It seems that the non-Venetian DOGE has decreed the end of 18F, the “onlie begetter” of DAWSON and author of the famous months-long shutdown of the Tax Court website to impose same on those who never done them any harm.
For backstory, see my blogpost “Behind That Curtain,” 7/6/21.*
A source states 18F was founded in 2014, resided at GSA, operated on a fee-for-services basis, and played a role in numerous high-profile projects, including redesigning the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division’s complaint submission process, as well as the free online tax return service IRS Direct File.
Source claims that the rationale for the shutdown, announced at 0100 hrs ET 2/1/25, was ideological, which I neither affirm nor deny on this nonpolitical blog, merely noting same.
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