Musk aims at GSA Tech Shop

Billionaire Elon Musk claims that the public tech team, which has helped with projects such as IRS Free Tax Archiving Site, and the government’s web design system is “deleted.”

Monday, Musk re -lined Another account that calls the General Services Administration’s 18F team a “remote government -wide computer office” that helped build “Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Direct File’ Tax Program,” which says in its repost “That group has been deleted.”

Some Republicans have called for the site free online tax archiving – which 18F helped build – to be closed, but at least it remains available for this tax season. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Led legislative efforts to get the IRS to investigate the feasibility of such a tool and has since praised the direct file, which helps people submit tax to IRS online for free.

Last week, musk simply Sent The word “deleted” in another repost of the Technology Reformation Service and 18F “surrender” and deletion of code screens after a musk site took over. Trump administration has instructed Agencies To complete programs and remove online references to “gender ideology” and diversity, equity and inclusion work.

At the moment, it is not clear whether the 18F team – which is within TTS – or TTS in itself is actually gone, even if their X accounts no longer exist. GSA did not immediately respond to requests for comment on this story.

From press time the staff could still perform their work, told a TTS employee NEXTGOV/FCW. Tesla Alun and TTS -It -Director Thomas Shedd told employees last week in an E email obtained by NEXTGOV/FCW That “this administration has a list of urgent digital projects and TTS has been identified as a key source to technical talent.”

Social media -Edices come shortly after Musk had its influence on the US Agency for International Development: its headquarters were closed on Monday, its site is down and employees have reported that they are unable to access e -Mail, after Musk announced on his social media platform, which he and Trump “agreed that we should shut it down,” Drawing of criticism From some congress democrats who promised to push back.

Musk’s positions come when employees within TTS are invited to one-on-one meetings where sometimes unidentified “advisers” are bathed into the government building of Shedd itself, as NEXTGOV/FCW and Govexec have previously reported.

Musk himself visited GSA last week after his performance at Office of Personal Management before sending a lot of -e -e -mail to federal employees offering them delayed resignation. Several of Musk’s long -standing associates are now working at GSA, which acts as a hub for government purchases and real estate, in addition to its role in tech.

Other work done by TTS includes running the government’s identity security system, which in itself has been investigated, as well as field technical training on artificial intelligence for federal staff who houses an early career -tech program for the government and more.