Elon Musk’s allies are turning a once-obscure federal IT unit into the linchpin of their sweeping campaign to tear down the federal bureaucracy,
sparking fears of improper overreach and chaos among tech employees in the government.
During a tense meeting Monday, employees of the Technology Transformation Services (TTS) section of the General Services Administration questioned Musk ally and Tesla alum #Thomas #Shedd about the agency’s future,
-- after he and a cohort of unidentified 20-somethings spent the preceding days peppering staff with questions about their accomplishments and reviews of their work.
Shedd, who was named the director of the unit last month,
told the workers that the administration viewed them as “Swiss army knives”
who can roll out services across federal agencies.
“You guys have been doing this far longer than I’ve been even aware that your group exists,”
said Shedd, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by The Washington Post.
“The way the administration sees you is you’re kind of the gold standard of how to go in and get work done at these agencies,
how to understand the technical problems that they have.”
In the background of those reassurances, however, Musk’s deputies have been quietly assessing the competency and loyalties of the existing staff https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/05/elon-musk-federal-technology-takeover/