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by signing a dramatic letter of resignation, vowing not to cut funding for 'public services.'
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These workers stated that they will not dismantle 'crucial public services', which they claim are being dismantled by DOGE.
In the past month, DOGE has disrupted numerous federal agencies, seeking access to confidential information, conducting on-site performance evaluations with agency staff, and most recently, requesting email records of federal employees' weekly accomplishments.
"Several of these interviewers refused to reveal their identities, asked about political allegiances, tried to turn colleagues against each other, and demonstrated limited technical expertise," the staff members stated in their letter, seemingly accusing the DOGE interviewers of being hostile.
The process created substantial security vulnerabilities.
All of the workers who have resigned were part of the U.S. Digital Service, which was previously known as DOGE, before the billionaire's restructuring of the small department. Since the billionaire took over, DOGE has let go of 40 former employees.
Many of the employees were former tech industry workers who pretended to be dissatisfied with the significant federal review that has already saved taxpayers approximately $65 billion, the group claims.
Those billions in savings came from DOGE cutting many contracts for foreign aid, DEI education, and recently hired federal employees, among other areas.
"These highly skilled civil servants were working to modernize Social Security, veterans' services, tax filing, healthcare, disaster relief, student aid, and other vital services," the former DOGE employee's resignation letter states.
'Their removal poses a threat to millions of Americans who heavily rely on these services daily. The abrupt loss of their technological expertise jeopardizes critical systems and puts American data at risk.'
The sudden mass exodus occurred at a particularly volatile period for DOGE.
After sending a mass email to all federal employees from an sender titled 'HR' - in reality from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) - asking 'what did you do last week,' many of Trump's top officials
Recently confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel instructed his team to disregard the email. The Pentagon, under Pete Hegseth, issued a statement advising employees not to respond to the email from 'HR'.
However, in a corresponding post on X, the app's owner and DOGE's leader stated that individuals who disregard the subsequent email will face termination.
"Subject to the discretion of the President, they will be given another opportunity," Musk said of employees who did not respond to his first email.
'In the event of no response within a second attempt, the process will be terminated.'
Roughly one third of the DOGE workers who were holdovers from the U.S. Digital Service left on Tuesday due to the letter, according to the AP.
"Our skills as technologists will not be used to compromise core government systems, put Americans' sensitive data at risk, or dismantle critical public services," their letter says.
We will not lend our expertise to facilitate or endorse DOGE's activities.
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