John Skiles SkinnerMar 2, 2025

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:

https://18f.org/

18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yet

For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed to make government technology not just efficient but effective, and to save money for American taxpayers.

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@skiles

Thank you for your service. I've seen a number of posts about the purging of #18F on LinkedIn. I've been working to update @wikipedia articles with the record of this carnage, with the help of the @internetarchive :

https://funcrunch.medium.com/the-u-s-government-is-erasing-our-history-e3be0776ee67?sk=aeb9aae7198d67b7b0990f023bf9553a

The U.S. Government is Erasing Our History - Pax Ahimsa Gethen - Medium

As everyone who has paid attention to the news for the past month should be aware, the second administration of President Donald Trump has been making rapid changes to the federal government, with…

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