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Published: May 22, 2025 19:34

The administration's proposal to reshape the civil service is open for public comment. It's not too late to add yours. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: May 21, 2025 17:31

"The dismantling of 18F and USDS has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention. ... But those agencies aren't the only ones where technologists have been affected. At many others, technical organizations weren't specifically dismantled, but were swept up in…

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Published: May 17, 2025 17:56

"They could have talked to career public employees or nonpartisan government experts. But they didn’t, because they did not want to know." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Published: May 15, 2025 19:55

Streamlining the government's procurement processes shouldn't come at the expense of safeguards designed to protect the public interest. At 18F, we developed a set of practices to help our partner agencies work effectively with technology vendors—and these…

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Published: May 8, 2025 23:02

Whatever DOGE might hope, accessibility can’t be ignored. All of us will experience some form of disability in our lives, and following best practices for accessible design makes the experience of interacting with government better for everyone.…

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Published: May 8, 2025 03:10

“It’s really important to have stability, to have people’s expertise be treated with the level of respect it ought to be and to have people not be wondering from one day to the next whether they’re going to be employed.”…

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Published: May 6, 2025 22:48

"While Musk celebrated his first cuts, DOGE began going after entire offices and agencies it viewed as politically progressive or opposed to its goals. The GSA’s 18F office ... was one of the first targets."…

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Published: May 5, 2025 20:14

"[18F's] ideals and practices are things that we can adopt in our work wherever we are—working in the open, admitting when we’re wrong and how we’re doing better, improving stuff iteratively, documenting our lessons, and being willing to share what we’re…

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Published: May 2, 2025 00:12

In compelling testimony this week, @erie.bsky.social got to the heart of 18F's mission—and the value of the work we were doing together with our partners before DOGE shut us down. https://www.youtube.com/live/4hw1K43eip8?t=5843s

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Published: May 1, 2025 15:49

The DOGE vision for government technology involves centralizing Americans’ private data. But this isn’t a new idea: it’s one that has been considered, reconsidered, and left alone many times over the years—for good reasons.…

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Published: April 30, 2025 15:59

Systems of oversight are an important part of government—and they’re being undermined in ways the American public should know about. 18F alum @jacobharr.is is collecting details on how this is happening. https://jacobharr.is/personal/assault-oversight.html

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Published: April 29, 2025 18:18

18F was eliminated outright, so we aren’t in a position to ask ourselves #whywestay. But many of our colleagues and project partners are—and in the face of chaos, they’re still doing everything they can to serve the American people. To all our fellow…

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Published: April 28, 2025 17:30

If you're the type of person who wants to get beyond the headlines, you're in good company: we've teamed up with our friends at @altusds.bsky.social to talk about COBOL, the high stakes of government modernization efforts, and why AI alone can't rebuild…

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Published: April 28, 2025 05:36

“Americans are required to give lots of sensitive data to the government ... . They have done so based on faith that the government will protect that data, and confidence that only the people who are authorized and absolutely need the information to…

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Published: April 27, 2025 02:04

“This country historically has had an independent public service that attracts people focused on service to Americans. But this administration values the kind of service you get from political appointees, who serve at the president’s pleasure.”…

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Published: April 25, 2025 20:28

"'I’ve never seen a leader lose credibility in real time before,' says a current GSA employee. 'It was like the ‘plummeting’ sound in a cartoon. We all see the team there. There’s an entire section of the building blocked off where they work.'" [contains…

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Published: April 25, 2025 03:39

"18F worked just how Musk and his team pretend that they want government to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it." — @waldo.net https://www.reuters.com/world/us/100-days-doge-lots-chaos-not-so-much-efficiency-2025-04-24/