Yoshida-MottVera, and I billed eleven hours to reach this, a form you can fill out at home is easier than driving to a building.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEleven hours.

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   Barnaby Yoshida-MottFourteen, with the binder. It's titled Simplify. Two hundred pages. Page one says fewer websites means fewer websites.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo, but you charge four thousand dollars an hour. For that?

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   Barnaby Yoshida-MottThe market pays for clarity, Vera. Before me, nobody knew that people dislike waiting.

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   Barnaby Yoshida-MottAnd that was six more hours, I put it on a slide.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA slide.

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    Barnaby Yoshida-MottAnimated. The word waiting shrinks. It's my best work.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me ask you something. Have you ever used a government passport website yourself?

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    Barnaby Yoshida-MottMy assistant's assistant has. I bill for the vision, not the clicking.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, then simplify your answer for me. One sentence.

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    Barnaby Yoshida-MottHappily. That will be four thousand dollars.