redeux 8 hours ago

Did congress allocate funds for this? Was there a bidding process? Why wasn't the now defunct 18F given this job? Where will the requested $4 million go?

This sure doesn't seem like an efficient use of tax dollars.

  • JumpCrisscross 8 hours ago

    No, let’s be clear, this is theft of federal funds. At the very least they should be clawed back in the future. But that depends on DOGE not destroying evidence before it can be collected and publicised.

ndsipa_pomu 8 hours ago

This strikes me as Doge getting rid of 18F and then inserting themselves into a similar role. Presumably Doge would want to be more involved than just providing technology and services though.

ttyprintk 7 hours ago

Everyone has expenses. If they’re not paid above the table, they might need to find another way.