Waldo Jaquith

Rep. Pete Sessions says he's going to strip GSA of funding for 18F because he's angry about Login.gov.

Login.gov is not part of 18F. Also, neither Login.gov nor 18F are funded by Congress—they're funded by the profits that GSA generates from its business portfolio. Nothing about this makes sense. https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2023/11/login-dot-gov-fraudulent-says-house-republican-gunning-defund-18f/392052/

Login-dot-gov is 'fraudulent,' says House Republican gunning to defund 18F

Texas Republican Pete Sessions said 18F “misled and lied to the government” about the credentialing service’s capabilities .

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Nov 16, 2023 at 2:22amIvory for Mac
Show threadfedward Nov 16, 2023
@waldoj Never let the facts get in the way of a Republican congressman.
Show threadJohnalogueNov 16, 2023
@waldoj "Republican threatens to strip funding despite having neither ability nor reasoning to support that threat" seems like a common trope if anything.
Show threadJason GarberNov 16, 2023
@waldoj This is amazing. Everything about it is just flawless.
Show threadTeflonTroutNov 16, 2023

@waldoj for those of you who have never been US government employees, login.gov is a pretty reasonably secure way to log in to multiple very useful gov websites.

I use it to log in the sites where I make VA appointments, check federal job postings, and access my GI bill funds for college, for example.

It's a useful service providing a very important function, so OF COURSE some right wing fucking lunatic is trying to fuck it up.

Show thread@melissa13mwNov 16, 2023
@waldoj having a single point of login has been a lot easier for federal grants and contracting, too!
Show threadJoe BeamNov 16, 2023
@waldoj
Jeff Sessions has found another windmill to do battle with.
Show threadGreg BooneNov 16, 2023
@waldoj also still pushing that bizarre narrative that login.gov caused COVID relief fraud
Show threadMax Fenton (defunct)Nov 16, 2023
@waldoj I sure do wonder which third party vendor funds the Congressman.