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   christa (christa@void.holdings)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 06:16:52 JST christa

   in some ways these lackeys are following a civic tech tradition - coming into a complicated bureuacracy and saying "ah, wouldn't it be easier if we just had all the data"

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     christa (christa@void.holdings)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 06:16:51 JST christa

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     I'm thankful for whatever TTS employee said this in the allhands:

     'During a question-and-answer session, a government employee told Shedd that The Privacy Act forbids agencies sharing personal information without consent.

     “I think we were on the topic of login aggregating data. It's an illegal task,” the employee question, which was read aloud by a woman facilitating the meeting, said. “The Privacy Act forbids agencies sharing personal information without consent.”''

     Mr. Bill repeated this.
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     christa (christa@void.holdings)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 06:16:51 JST christa

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     here's Bay Area-centric reporting on GSA's mandated return-to-office and whether workers will need to show up in march to 50 un plaza (the existing GSA building), from the Chronicle.

     answer: as of yet unclear? there's not enough room in existing offices, but the TTS administrator says they're banking on a reduced workforce after workers have to respond to the encouraged resignation offer on Thurs.

     https://archive.ph/UE9wg

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     christa (christa@void.holdings)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 06:16:52 JST christa

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     404 has a good article sharing what's happening internally at TTS / 18F the last week

     https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/

     there's also a call to current and former 18F / TTS / GSA / similar org (I'd include USDS and other federal digital services in this) employees to get in touch.