Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they’re refusing to use their technical expertise to help DOGE “dismantle critical public services.” The staffers wrote Tuesday in a joint resignation letter obtained by The AP they “swore to serve the American people.”
Byron Tau
Tau is an investigative reporter in the Washington, D.C. bureau of the Associated Press. He focuses on reporting stories about national security, law enforcement, technology and government accountability. He can be reached on Signal at byrontau.01

