@kokojourneys.bsky.social
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Getting ready for our panel- You can carry on where 18F left off! #CfASummit
May 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Getting ready for our panel- You can carry on where 18F left off! #CfASummit
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IRS’s Direct File wasn't open source while it was being developed. But somebody just made it public!
GitHub - IRS-Public/direct-file: Direct File
Direct File. Contribute to IRS-Public/direct-file development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
IRS’s Direct File wasn't open source while it was being developed. But somebody just made it public!
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There are 32m small businesses in the USA
April 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
There are 32m small businesses in the USA
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We've been busy rescuing our old blog so that it can continue to serve as a resource for anyone who wants it. We'll be spotlighting a few top posts over the coming weeks, but wanted you to know that this content is available—along with our guides to agile development, accessibility, and more.
18F: Digital service delivery | 18F blog archive
18f.org
April 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We've been busy rescuing our old blog so that it can continue to serve as a resource for anyone who wants it. We'll be spotlighting a few top posts over the coming weeks, but wanted you to know that this content is available—along with our guides to agile development, accessibility, and more.
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Musk is firing federal workers who prevent bloated tech contracts:
theintercept.com/2025/03/19/1...
theintercept.com/2025/03/19/1...
March 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Musk is firing federal workers who prevent bloated tech contracts:
theintercept.com/2025/03/19/1...
theintercept.com/2025/03/19/1...
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This is the same thing Congress has long done to GSA: block them from spending billions in revenue they’ve generated, and then complain that their services aren’t good enough.
The CR, unless it’s changed, will block the District of Columbia from spending about $1 billion of its locally raised revenue (from local taxes, fees, etc.), forcing sweeping cuts for a city that had passed a balanced budget www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Entire D.C. government urges GOP to reverse course on ‘devastating’ $1B cuts
The mayor and D.C. Council warned that the city would have to find over $1 billion in immediate, across-the-board cuts impacting every area of D.C. government if the bill passes.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is the same thing Congress has long done to GSA: block them from spending billions in revenue they’ve generated, and then complain that their services aren’t good enough.
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@alt18f.bsky.social saved taxpayers billions, modernized digital services, and made government work better. 💡Now, DOGE has shut it down—eliminating projects that served voters, refugees, military personnel, and more. Read about 18F’s impact ⬇️
🔗 www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
#altgov #18f
🔗 www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
#altgov #18f
March 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
@alt18f.bsky.social saved taxpayers billions, modernized digital services, and made government work better. 💡Now, DOGE has shut it down—eliminating projects that served voters, refugees, military personnel, and more. Read about 18F’s impact ⬇️
🔗 www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
#altgov #18f
🔗 www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
#altgov #18f
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This is a very good and useful news story. It reports on DOGE’s understanding that people hate them and what they’re planning to fix it.
It notes, in detail, that what they say they are doing (streamline/improving gov’t tech) was already being done by 18F, a gov agency they blithely destroyed.
It notes, in detail, that what they say they are doing (streamline/improving gov’t tech) was already being done by 18F, a gov agency they blithely destroyed.
As turmoil spills into public view, Elon Musk’s DOGE is racing to finish slashing federal bureaucracy and move on to the more constructive work of building digital tools for the government.
DOGE hunts for ‘wins’ amid tensions with Trump administration, backlash
DOGE sees an urgent need to champion “wins,” as Elon Musk’s group finishes slashing federal bureaucracy and moves to building digital tools for the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is a very good and useful news story. It reports on DOGE’s understanding that people hate them and what they’re planning to fix it.
It notes, in detail, that what they say they are doing (streamline/improving gov’t tech) was already being done by 18F, a gov agency they blithely destroyed.
It notes, in detail, that what they say they are doing (streamline/improving gov’t tech) was already being done by 18F, a gov agency they blithely destroyed.
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UPDATE on Mahmoud Khalil from his lawyers and his wife: "Today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." (Legal team now includes ACLU, CCR.)
March 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
UPDATE on Mahmoud Khalil from his lawyers and his wife: "Today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." (Legal team now includes ACLU, CCR.)
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Just like 18F, the people behind @altusds.bsky.social partnered with government agencies to deliver critical services for the American people: finding baby formula during a shortage, applying for financial aid, getting veterans’ benefits. They shared our story on their website, We the Builders.
What is 18F and why does it matter? | We the Builders
We find the truth and tell the truth
www.wethebuilders.org
March 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just like 18F, the people behind @altusds.bsky.social partnered with government agencies to deliver critical services for the American people: finding baby formula during a shortage, applying for financial aid, getting veterans’ benefits. They shared our story on their website, We the Builders.
