21 Employees at US Department of Efficiency Resign, Citing Refusal to Use Tech Expertise to "Disrupt Vital Public Services"

BlockBeats News, February 26th. According to the South East Morning Post, 21 staff members of Elon Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) collectively resigned on February 25th local time. In their joint resignation letter, they stated that they refused to use their technical expertise to "dismantle key public services" and criticized that many of the people recruited by Musk were "political idealists" lacking the skills or experience needed to complete job tasks.

Meanwhile, New York Governor Kathy Hochul stated on February 25th that recently laid-off federal workers are welcome to apply for state government positions through an online portal. Currently, DOGE is coordinating federal government layoffs with the established goal of reducing the federal bureaucracy, but there is no official tally of the total number of job cuts.