A myth of government efficiency is that cutting payroll = cutting overall costs. But 90% of federal IT spending is in contracts. (OMB and GAO reports estimate ~$90B in contracts and ~$9B in payroll). (1/3)

Hang in there, Baby #pinkskyPost

“If you would have asked me a week ago” if an outsider could’ve been given access to a government server, one federal IT worker told the Wired reporters, “I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the f*ck knows."

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Rage Against The Machine Denial Against The Machine Bargaining Against The Machine Depression Against The Machine Acceptance Against The Machine - The Kübler De La Rocha Model

I decided to set up another Starter Pack. This time on Digital Public Goods. #DPG #DigitalPublicGoods We do need more #OpenSource #OpenData #OpenScience #OpenStandards but we need to align with public good not a software license. go.bsky.app/PgeHt6U

I had a Twitter list that I pointed people towards in my "breaking into civic tech guide" for a long time—finally updating and replacing with a link to Cyd's civic tech starter pack! www.chriskuang.com/civictech

I guess we're doing this now