A group of 21 civil servants from the U.S. Digital Service, now rebranded as the United States DOGE Service under Elon Musk, resigned to protest proposed government changes. They refused to assist with actions that they believed would jeopardize sensitive data and dismantle critical public services. Their resignation leaves the unit diminished after previous layoffs and follows a directive from Musk that created job uncertainty among federal employees. This incident underscores growing resistance among civil servants against the Trump administration's sweeping reforms led by Musk.
We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans' sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services.
The resignations come as Mr. Musk and his allies have begun to radically reshape the size and scope of the federal government.
Several Trump appointees ordered employees at their agencies to ignore Mr. Musk's directive, even as workers received contradictory information about whether they need to comply with it.
The mass resignation at the technology unit is the latest action being taken by federal workers to resist President Trump and Mr. Musk's extreme overhaul of government.
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