21 DOGE Staffers Resign as They Refuse to 'Dismantle Critical Public Services'
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"We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data," they wrote

Summary

Twenty-one staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resigned, citing ethical concerns over dismantling public services and compromising sensitive data.

Formerly part of the U.S. Digital Service, they criticized Musk and Trump’s overhaul, which included layoffs and politically charged interviews.

Their letter warned that removing skilled technologists endangers essential services like Social Security and veterans’ benefits.

The resignations add to growing concerns over Musk’s aggressive federal cuts, amplified by his recent CPAC speech where he symbolically wielded a chainsaw against “bureaucracy.”

  • @[email protected]
    18•8 hours ago

    The people who resigned originally worked for the US Digital Service, which was established in 2014 by Obama.

    • @RhoeriEnglish
      -12•6 hours ago

      Twenty-one staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resigned

      • @[email protected]English
        3•2 hours ago

        … Which was renamed and converted from the United States Digital Service, established by Obama in 2014.

        • @RhoeriEnglish
          -1•2 hours ago

          And that’s when they should have left.

      • @[email protected]
        6•5 hours ago

        The staffers who resigned were all originally employees of the United States Digital Service, a technology unit established during President Obama’s second term in 2014. The unit was renamed and reorganized in January via executive order by Trump into the Musk-headed DOGE.

        • @RhoeriEnglish
          -6•5 hours ago

          And they should have left then.