The article discusses the establishment of DOGE, formed by executive order under President Trump to innovate within the federal government. With figures from Musk’s circle involved, like Davis and Young, the initiative aimed to modernize government tech. However, reports soon revealed skepticism from team members like Lavingia, who found existing systems functioning adequately. His experience highlighted issues in communication and access to information, leading to disillusionment with DOGE. Ultimately, the article underscores the tension between ambitious tech disruption and practical government operations.
Even before Musk fell out with Donald Trump, the agency's projected savings had plummeted. But he nevertheless managed to inflict lasting damage to the federal government.
DOGE was the tech industry's outpost in government, the department that would move fast and break things.
Lavingia had already grown skeptical of the effort. At the V.A., he'd initially planned to update what he'd been told was an outmoded and fragmented human-resources system, but it seemed to be working just fine.
It's not as inefficient as I was expecting, to be honest. I was hoping for more easy wins.
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