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#DOGE Is Putting Major Government #Efficiency Projects at #Risk
“18F was the people’s #tech shop,” one fired #18F worker tells WIRED. “There’s a giant hole left by the closure of 18F. Requests from across the country for help far outpaced 18F’s capacity before the closure.”
#USpol #Musk #Trump #PublicDisservice #law #regulation #Technocracy #broligarchy #plutocracy #NeoReactionary #NRx #Technofeudalism #USpol
https://archive.is/2025.03.07-192338/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-major-government-tech-projects-efficiency/
Since #ElonMusk’s so-called #DOGE took over important govt #technology teams within the #GSA & what was formally known as the #USDS, around 200 technologists have either resigned or been fired, jeopardizing around a decade’s worth of work dedicated to everything from #PublicHealth to #passport applications.
The culling of #GSA’s #18F in particular, a specialized #digital services agency tasked w/improving #user experience w/govt services & helping #FederalAgencies build & buy a variety of #tech, has crippled programs that silently but effectively prepared Americans for #weather #disasters or streamlined tasks, like renewing a #passport or filing #taxes. Over the wknd, ~90 technologists at 18F were fired via surprise email that went out shortly before 1AM ET on Sat morning.