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   The entire Pentagon defense technology is resigning, putting US at huge risk   
   of cyberattacks   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:42:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   The Defense Digital Service is being pressured to close by Elon Musk's DOGE.   
      
   FULL STORY   
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    - Elon Musk's DOGE has pressured a key Pentagon program to close   
    - The Defense Digital Service will cease operating by May 2025   
    - Staff have said the only reason they are leaving is DOGE   
      
   Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sent a key US   
   government program focused on efficiency, innovation, and Silicon    
   Valley-style quick tech fixes packing.    
      
   Almost all of the staff for the Defense Digital Service (DSS) have confirmed   
   they are resigning as a result of DOGE pressure, with many of the DSS   
   responsibilities to be taken over by the Chief Digital and Artificial   
   Intelligence Office.    
      
   The DSS has been a key source of innovation and new tech adoption at the   
   Pentagon for the past decade, introducing numerous tech remedies during the    
   US withdrawal from Afghanistan and Ukrainian aid transferal programs.   
      
   DOGE ditches DSS   
      
   Of the 14 employees that make up the DSS office, 11 are planning to take   
   Trumps deferred resignation package by the end of April. DSS Director    
   Jennifer Hay is planning on leaving by May 1, with the two remaining    
   employees planning to resign also.    
      
   One of the DSS main responsibilities was to introduce fast track technology   
   during national security incidents to help the Pentagon to quickly react to   
   developing situations.    
      
   While DSS responsibilities will be passed on to another department, it is   
   unclear how long it will take for the Chief Digital and Artificial   
   Intelligence Office to assume DSS responsibilities - potentially putting the   
   security of the Pentagon at risk.    
      
   Many within the DSS office were expecting to be a part of DOGEs efforts to   
   enhance the efficiency of the Pentagon and introduce new AI technologies,   
   however they were passed over by Musk, with Hay stating The reason we stuck    
   it out as long as we have is that we thought we were going to be called in.    
      
   According to Politico , there were existing issues within the program ranging   
   from political infighting to hiring freezes, but every employee at the DSS   
   said that they wouldnt be leaving if not for DOGE. The best way to put it, I   
   think, is either we die quickly or we die slowly, Hay added.    
      
   This isnt the first modernization and innovation program to face the axe    
   under DOGE, with the US Digital Service and the 18F program both being    
   subject to firings and layoffs under pressure from DOGE.    
      
   A former Pentagon official who spoke to Politico under subject of anonymity   
   commented on DOGEs foray into improving the efficiency of the Defense   
   Department, stating, Theyre not really using AI, theyre not really driving   
   efficiency. What theyre doing is smashing everything.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-entire-pentagon-defense-technology-   
   is-resigning-putting-us-at-huge-risk-of-cyberattacks   
      
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