A group of state service employees in the United States has announced resignation from Government Efficiency Department (Doge), in the last sign of disagreement in President Donald Trump’s administration.
21 Employees issued a joint letter of Doge leadership, which also received media houses, including Associated Press.
In their statement on Tuesday, they accused Doge of committing ideological attacks and risking the integrity of government systems.
“We have sworn to serve the American people and support the oath of the Constitution through the Presidential Administrations,” employees wrote. “However, it became clear that we could no longer honor those obligations.”
Workers involved in the resignation included engineers, data managers and product managers, and all were previously employed by top technological companies, including Google and Amazon.
“We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise the basic government systems, threaten the sensitive data of Americans or dismantle critical public services,” they explained. “We will not borrow our expertise for conducting or legitimizing Doge’s procedures.”
Turmoil in Dogeu
The resignation is the latest relegation of Trump’s burned access to reducing the number and transformation of federal labor.
Shortly after he was elected to a second term in November, Trump eavesdropped on the billionaire Elon Musk to oversee the event, a new panel whose way he was ambiguous.
At first it was not clear how Doge would function: whether, for example, it would exist outside the government or inside. Critics also pointed out that independent supervisory agencies have already existed to ensure the effectiveness of the Government.
But on the first day in power, Trump signed an executive command that converted the Digital Service of the United States into Doge – an existing office – an existing office.
The digital service was created in 2014 to resolve technological obstacles. His formation was encouraged by the battles of the White House to launch a medical insurance portal for Americans, as part of then President Barack Obama.
Employees who resigned on Tuesday were part of a digital service before it became Doge.
They warned that their office was visited by individuals who carried the passers of the White House visitors, who questioned employees about their political preferences and work experience.
They also denied the dismissals visited by Doge staff. Earlier this month, about 40 employees in the office were discharged – a drastic reduction, according to a resignation letter on Tuesday.
The letter printers have warned that such a sudden, steep decrease in the workforce will undermine the ability of the White House to engage in technological projects.
“These highly qualified civil servants have worked on the modernization of social security, veteran services, tax submission, health care, disaster reliefs, student assistance and other critical services,” the resignation said.
“Their removal threatens millions of Americans who rely on these services daily. The sudden loss of their technological expertise makes critical systems, and data from Americans are less safe. “
Only about 65 employees remained in the office after being released in February – and most were assigned to participate in the Doge Government.
A third of that remaining group resigned on Tuesday.
A wider back reaction
With responsibilities ranging from national security to the collection of intelligence data, health care to education, the federal government is the largest employer in the United States.
More than two million employees are working in a federal government capacity, with thousands of more – including industries such as agriculture and technology – rely on state contracts.
But after taking his duty, Trump quickly moved to reduce his employee’s base, which he accused of inserting “bureaucrats”, a reference to his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
Many members of the civil service, however, are not non -partisan and help ensure the smooth functioning of the Government in different administrations.
Trump and Musk also tried to close the entire agencies, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which was founded according to Congress. This, in turn, put it in order for a legal battle over the forces of the Presidency.
Mass release and binding offers They also caused legal Challenges of trade unions, states and individual employees who claim that their rights are cheering.
Experts warned that Musk and Trump’s approach could have particularly devastating effects for individual citizens, who could see the data mixtures affect their daily life, from social security to the potential of privacy violation.
“” Move quickly and break things “can be acceptable to someone who owns a company and has a risk,” said Cordell Schachter, who was the chief informative director at the US Ministry of Transport until last month, said Associated Press.
“But when you break things in the Government, violate things that belong to people who have not signed up for it.”
The fractures have already begun to appear in Trump’s White House – and even between the president himself and the musk himself.
On Saturday, Musk posted on his social media platform X that by Monday, federal employees responded to an email with a list of five points that described their work last week. Disrespect, he warned, would be understood as a resignation.
But the return was fast, and unions and politicians denied the move as illegal.
Some government agencies even told their staff Ignore Musk -O’s demand. By Monday, the staff management office announced to all departments and agencies that they could overlook the request without fear for their job.
Some Republican legislators also openly question Musk’s approach to hair and burning.
Senator Lisa Murkowski For example, on Alaska he criticized Musk shooting as an irresponsible and disrespect for long-term government employees.
“This is not the way we treat any workforce. It is not how we treat federal employees. They deserve better,” she said at an event at the City Hall last week. “You don’t treat people in this way that were good public officers.”
Murkowski also scored Musk’s request for e -adventure of the achievements of federal workers.
“” Our public workforce deserves to be treated with dignity and respect for the unjust jobs they do, “she wrote in the post of X.” The absurd weekend e -mail to justify their existence was not. “
But on Tuesday, Musk doubled on his threats.
“Provided he decides the president, they will receive another chance,” Musk wrote to X. “The failure to respond to the second path will result in a break up.”
