DOGE killed this government agency that was modernizing the federal government and we're all going to pay for it.

Early in the morning on March 1, without notice, the General Services Administration eliminated its 18F program, what was an internal team of tech consultants and engineers that developed open-source tools to improve digital services across the federal government.

The elimination of 18F, which aimed to help federal agencies build and acquire better software, raises serious questions about the extent to which the Trump administration is actually committed to technology modernization. 18F was based within the GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, which is now led by Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer.

Dismissal notices went out Saturday to about 85 employees of 18F, a federal agency that works on improving government technology — effectively shutting down an office hailed a decade ago as Uncle Sam’s new tech startup.

F served a unique role as an in-house digital consultancy for the U.S. government. Its elimination raises concerns about current and future technology projects.

The employees, who worked at the General Services Administration’s 18F unit, fixed technical problems and built products aimed at increasing efficiency for various federal agencies.

Thomas Shedd, the commissioner of Federal Acquisition Service, said the decision is part of the President’s Workforce Optimization Initiative executive order.

Mark Cuban has some advice for the fired employees, who focused on tasks like building the login tool for key government programs.

Billionaire Mark Cuban has a big idea for some federal workers who just lost their job: get into consulting. The General Service Administration fired workers from its 18F office on Saturday morning as part of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s ongoing trimming down of the federal government.

The Trump administration’s latest move to improve government efficiency has purged tech consultants that worked to improve government efficiency

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban waded into the latest government tech shake-up on Saturday, offering support on the social network Bluesky for newly

In its apparent quest to cut government spending and improve efficiency, DOGE has fired entire tech teams devoted to those very things.