Dozens of federal tech workers resign to protest Musk and DOGE’s push to ‘dismantle critical public services’

Dozens of federal tech workers resign to protest Musk and DOGE’s push to ‘dismantle critical public services’
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Dozens of federal tech workers resign to protest Musk and DOGE’s push to ‘dismantle critical public services’
Author: Mike Bedigan
Published: Feb, 25 2025 16:20

Summary at a Glance

The day after Trump’s inauguration, the former staffers wrote, they were called into a series of interviews conducted by mysterious and unknown individuals, many of whom were young and seemingly guided by ideology and fandom of Musk, rather than a desire to improve government technology.

In the resignation letter the employees warned that many of those brought on board by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government under Donald Trump’s administration were severely under-qualified and inexperienced for the task.

More than 20 staffers at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have resigned, after refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”.

“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the workers wrote in a joint resignation letter on Tuesday, obtained by The Associated Press.

“Several of these interviewers refused to identify themselves, asked questions about political loyalty, attempted to pit colleagues against each other, and demonstrated limited technical ability,” the resignation letter stated.

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