Chuck Darwin<p>About the recent closure of <a href="https://c.im/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a>, <br>a digital unit within the GSA focused on updating and enhancing government technological systems and public-facing digital services.<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lawfare.bsky.social/post/3llylssr35k2l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/lawfare.bsky.</span><span class="invisible">social/post/3llylssr35k2l</span></a></p>
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FWD50<p>🏛️"Demos, not memos" is one of our mantras for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWD50" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FWD50</span></a> 2025.</p><p>On April 15, we're diving deep into Product Management for government, featuring alumni from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> sharing what might have been.</p><p>Learn how product thinking yields incredible results in public service.</p><p>Register now: <a href="https://access.fwd50.com/feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">access.fwd50.com/feed</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProductManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProductManagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSector</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalServices</span></a></p>
Karen Mardahl<p>Kate Green and Milo, formerly from US Digital Services, talk with Paris Marx about the destruction DOGE brought to USDS and about the amazing stuff USDS used to do. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/tech-wont-save-us/id1507621076?i=1000701028227" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">tech-wont-save-us/id1507621076?i=1000701028227</span></a> Check out the new project they are working on at <a href="https://www.wethebuilders.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wethebuilders.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, which gives me hope after my blood nearly reached boiling point listening to their terrible tales. Excellent interview. If you are mourning the loss of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> or you are in favour of technology for everyone, do give this podcast a listen. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AltUSDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltUSDS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WeTheWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeTheWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TechWontSaveUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechWontSaveUs</span></a></p>
cs<p>How an obscure US government office has become a target of Elon <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> | Elon <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> | The Guardian<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDS</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/15/elon-musk-18f-x-false-claims" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/mar/15/elon-musk-18f-x-false-claims</span></a></p>
Bret Mogilefsky<p>Before being eliminated, 18F saved taxpayers billions in bad contracts and failed software projects over 11 years. I was very proud of my time in early-18F, from which we launched shared services and critical components for federal technologists, like cloud.gov, login.gov, and the US Web Design Standards. I was so driven by the mission and hooked on public service that when I termed out, I reapplied and came back in a permanent role in a neighboring group, where I still work today.</p><p>The wanton overnight destruction of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> was shocking, and should be a major scandal. Find out more about 18F's legacy and the work it supported here: <br><a href="https://www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-is-18F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i</span><span class="invisible">s-18F</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> Is Firing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> Who Prevent Bloated <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Contracts</span></a><br>Employees at the federal tech unit <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> say that their role in preventing overspending put a Musk-sized target on their back. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/19/18f-tech-federal-workers-musk-trump-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/19/18</span><span class="invisible">f-tech-federal-workers-musk-trump-doge/</span></a></p>
Artist Activist<p>Once again, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KKK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKK</span></a> puppet regime in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> who work for no one but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBS</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> view everything kind, thoughtful, and compassionate as the enemy, so of course their impotent rage targets what little is left of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDS</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/15/elon-musk-18f-x-false-claims" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/mar/15/elon-musk-18f-x-false-claims</span></a></p><p>💔🏴☠️<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/@beep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beep</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federate.social/@jik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jik</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:kyq5qydbx2qotlbhlibaiueo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social</span></a></span></p>
Jon Fazzaro<p>"If they really wanted to know how to use technology to build a more efficient country, they would ask us."</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/18f" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18f</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wethebuilders.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wethebuilders.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE fires government efficiency team<br><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/doge-fires-government-efficiency-team" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">muskwatch.com/i/158555627/doge</span><span class="invisible">-fires-government-efficiency-team</span></a></p><p>"Among the team’s achievements was an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> program that allowed <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> to file directly with the agency for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> instead of paying for filing software from Intuit TurboTax. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> employees were also responsible for maintaining the government’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> alerts and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/forecasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forecasts</span></a> service. It’s unclear if IRS Direct File or weather.gov will continue to operate."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk</p><p>In its apparent quest to cut <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> spending and improve efficiency, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has fired entire <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> teams devoted to those very things.<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-major-government-tech-projects-efficiency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-major-gov</span><span class="invisible">ernment-tech-projects-efficiency/</span></a></p><p>"The culling of the GSA’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> division, in particular...has crippled programs... Over the weekend, around 90 technologists at 18F were fired via a surprise <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> that went out shortly before 1 am ET on Saturday."