For people outside DC: 18F [1] was the government’s design group, and did incredible work to improve the level of visual, UX, and UI design as well as usability across federal government websites. They created standards, led trainings and workshops, and were a go-to resource for people in and outside of the government. You may have heard about the US Digital Service, but 18F were equally rockstar-level in the local c…
DOGE is/was on a mission regardless of their awareness of it. The mission is much larger than a single department or the patsy who was running it.
In other words, the murdering of sanity in government has just began, many will suffer, none of the people who supported this lunacy will escape the suffering, but of course, telling them that is a complete waste of time.