Submitted 11 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5250654-pentagon-defense-tech-unit-resigns/
The entire staff of the Defense Digital Service (DDS), the Pentagon’s decade-old technology development office, is leaving by the start of May, with nearly all individuals resigning, a current member of the office confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday.
The mass exodus, first reported by Politico, means the service will effectively shutter in less than a month.
America becomes even more weak, thanks to traitor president trump
Yeah, that’s the problem with the current administration: they’re not loyal nationalists…
Trump and his red hats are traitors to the Constitution.
Of the 14 members of the office, a dozen, including Director Jennifer Hay, have requested the Trump administration’s deferred resignation option and plan to leave by May 1. Two other staffers are also leaving in that time frame.
“Although DDS was excited to support DoD’s efforts to improve efficiencies and champion software modernization initiatives, the Administration was not leveraging DDS and hiring freezes, rescinding remote work, and travel restrictions were making us non-mission capable,” the current office member told The Hill. “As a result, most of the team elected to resign.”
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Still, DDS efforts are expected to continue elsewhere. The member who spoke with The Hill said the office has “found permanent homes for most of our ongoing projects.”
So:
The impacts are going to be compounding and felt for decades. People do not understand the work federal employees do, and many federal employees don’t even always comprehend how far the work can reach.
It might be impossible to understand the downstream compounding effects.
People do not understand the work federal employees do, and many federal employees don’t even always comprehend how far the work can reach.
This 100%. People have no fucking concept of the permanent damage that has already been done.
Maybe. It could also be a big nothingburger.
What could go wrong
I‘m sure one of Musk’s underage geniuses will take over as a oneman-army 😂
It’s a moot point to debate whether Trump is a Russian or not. Either way, he’s acting as if he was.
It’s a moot point to debate whether Trump is a Russian asset or not. Either way, he’s acting as if he was.
Yes, but we do get to abuse brown people right?
It matters a lot, actually; when you recognise Trumpian fascism as the product of domestic, structural, problems, you can make the kind of policy changes that reverse the slide into fascism. But when you blame all the countries problems on the sinister machinations of perfidious foreigners, you’re just going to end up rushing even faster into jingoism, militarism, and McCarthyism, which will ultimately only accelerate the slide into fascism.
Future Republicans are going to be very ashamed of the Republicans who support Trump, they still exist in the future.
Oh sorry, you must have just woken from a coma you entered in 1995.
They have long since eliminated the part of their personalities that feel shame.
Lol, I heard the same thing about George Bush
If history is the best way to predict the future, current Republicans will be ashamed of future Republicans, but in private. In public they’ll play along.
Good joke.
Republicans? Ashamed?
I see you haven’t met many Republicans.
The scenario I’ve been imagining would go like this. The Cheney/Romney/McConnell GOP would abandon the Republican name to the MAGoos and do a hostile takeover of the Libertarian Party. Right now the Libs have about 800,000 nation wide. The Cheney bloc could join and overwhelm the old guard and be on the ballot in all fifty state instantly.
Don’t worry, soon there won’t be any state secrets left to keep, then Pentagon can save all that money used to keep it.
Weakening our country, one idiotic step at a time
WINNING…right?? Are we winning yet?
They’re going t0 be recruited by Palantir or other government contractor and keep doing the same job with less oversight
Yes, you are winning, of course you are. You are winning big time, greatest win of all times, very greatest, and nobody (left) who could deny that.
Russian and Chinese hackers certainly are.
You’re winning so much that you’re starting to say oh no it’s too much winning, ah, please stop.
gargolito@lemm.ee 11 months ago
How else is the Kremlin supposed to finish destroying the US. Duh!
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 months ago
in complete fairness. even without high technology augmenting US Military, it’s still about 500 years ahead of Russian infantry.
the only way we would lose a war is if military leadership doesn’t coup and leaves the current regime in power.
jimbel@lemm.ee 11 months ago
USA will not face a hot war with russia.
USA is already lost in fake news and lies and due to that the people voted for dictatorship. Now the USA is an ally of russia and it is working to cement that further by cutting its bonds with the free world. USA just united with russa in UN votings. Even China and Iran did not unite with russia in that voting. US President Trump wants to be like Putin. US Americans need to face it.
I hope that this will not happen in europe as well. Russia disinformation campaigns are working successful in Europe as well.