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The culling of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> in particular, a specialized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> services agency tasked w/improving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/user" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>user</span></a> experience w/govt services & helping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> build & buy a variety of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a>, has crippled programs that silently but effectively prepared Americans for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disasters</span></a> or streamlined tasks, like renewing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/passport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passport</span></a> or filing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>. Over the wknd, ~90 technologists at 18F were fired via surprise email that went out shortly before 1AM ET on Sat morning.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s so-called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> took over important govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> teams within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> & what was formally known as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDS</span></a>, around 200 technologists have either resigned or been fired, jeopardizing around a decade’s worth of work dedicated to everything from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/passport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passport</span></a> applications.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoReactionary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRx</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Is Putting Major Government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Efficiency</span></a> Projects at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Risk</span></a></p><p>“18F was the people’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> shop,” one fired <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> 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.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoReactionary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRx</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://archive.is/2025.03.07-192338/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-major-government-tech-projects-efficiency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/2025.03.07-192338/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.wired.com/story/doge-major-government-tech-projects-efficiency/</span></a></p>
Sean Boots<p>New blog post! 😳 “Things that are happening” (on the dismantling of US civil service institutions and technology teams, and consequences for public sector reform elsewhere) <a href="https://sboots.ca/2025/03/04/things-that-are-happening/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sboots.ca/2025/03/04/things-th</span><span class="invisible">at-are-happening/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sboots.ca/tags/GCdigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCdigital</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Requiem for 18F</p><p>A small government unit did what DOGE is pretending to do<br><a href="https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/requiem-for-18f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">donmoynihan.substack.com/p/req</span><span class="invisible">uiem-for-18f</span></a></p><p>"I was part of a team of 4 people at 18F that saved the Dept of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> $500 million with a single, 3-day project... All the work <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> did... was open source. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Public</span></a> money should produce public <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a>, for public inspection.</p><p>In short, 18F works just how <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> & team pretend that they want <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/Cuban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuban</span></a>’s offer came after the government’s General Services Administration (<a href="https://mato.social/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a>) abruptly gutted its <a href="https://mato.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> 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."</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/01/mark-cuban-offers-to-fund-government-tech-unit-that-was-cut-in-the-middle-of-the-night/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/01/mark</span><span class="invisible">-cuban-offers-to-fund-government-tech-unit-that-was-cut-in-the-middle-of-the-night/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Among the marquee websites that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> employees helped build or revamp are the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>’s free tax filing service known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectFile</span></a> & the National Weather Service’s page, weather.gov.</p><p>But since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> returned to the Oval Office, 18F has also been targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> whom Trump tasked w/cutting back the government. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> wrote last month in a post on his social media platform, X, that “that group has been deleted.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In an email to workers at the agency’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> Transformation Services, Thomas Shedd, a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> engineer who is now the division’s dir, said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a> had been identified as noncritical & would be cut.</p><p>“This decision was made with explicit direction from the top levels of leadership within both the administration & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a>,” Shedd said in the email…. He added that while no other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTS</span></a> programs had been affected, “we anticipate more change in the future.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is terminating the jobs of dozens of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> specialists whose broad portfolio of projects across the govt included the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>’s free tax filing software & passport services.</p><p>The specialists, who belonged to a unit at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a>, developed software & technology products for various <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>, w/the goal of improving efficiency & better serving the public.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/18f-technology-specialists-fired.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/18f-technology-specialists-fired.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"some of 18F’s probationary employees, who typically have been in their govt role for only 1-2 yrs, had previously been terminated in the Trump admn’s mass firings, then reinstated this week, and then fired again Friday night...</p><p>The team was tailor-made for govt efficiency & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>... But as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & his surrogates continue to centralize <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> over govt operations, it makes sense that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> would want to rein in, or simply bulldoze, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a>."<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/doge-elon-musk-18f-elimination-efficiency/681894/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/technology/arc</span><span class="invisible">hive/2025/03/doge-elon-musk-18f-elimination-efficiency/681894/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
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