Elon Musk destroyed public records when he deleted the @18F Twitter account, but staff still at work at GSA — for now.
https://18f.gsa.gov/about/
Contrary to what Musk’s tweet implied, leading to false headlines, the Direct File service is also still operational. USDS built it with Treasury. (18F was barely involved.) Secretary Bessent said Direct File would keep working this season. https://civic-texts.ghost.io/direct-file-shows-how-civic-tech-can-work-for-good-2/
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