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28 May 2023
Picking clips for my resume and I've had some bangers over the years
Gonna run through some of these in chronological order in a slow thread ... for posterity (and because they won't all fit on my one-pager)
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
21 Aug 2025
What I noticed with Trump's new push to improve the government's design:
1. It includes a hiring spree, after the WH laid off many designers from the govt's tech hubs
2. The push has some similarities to DOGE, including that it can take on volunteers
shorturl.at/WyB9E
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
15 Aug 2025
NEWS: OPM has officially canceled this year’s governmentwide survey that tracks federal employees' workplace satisfaction scores. Latest from @dfriedmanWFED:
federalnewsnetwork.com/workf…
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
10 Aug 2025
end of an era. AOL is discontinuing its dial-up internet next month
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6 Jun 2025
Got my hands on an internal IRS report on how Direct File went this season. TLDR: pretty well. 94% of users said their experience was excellent or above average.
That said, the IRS is reportedly killing the free tax filing service.
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19 May 2025
This is super niche but it's my niche
18 May 2025
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
16 May 2025
New with @ddimolfetta: DOGE has been trying to put a team inside of Congress' watchdog, the Government Accountability Office 👀
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
28 Apr 2025
Notes on today's beta release of a chatbot for junior congressional staffers...
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28 Apr 2025
Introducing StaffLink: an AI assistant for junior Congressional staff to help them navigate everything from vote bells to constituent calls, created by @popvoxfdn & @popvox using @MSA_CapHill’s excellent resources
Learn more: popvox.org/blog/stafflink
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
10 Apr 2025
GSA technologists are the latest targets of widespread layoffs at the agency. Technology Transformation Services employees are getting Reduction in Force notices today. GSA leaders said in March that 50% staffing cuts were coming to TTS. Story TK
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
26 Mar 2025
OK people. We're on Day 3 of Signalgate, which means we need to unite as a nation and come up with something better than Signalgate.
As a public service, I will provide alternatives. If anyone comes up with anything more clever, I will claim it as my own. You've been warned
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
24 Mar 2025
Some of the issues:
* Signal isn't an approved govt platform for classified info (anyone remember Hillary's emails?)
* Signal's disappearing-messages feature was enabled (apparent violation of federal records laws)
* Including a journalist in the group constitutes leaking
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21 Mar 2025
Curious if this is different from OSCAL or a ramp-up
20 Mar 2025
The new “FedRAMP 2025” model aims to transition the program’s approval processes from manual compliance to automated security validations. Much of the approval work could fall on the private sector to oversee, I’m told:
nextgov.com/modernization/20…
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21 Mar 2025
If you want to control the federal government, centralize power at GSA and OPM. It's all about procurement and workforce
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @FreedomofPress. freedom.press/issues/wired-i…
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
18 Mar 2025
A former Tesla engineer who already is in charge of a tech shop at the General Services Administration is now also in charge of the Labor Department's technology.
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
1 Mar 2025
Elon Musk says that he wants to fix the government's old tech, but so far the Trump admin has fired or laid off many tech feds that could help.
The latest: 90 or so feds in 18f, a tech group at GSA, got an email they'd been laid off last night at 1am.
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25 Feb 2025
Lol
25 Feb 2025
Lawmakers want VA to nail down total EHR modernization cost
buff.ly/41w7UHB
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
21 Feb 2025
Defense Department employees are being told to expect their mass firing notices as soon as Friday morning, with @MeghannMyers_ and @audrey_decker9 govexec.com/workforce/2025/0…
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
19 Feb 2025
Reminder: the largest reliably factored number by a quantum computer is (still) 21.
Any Quantum Computing announcement that doesn’t produce replicable execution of Shor’s algorithm can be safely ignored.
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
19 Feb 2025
New from @EricM_Katz & @AlmsNatalie - IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees tomorrow, in the thick of tax season
More: govexec.com/workforce/2025/0… via @GovExec
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Aaron Boyd retweeted
18 Feb 2025
Building on @jason_koebler's reporting here: this isn't the only system that the Musk ally in question has asked for access to.
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