The head of the United States Digital Services government group being taken over by Elon Musk’s DOGE says he isn’t “taking the fork.”
Ted Carstensen, the deputy administrator of the United States Digital Service organization that has been renamed to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency , is resigning instead of taking the “Fork in the Road” deferred resignation offer for federal employees. “I write to let you know that I have decided to resign from USDS and today will be my last day,” Carstensen said in an internal memo to colleagues that was obtained by The Verge.
He told USDS employees that they should expect to receive new work laptops and email addresses. In the meantime, workers have been told to stop using Slack for internal communication while the organization is moved out of the Office of Management and Budget and into the Executive Office of the President. You can read Carstensen’s full internal memo below: > Hello USDS, > I write to let you know that I have decided to resign from USDS and today will be my last day.
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