More than 20 government efficiency ministry (“Doge”) employees resigned on Tuesday (February 25), saying they will no longer help leader Elon Musk’s technical overhaul of federal services.
The group consists of technicians previously employed by digital giants such as Google and Amazon – accounting for about one-third of digital services in the U.S., with the government office being Musk following the launch of President Donald Trump Incorporate and reshape Musk (Doge). Musk fired about 40 digital service staff before taking over the office.
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The remaining members released their action in a section of Wethebuilders, a recently launched collective and website created by current and public federal workers who denounced Trump’s federal efficiency program and share internal stories about Doge’s overhaul . The group called itself “the official resistance team of American digital services.”
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“We vowed to serve the American people and be sworn in in the presidential administration. But it is clear that we are no longer able to deliver on these promises… We will not compromise our skills as technicians to compromise the core government system, endanger the United States Human sensitive data, or demolish critical public services. Staff, obtained by the Associated Press. “These actions are incompatible with our mission to join digital services in the United States: to provide better services to the American people through technology and design. ”
According to employees, unaffiliated White House visitors who refused to identify themselves entered the Digital Services office in January and actively interviewed existing employees’ political stance and expertise when suggesting Musk’s overhaul. Digital Services said these actions and more have proposed shocking violations of security protocols. They wrote: “Doge’s actions – fired technologists, unfortunately sensitive data and disrupted critical systems – contradict the mission they stated, with a mission to modernize federal technology and software to maximize government efficiency and productivity .”
Last week, Musk sent a massive email to federal workers (and a statement through social media platform X) telling them they need to send a recorded report that says all the work they had done in the last week or that they had effectively resigned. The Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s Human Resources Department, announced yesterday that the response to the email was “voluntary”.
The White House quickly responded to the governor’s resignation and dismissed the group’s criticism. “Anyone who thinks protests, litigation and the law will prevent President Trump from sleeping under the rocks for the past few years,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “President Trump does not It would hinder his commitment to make our federal government more efficient and responsible to hardworking American taxpayers.”
