DOGE eliminated the US government’s tech experts – what has been lost?

The US government efficiency (DOGE), an independent task team, closed 18f, experts in the household cuisine were focused on improving efficiency in the US government. 18f has consulted with other government agencies including cost-effective technologies and to build digital services for tasks, passports and taxes online.

Initiatives such as 18F and USA digital service (USDS), another unit of technology consultants, has created rich professional networks of children and dreamer to modernize government services, “says Daniel Castro Information technology and innovation foundation, based on the Washington DC Think tank.

18f 18f Eliminating to delete us that US government projects can denounce and stated SCEPTICISS to help USAGE Effective Use of the US government. “I didn’t demolish a crew to build a skyscraul,” says Castrok.

The US government usually spends more than $ 100 billion in services every year, but expensive technology investments often do not really work as promised, back To the US government responsibility. 18f helped prevent such waste by consulting federal and state agencies, determining the technological solutions and companies that can be taken within the time and budget to be taken, Then heExpert in digital government services and technology.

Anonymity asked for three former 18f employees, which recently described the work New scientist. The States helped digitize a health application system to access the federal Medicaid funds. These provide health coverage for 70 million Americans, including 60% of all children and 60% of all health residents for homes.

Another former employee worked with the US interior department in an interactive testament It follows the environmental damage to the release of oil or other dangerous substances. According to such data helped, they said, rather than taxpayers than taxpayers, rather than taxpayers.

Members of 18f also updated the national weather service Preview website to make it more useful. The 18f team worked for the development of the free direct file program, which involves participating directly filing taxes directly to the internal income service, buying tax preparation software or hiring accountants. The government calculates more than 30 million taxes in 25 states that have the right to service in 2025.

Now the future of these projects is doubtful. President Donald Trump began the second period in January 2025, renamed and deduct As a dogre, the Government names Amy Glaam, but Elon Musk is directed by Tech Billionaire. Since they have since fired or resigned by many US digital services.

Musk took the goal 18f in the second administration of Trump, but the former 18f employee did not receive an official “strength reduction” until February 28th to reduce “reduction”. About 85 members of 18f were directly affected by releases, after the other three earlier purchase offerings.

18F deletion and the combination of alumni groups of USDS means that the combination of resignation means that there is no organization to develop and build technology with the government mission, comment 18f former employees. A spokesman for general service administration (GSA) says, “The GSA will continue to protect the administration’s impulse to accelerate the digital transformation of class technologies and modernize computing infrastructure.”