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Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
- contemporary343 2y ago“We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services,” they wrote. “We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE’s actions.” “‘Move fast and break things’ may be acceptable to someone who owns a business and owns the risk. And if things don’t go well, the damage is compartmentalized. But when you break things in government, you’re breaking things that belong to people who didn’t sign up for that,” said Cordell Schachter, who until last month was the chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
- billy99k 2y ago[flagged]
- tttuesdsythrow 2y agoI work at USDS (at least as of 11:49 AM - not fired yet!). What on earth are you talking about? Ban and censor? Ban from what, and how? And censor? This is the government, not Facebook or Twitter/X etc. This idea that the federal government is both incompetent and at the same time conspiratorial and all up in everyone’s business is nuts.
- mikehotel 2y agoThank you for your service! How many from USDS are left after this group of resignations?
- anon2549 2y agoI haven't seen evidence that such "banning and censoring" ever happened to any meaningful degree.
- mosdl 2y agoCause Twitter never censors...
- guax 2y agoTwitter was not the government.
- jasdi 2y agoYup they are all performing for you unlike Trump and Musk.