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Attracting technical talent into state and local government is a good thing, especially after the destruction of #USDS and #18F, but… volunteer? C’mon, #Virginia.

The proposal allocates nearly half a million dollars to go to an advisory board and the cops to collect biometric data on volunteers. 🤦🏻‍♂️

https://virginiamercury.com/2026/01/26/virginia-to-consider-joining-states-creating-volunteer-cyber-civilian-corps/

Virginia to consider joining states creating volunteer cyber civilian corps • Virginia Mercury

A proposal to create a volunteer cybersecurity incident response team, investigating and troubleshooting threats targeting digital systems around the commonwealth, will be considered again in this year’s General Assembly session.

Virginia Mercury
"The value of tech expertise in #government is real. That’s why #USDS and #18F existed and succeeded for over a decade.
This isn’t that…They gutted the #institutionalknowledge, fired the people who knew how to do this right, and replaced it with a system where people from private companies get guaranteed access to government data and decision-making through employees who are explicitly planning to return to those same companies." @mmasnick.bsky.social
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/23/trump-admin-reinvents-us-digital-services-program-after-elon-musk-fired-all-their-actual-tech-experts/
Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts

Here’s a fun game the Trump administration keeps playing: destroy a successful government program, wait a few months, then breathlessly announce you’ve “invented” the exact …

Techdirt
Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts

Here’s a fun game the Trump administration keeps playing: destroy a successful government program, wait a few months, then breathlessly announce you’ve “invented” the exact …

Techdirt
@exkclamation I've been thinking about it all day tbh because there's something really odd about this. The right have been OBSESSED with destroying #18F in particular this year. At the beginning of Elon's tenure in DOGE (february 2025), he tweeted he "deleted" this entire agency, which wasn't true. It shows this was top of mind for grifters/right wingers... but why? https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a92f9f29c310721af53f58b16
Elon Musk creates confusion about IRS' Direct File — but the free tax program is still available

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted on his social media site that he has “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS's Direct File program. This led to some confusion about whether Direct File is still available to taxpayers this season. While Musk’s tweet may have intimated that the group of workers had been eliminated, an individual with knowledge of the IRS workforce said the Direct File program was still accepting tax returns. The individual spoke anonymously with The Associated Press because they were not authorized to talk to the press. As of Monday evening, 18F’s website was still operational.

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Sometimes don’t look back through your notes. 😳😬😭 #FLOSS #18F #PrimeDirective #aisafety
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