DOGE fires government efficiency team
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/doge-fires-government-efficiency-team

"Among the team’s achievements was an #IRS program that allowed #taxpayers to file directly with the agency for #free instead of paying for filing software from Intuit TurboTax. #18F employees were also responsible for maintaining the government’s #weather alerts and #forecasts service. It’s unclear if IRS Direct File or weather.gov will continue to operate."

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DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk

In its apparent quest to cut #government spending and improve efficiency, #DOGE has fired entire #tech teams devoted to those very things.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-major-government-tech-projects-efficiency/

"The culling of the GSA’s #18F division, in particular...has crippled programs... Over the weekend, around 90 technologists at 18F were fired via a surprise #email that went out shortly before 1 am ET on Saturday."

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"#Cuban’s offer came after the government’s General Services Administration (#GSA) abruptly gutted its #18F technology unit, which helps other government agencies build, buy, and share tech products. Per Politico, the layoffs affected roughly 70 individuals who learned the news around 1 am on Saturday. Among other things, the unit had reportedly built Login.gov, a secure and private way for the public to access services at gov agencies, including Social Security."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/01/mark-cuban-offers-to-fund-government-tech-unit-that-was-cut-in-the-middle-of-the-night/

The entire department was terminated!!
For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving you to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed to make government technology not just efficient but effective, and to save money for American taxpayers.

However, all employees at 18F – a group that the Trump Administration GSA Technology Transformation Services Director called "the gold standard" of civic tech – were terminated today at midnight ET.

When former Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd took the position of TTS director and met with TTS including 18F on February 3, 2025, he acknowledged that the group is the “gold standard” of civic technologists and that “you guys have been doing this far longer than I’ve been even aware that your group exists.” He repeatedly emphasized the importance of the work, and the value of the talent that the teams bring to government. #FiredFedWorkers #18F

https://18f.org/