[Pollard]

rescinding remote work, and travel restrictions were making us non-mission capable

Ok then

Created in 2015, the Defense Digital Service was meant to help the Pentagon quickly solve technology challenges

After a decade, they should have been done but my guess is that they were just another DEI project

Looks like she has decades of experience, /s

[Jonty30]

They can be replaced by a troops of 12 year old hackers.

[Gaffer]

Created in 2015, the Defense Digital Service was meant to help the Pentagon quickly solve technology challenges.

There's yer problem right there.

Real life don't work like that. I bet they imagined some kind of genius team that solved complex problems weekly like they have on TV.

[7thson]

I worked on the Joint Chiefs of Staff from December 2009 to September 2019. The IT system we used as Editors was a piece of crap that continuously went down on a weekly basis, for days at a time.

[piasa]

I wonder how many of the 14 are actually engineers, and I wonder what the requirements are to be a fully qualified federal “data expert?”

Out of the 14 none, apparently, were able to explain what they did there every week.

[b4me]

Wonderful news! All they wanted was pay check and wield power, not truly america first thinking.

[\/\/ayne]

And now this elite team of Defense Digital Service is on the run, hunted for a crime they didn't commit! But if your Windows is crashing or printer driver won't load - they may help you - if you can find them!

[Rockingham]

For the tech-savvy Trump team, the departure of these unmotivated holdovers is no loss.

[OldHarbor]

I guess they never got around to upgrading Defense Finance and Accounting Service ( DFAS). That website is a steaming pile of crap.

[dennisw]

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

[Vermont Lt]

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.

[trebb]

And just like that, MS-DOS and Windows for Workgroups become things of the past....

[shotgun]

Silicon Valley solutions.

Probably wanted Silicon Valley employee perks, like quiet rooms, massage rooms, personal batistas, etc.

[Texas Fossil]

"the Administration was not leveraging DDS and hiring freezes, rescinding remote work, and travel restrictions were making us non-mission capable"

[Vaduz]

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.

[hal ogen]

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.

[VTenigma]

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.

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Seems as though they may have failed in that mission.

[Albion Wilde]

“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.

If their ability to communicate in English is comparable to their IT skillz, it's just as well they are leaving.