Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
WASHINGTON (AP) ā More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon MuskāsĀ Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to ādismantle critical public services.ā
āWe swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,ā the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. āHowever, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.ā
The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government under PresidentĀ Donald TrumpāsĀ administration were political ideologues who did not have the necessary skills or experience for the task ahead of them.
The mass resignation of engineers, data scientists, designers and product managers is a temporary setback for Musk and the Republican presidentāsĀ tech-driven purge of the federal workforce.Ā It comes amid a flurry of court challenges that have sought to stall, stop or unwind their efforts to fire or coerceĀ thousands of government workersĀ out of jobs.
