Ferdi Magellan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@anirvan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anirvan</span></a></span> </p><p>‘Along with specific projects it conducts for federal agencies, 18F also designed a public “de-risking guide” to help other parts of the government better vet and manage technology vendors. The guide along with the rest of 18F’s website was wiped from the internet, increasing the risk of government agencies being misled by technology vendors for a period until it the site was reinstated.&nbsp;</p><p>‘“We’ve already seen a pattern from Musk, documented in the media, of Musk taking government money,” said one former 18F employee, pointing to the $38 billion Musk has collected in federal contracts to date. “He’s been public beneficiary number one, and if there’s no one around to say, ‘Hey, this contract is not written well, this is going to get us the wrong project, we don’t need to be spending this much money.’</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PresidentMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentMusk</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UnitedStatesofFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesofFraud</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrumpTheDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTheDon</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18F</span></a></p>