"In August 2014, President Obama and Congress created the United States Digital Service (USDS).
In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to rename and reorganize it as the United States DOGE Service.
[...]
On March 17 2025, I joined DOGE as a software engineer working for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)."
Some important details that should also be mentioned is that:
- "On February 14, 2025, along with other layoffs across the Federal government, several dozen employees who were part of the United States Digital Service prior to the January 20 inauguration of Donald Trump, were dismissed with an email saying, "Due to the restructuring and changes to USDS's mission, USDS no longer has a need for your services."[30][31][32] Of the remaining 65 employees in the department, 21 resigned with a joint resignation letter on February 25 that stated, "We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans' sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services" (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Digital_Service )
- On March 1st, 2025 - " The former employees of 18F said in a joint statement that they had been abruptly locked out of their computers and email at midnight EST, with "no chance to assist in an orderly transition in our work."[28][29] The 18F website was taken offline the same day." ( from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F#Mass_firings_and_eliminati... )
In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to rename and reorganize it as the United States DOGE Service.
[...]
On March 17 2025, I joined DOGE as a software engineer working for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)."
Some important details that should also be mentioned is that:
- "On February 14, 2025, along with other layoffs across the Federal government, several dozen employees who were part of the United States Digital Service prior to the January 20 inauguration of Donald Trump, were dismissed with an email saying, "Due to the restructuring and changes to USDS's mission, USDS no longer has a need for your services."[30][31][32] Of the remaining 65 employees in the department, 21 resigned with a joint resignation letter on February 25 that stated, "We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans' sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services" (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Digital_Service )
- On March 1st, 2025 - " The former employees of 18F said in a joint statement that they had been abruptly locked out of their computers and email at midnight EST, with "no chance to assist in an orderly transition in our work."[28][29] The 18F website was taken offline the same day." ( from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F#Mass_firings_and_eliminati... )