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My coworkers and I were fired for being "a coven of transgenders and queers"
Same reasoning used during McCarthyism's Lavender Scare: the assumption that queer people cannot be nonpartisan civil servants as the law requires. We are criminal by definition.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-mass-f...
Same reasoning used during McCarthyism's Lavender Scare: the assumption that queer people cannot be nonpartisan civil servants as the law requires. We are criminal by definition.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-mass-f...
The mass firing of federal tech workers at 18F is one of DOGE's most overtly political acts yet
The federal digital services team 18F had a diverse workforce and openly inclusive policies. That's why DOGE killed it.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My coworkers and I were fired for being "a coven of transgenders and queers"
Same reasoning used during McCarthyism's Lavender Scare: the assumption that queer people cannot be nonpartisan civil servants as the law requires. We are criminal by definition.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-mass-f...
Same reasoning used during McCarthyism's Lavender Scare: the assumption that queer people cannot be nonpartisan civil servants as the law requires. We are criminal by definition.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-mass-f...
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You can now read about projects that were interrupted when 18F was disbanded.
One of them was with the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which ensures military service members and Americans overseas are able to vote, and that their votes are counted.
18f.org/projects/#fe...
One of them was with the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which ensures military service members and Americans overseas are able to vote, and that their votes are counted.
18f.org/projects/#fe...
Projects interrupted
For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...
18f.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
You can now read about projects that were interrupted when 18F was disbanded.
One of them was with the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which ensures military service members and Americans overseas are able to vote, and that their votes are counted.
18f.org/projects/#fe...
One of them was with the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which ensures military service members and Americans overseas are able to vote, and that their votes are counted.
18f.org/projects/#fe...
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"DOGE's scorched earth approach is driving away the people who actually have the skills to fix the government’s problems."
DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk
In its apparent quest to cut government spending and improve efficiency, DOGE has fired entire tech teams devoted to those very things.
www.wired.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"DOGE's scorched earth approach is driving away the people who actually have the skills to fix the government’s problems."
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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We’re receiving word that General Services Administration leadership are firing more people tonight. Our dedicated colleagues should be eating dinner with their families or putting their kids to bed, not having their lives upended. The public will suffer, too. We stand with all of you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
We’re receiving word that General Services Administration leadership are firing more people tonight. Our dedicated colleagues should be eating dinner with their families or putting their kids to bed, not having their lives upended. The public will suffer, too. We stand with all of you.
The gutting of #gsa continue tonight. #federalworkers
March 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The gutting of #gsa continue tonight. #federalworkers
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You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
Thanks!! What’s happening with the dismantling of government is disturbing.
March 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thanks!! What’s happening with the dismantling of government is disturbing.
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I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
18F was the OG DOGE, but with a mission to create actual efficiency, and more importantly, effectiveness!
- Dan Tangherlini
@team18f.bsky.social
- Dan Tangherlini
@team18f.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
18F was the OG DOGE, but with a mission to create actual efficiency, and more importantly, effectiveness!
- Dan Tangherlini
@team18f.bsky.social
- Dan Tangherlini
@team18f.bsky.social
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The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Getting the De-risking Guide 2.0 through and published was one of the highlights of my time at 18F @team18f.bsky.social. My team was amazing and dedicated to making technology procurement in government not only more efficient but effective!!
The work that I led at 18F I naturally feel was really important (I hope all 18Fers felt the same way about their work): codifying the procurement principals that we’d all identified there over the years. I thought this would have a tiny audience. Instead it became a foundational text.
Introduction | 18F De-risking Guide
A guide for government agencies to deliver successful technology projects, from pre-award planning through post-award vendor management.
guides.18f.gov
March 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Getting the De-risking Guide 2.0 through and published was one of the highlights of my time at 18F @team18f.bsky.social. My team was amazing and dedicated to making technology procurement in government not only more efficient but effective!!
I along with my 18F colleagues were all RIF’d last night at midnight after our new political leadership told us we were the gold star for technology and government needs us numerous times. 18F is the OG DOGE but with substance and expertise!! Follow @team18k.bsky.social!!
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I along with my 18F colleagues were all RIF’d last night at midnight after our new political leadership told us we were the gold star for technology and government needs us numerous times. 18F is the OG DOGE but with substance and expertise!! Follow @team18k.bsky.social!!
18F was the OG DOGE!! The people I worked with at 18F aren’t just some of the smartest people but really conscientious Americans dedicated not just at making a splash for the news cycle and political bullshit but actual real impact. We don’t just do, we teach others to do it too!
March 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
18F was the OG DOGE!! The people I worked with at 18F aren’t just some of the smartest people but really conscientious Americans dedicated not just at making a splash for the news cycle and political bullshit but actual real impact. We don’t just do, we teach others to do it too!