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.”

  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Relevant bit from the article, because some of y’all apparently comment before reading:

    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.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, they renamed it to DOGE, presumably because using the term duke would be off putting to their drone followers. Then they gave the organization a fuck ton more authority and ignored judicial rulings. What does any of it have to do with Obama though?

      • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        It has nothing to do with Obama. Is that a trigger word for you or something? It’s because of comments like this.

        • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Trigger word? I was asking why they are trying to tie an authoritarian move to a president who left office in the way a democratic Republic set up over 2 terms ago.

          Have fun with your buzzwords.

    • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I have seen some news sites giving this with headlines like “DOGE Goons resign” without the part you just quoted of course. top notch newsmanship

    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      My understanding is: Founding a new Department can only be done by Congress, so they had to “redefine” (more like corrupt) an existing one.