[trts]

a couple pages that describe the agency and their projects, for those who were not familiar. the agency was created in 2014.

https://18f.gsa.gov/our-work/

https://www.govtech.com/civic/what-is-18f.html

Key Projects:

Beta.FEC.gov: Revamped the Federal Election Commission's website for easier record access.

MyUSCIS: Simplified the immigration process for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

USCIS ICAM Development: Developed a login and identity verification system for USCIS users.

eRegulations Platform: Made regulations more accessible and understandable.

College Scorecard: Provided clear data on college costs, graduation rates, debt, and post-college earnings.

Cloud.gov: Offers a platform for government teams to develop and manage web applications efficiently.

U.S. Web Design Standards: Created open-source UI components for consistent federal website experiences16.

[dawnerd]

They took the first url offline already. Elons boys working fast.

[adamisom]

yeah this agency is kinda what I imagined DOGE was created to be. alas now I am just confused

[viccis]

The purpose of a system is what it does. DOGE was created to facilitate kleptocracy.

[thuridas]

And to remove anybody not blindly obedient.

Paradoxically this is a real witch hunt

[jasonpbecker]

The people in charge are intentionally ignorant of things that _already exist in government_, like the OIG, 18F/USDS, etc. And since their actual goal is to slash and burn the government so that it's literally unable to function, thus justifying its total collapse since it no longer has capacity, they have to take out the people who actually look for corruption, look into social security fraud, improve government technology systems, etc who would see through and call this shit out.

It's never been about making government more effect or efficient-- it's the managerial equivalent of the "starve the beast" mentality.

[micromacrofoot]

it's because DOGE is full of sycophants and 18F wasn't, that's the whole thing

[fellowniusmonk]

You have to get rid of the technically literate internal competition if you want an oversight free monopoly.

[labster]

Extinguish, extend, embrace

[rl3]

Seems to mostly just be extinguish in this case, unfortunately.