More than 20 federal technical workers step back to protest against Musk and Doges, to “reduce critical public services”,

More than 20 employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have resigned after refusing to use their technical know -how to “reduce critical public services”.

“We swore to serve the American people and to maintain our oath at the constitution over the administration of president,” wrote the workers on Tuesday in a joint letter of withdrawal received by the Associated Press. “However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor these obligations.”

The employees who had resigned worked for the once known as United States Digital Service, an office that was set up during the administration of Barack Obama. All previously had senior roles at Tech company such as Google and Amazon, but had joined a feeling of duty to the government’s public service.

“We will not use our skills as technologists to endanger the core government systems, to endanger the sensitive data of the Americans or to reduce critical public services,” they wrote. “We will not give our specialist knowledge to carry out or legitimize DOGES.”

In the return letter, the employees also warned that many of the Musk on board to help him reduce the size of the Federal Government under Donald Trump’s administration, which were strongly underqualified and inexperienced for the task.

On the day after the Inauguration of Trump, the former employees wrote in a number of interviews that were led by mysterious and unknown persons, many of whom were young and apparently led by the ideology and the fandom of Muschus instead of the wish that To improve government technology.

According to the employees’ letter, the interviewers wore the visitors of the White House and grilled the non -partisan employees about their qualifications and politics. Some made statements that pointed out that, according to the employees, they had a limited technical understanding.

“Some of these interviewers refused to identify themselves, asked questions about political loyalty, tried to end colleagues against each other and only showed limited technical skills,” the letter of withdrawal said. “This process has created considerable security risks.”

Around 40 employees were released in the office at the beginning of this month. The shots gave the government’s ability to manage and protect its own technological footprint, she wrote a devastating blow from the government.

“These highly qualified officials worked on the modernity of social security, veteran services, tax registration, health care, disaster relief, student aid and other critical services,” the letter of withdrawal said. “Your distance endangers millions of Americans who rely on these services every day. The sudden loss of your technology expert makes critical systems and the data of Americans less secure. “

The mass tear of engineers, data scientists and product managers is a temporary setback for Musk and the technically shaped cleaning of the Republican President in the federal employee. There is a flood of court anhellers who have tried to stop, stop or relax their efforts to relieve or force thousands of government employees from jobs.

The Associated Press contributed to this report