Shawn Allen
@shawnbot.bsky.social
Dad, bike nerd, and computer person for the City & County of San Francisco. Previously: GitHub, 18F, Stamen
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A DOGE MYSTERY!
I'm trying to find OPM request for proposal #47QFEA24K0008.
DOGE says they saved $318,310,328 by cancelling it. But OPM won't release this doc, and it's not listed in govt databases.
Free @nytimes coffee mug to anyone with a copy! I'm at daf@nytimes.com
I'm trying to find OPM request for proposal #47QFEA24K0008.
DOGE says they saved $318,310,328 by cancelling it. But OPM won't release this doc, and it's not listed in govt databases.
Free @nytimes coffee mug to anyone with a copy! I'm at daf@nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A DOGE MYSTERY!
I'm trying to find OPM request for proposal #47QFEA24K0008.
DOGE says they saved $318,310,328 by cancelling it. But OPM won't release this doc, and it's not listed in govt databases.
Free @nytimes coffee mug to anyone with a copy! I'm at daf@nytimes.com
I'm trying to find OPM request for proposal #47QFEA24K0008.
DOGE says they saved $318,310,328 by cancelling it. But OPM won't release this doc, and it's not listed in govt databases.
Free @nytimes coffee mug to anyone with a copy! I'm at daf@nytimes.com
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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 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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
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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
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This is not about efficiency. Giving federal employees purchase cards saves money - it reduces layers of paperwork and red tape.
Imagine running a business where you stopped employees from purchasing anything. The goal is to shut down government by other means.
Imagine running a business where you stopped employees from purchasing anything. The goal is to shut down government by other means.
NEW: DOGE put a $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards. Employees say overspending and fraud in the program was exceedingly rare. www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards
The restrictions are already in place at the General Services Administration along with several other agencies. Soon they'll roll out to most of the federal government, sources say.
www.wired.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is not about efficiency. Giving federal employees purchase cards saves money - it reduces layers of paperwork and red tape.
Imagine running a business where you stopped employees from purchasing anything. The goal is to shut down government by other means.
Imagine running a business where you stopped employees from purchasing anything. The goal is to shut down government by other means.
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Nothing abt what DOGE claims it's doing, or even what most suspect they're doing, requires anything like the current access they now have to critical data and nat sec computer systems across the federal govenrment. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE Dives Into Core National Defense and Data Systems Across Government
I don’t like to think in conspiratorial ways. But DOGE currently has...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Nothing abt what DOGE claims it's doing, or even what most suspect they're doing, requires anything like the current access they now have to critical data and nat sec computer systems across the federal govenrment. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
While everything that the Trump administration is doing right now feels mean and scary—and most of it really is just intentionally cruel, and people are rightfully scared—the mental image that I would encourage holding in your mind is that of an unrestrained toddler.
January 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
While everything that the Trump administration is doing right now feels mean and scary—and most of it really is just intentionally cruel, and people are rightfully scared—the mental image that I would encourage holding in your mind is that of an unrestrained toddler.