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mekka okereke @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io

Pour one out for the US Digital Service.

This amazing team was founded during the Obama administration. They convinced some of the best and brightest minds in tech, to give up wealth and RSUs and free lattes, to dedicate their professional lives to service.

It just got renamed to DOGE.

The image is the cover of Time magazine from March 10, 2014. The cover story is titled "Code Red" and is about the "nightmare launch" of the healthcare.gov website and the team that fixed it. The author of the article is Steven Brill.

Below the text is a photograph of members of the US digital service including Mikey Dickerson.

Jan 21, 2025, 03:40 AM·

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**moe** @moe@social.lol · Jan 21

Jan 21

moe @moe@social.lol

@mekkaokereke I was wondering why he left for Ohio.

**klausfiend** @klausfiend@dcerberus.com · Jan 21

Jan 21

klausfiend @klausfiend@dcerberus.com

@mekkaokereke Oh for fuck's sake

**PierreNick** @pierrenick · Jan 21

Jan 21

PierreNick @pierrenick

@mekkaokereke I’m not American but I have a login.gov account for Nexus and its a damn impressive SSO, which I believe they created.

**Bret Mogilefsky** @mogul · Jan 21 *

Jan 21 *

Bret Mogilefsky @mogul

@mekkaokereke Here's the executive order.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/

Screenshot of text from the linked EO:

Sec. 3. DOGE Structure. (a) Reorganization and Renaming of the United States Digital Service. The United States Digital Service is hereby publicly renamed as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and shall be established in the Executive Office of the President.

#uspol

**Gaelan Steele** @Gaelan@cathode.church · Jan 21

Jan 21

Gaelan Steele @Gaelan@cathode.church

@mekkaokereke fuck sake. I worked with some people at a USDS offshoot. They were fucking fantastic - there was a palpable feeling on that team that everyone was here to make the country better and everyone gave a shit. Dammit.