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   Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 12:45:15 JST Jonathan Kamens

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   Before I was fired tonight, I was in charge of information security for VA.gov, which has millions of users per month and stores and processes huge amounts of veterans' personal information. I've been told by people I've worked with that I'm the best at what I do of anyone they've ever worked with. Now there will be _no one_ in charge of information security for VA.gov.
   Does this seem like improving government efficiency?
   #politics #USPol #DOGE #USDS #VA
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 12:45:16 JST Jonathan Kamens

     BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.
     #politics #USPol #DOGE #coup #USDS
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     Jonathan Kamens (jik@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 17:49:41 JST Jonathan Kamens

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     This is blowing up, so I want to take this opportunity to point federal workers and everybody who gives a shit about them to Federal Workers Against DOGE at https://www.instagram.com/federalworkersagainstdoge/ or @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (bridge should be enabled soon). The goal of the group is to inspire federal workers to feel brave enough to defy and disobey illegal orders from DOGE.
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