- The 18F of the Department of General Services Administration of the United States has dissolved
- Elon Musk’s Efficiency Department seems to be behind the cuts
- 18F was a group of software and acquisitions that helped a variety of government agencies
A General Services Administration Technology Unit (GSA) has had its budget almost eliminated, affecting around 70 software engineers and strategists, as well as researchers, service designers and acquisition specialists.
The cuts were served by the Efficiency Department of the Government of Elon Musk (Doge), and are part of an ongoing campaign to reduce government spending.
Founded in 2014, the unit, 18F, developed key public orientation services, such as login.gov: the central login system for services such as Medicaid, Social Security and Medicare. 18F was also responsible for helping government agencies to buy and build technology, improve user experience and make services accessible, and the unit collaborated with many departments, so the effects of the cuts will be felt in all areas.
A MAZO APPROACH
The department had previously been labeled as a “computer office throughout the extreme left government” by a coupter of musk, which the de facto director Dux replied “that group has been eliminated.”
“The support of the 18F in that work has now stopped abruptly,” said the group in a statement.
“Since all staff were also put on administrative license, we have been blocked from our computers and we have no opportunity to help in an ordered transition in our work. We don’t even have access to our personal employment data. We are supposed to return our equipment, but we cannot use our email to find out how or where. “
These are not the first federal workers to be fired, with more than 110,000 federal employees who leave their positions since Trump assumed the position, although around 77,000 of these accepted the Deferred Resignation Program of the Administration.
“The 18F dismantling follows the destroyed of the US digital service. These cuts are only the most recent in a series of a Sledgehammer approach for critical American teams that support the infrastructure of IT.”
Dege was also recently beaten with a wave of demands after complaints about the department that breached the privacy of millions of Americans by accessing “extraordinarily sensitive” details about federal workers and anyone who has requested a federal work.
