Posted on 04/16/2025 1:59:54 AM PDT by Libloather
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.
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.”
A Pentagon spokesperson did not provide any additional information when asked for comment on the resignations.
Created in 2015, the Defense Digital Service was meant to help the Pentagon quickly solve technology challenges. The small team of engineers and data experts who made up the office were meant to bring Silicon Valley-style solutions to the Defense Department, a mammoth federal agency that historically struggles with quick innovation.
Then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at the time the DDS would “apply a more innovative and agile approach to solving DoD’s complex IT problems,” such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI).
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So if it’s all been said and done
I’ve got to move, I’ve had my fun
Well let me walk before they make me run
Oh let me walk before they make me run
I want to walk before they make me run
Before they make me run
But under pressure from the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk, those in the office decided to leave before they were effectively forced out, Politico reported.
The group thought they might be used to help DOGE automate the Pentagon’s operations via AI, but Musk’s team has declined to do so, according to the outlet.
Twenty years experience after graduating college? That makes her about 40. Not by that pic she’s not.
I am sure those folk can get other jobs quickly. That means they can “double dip” for six months. Good for them. Good for the country.
And just like that, MS-DOS and Windows for Workgroups become things of the past....
Good for them?
“The group thought they might be used to help DOGE automate the Pentagon’s operations via AI”
That means they were incredibly stupid.
In a corporate takeover (which is a decent analogy to the current situation) firing existing staff in critical positions is job one.
“They can be replaced by a troops of 12 year old hackers.”
Elon can lend them four coders. What took 10 years of DDS services can be accomplished in six months by Elon’s army.
Silicon Valley solutions.
Probably wanted Silicon Valley employee perks, like quiet rooms, massage rooms, personal batistas, etc.
Can you hear me playing the world's smallest violin for them?
The whole idea is to cut government expenses. It is always good when you can do that and not negatively impact families.
This way everyone is happy.
Clearly, these folks were NOT getting it done. It’s time for them to move on.
In a vast majority of cases this is a positive for all parties involved.
Cry me a river. If you were that deep into IT in 1996, you would have had no trouble getting another job either. I would guess you already knew how to code...before it was fashionable.
We have all gone through that kind of upheaval.
You can feel whatever you want. Getting folks off the books is what matters.
Pentagon’s decade-old technology development office, is leaving by the start of May.
They just found out they can’t get any more parts from Radio Shack any more.
It sounds like this “group” mainly sat around and sometimes went to conferences with other similar parasites. I have determined what they “did”. They mainly collected paychecks, produced nothing of any value to anyone and sucked up those taxpayer funded paychecks. Unfortunately, that has been your typical government employee.
“staff of the Defense Digital Service (DDS), the Pentagon’s decade-old technology development office”
They were working remotely and had not been doing much useful work. Their time was up. I would love to know how remotely. I’ll bet some were hiding out hundreds of miles away, while getting paid generously. If the Dems had beat Trump they would still be getting paid well for not doing much of anything.
50% of Federal workers fit this description. They are “made men” in the DC Mafia. Taxation is their extortion racket.
Says it all, right there.
Created in 2015, the Defense Digital Service was meant to help the Pentagon quickly solve technology challenges. The small team of engineers and data experts who made up the office were meant to bring Silicon Valley-style solutions to the Defense Department, a mammoth federal agency that historically struggles with quick innovation.
Seems as though they may have failed in that mission.
If their ability to communicate in English is comparable to their IT skillz, it's just as well they are leaving.
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