21 DOGE Staffers Resign as They Refuse to 'Dismantle Critical Public Services'
www.thewrap.com
"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.”

    • pogt
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Original USDS employees, which Musk merged into DOGE

    • 🇨🇦 holdstrong@lemm.eeEnglish
      22·
      23 hours ago

      DOGE is a restructuring of the existing US Digital Service. The people leaving are mostly people who worked there before Elon took over.

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
        12·
        22 hours ago

        Doge is not even a real agency. As you said, it is the US digital service. The executive order Trump signed admits that Trump does not have the authority to rename an agency, and that Doge is only the “public, alternative name.”

        So fucking cringe.

      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        20 hours ago

        Well, the article says these people were software devs who were modernizing software for the IRS, etc

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
      9·
      21 hours ago

      Ignoring the people who worked there previously, Elon hired more than 6 white college kids (but the media just focused on the juniors because clicks)