Aaron Boyd

Writer of words. Also, editor of words. And other stuff good with words. Now @Granicus
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Life-long nerd and proud of it

[Aaron Boyd @Federal_IT]

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)

[Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie]

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

https://t.co/J4JiWpZciG

[Jory Heckman @jheckmanWFED]

NEWS: OPM has officially canceled this year’s governmentwide survey that tracks federal employees' workplace satisfaction scores. Latest from @dfriedmanWFED:

https://t.co/aewB3MHoPs

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

end of an era. AOL is discontinuing its dial-up internet next month

[Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie]

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.

https://t.co/3YB0aj3C0P

[Aaron Boyd @Federal_IT]

This is super niche but it's my niche

[Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie]

New with @ddimolfetta: DOGE has been trying to put a team inside of Congress' watchdog, the Government Accountability Office 👀

https://t.co/5MrZ6OrysF

[Marci Harris @marcidale]

Notes on today's beta release of a chatbot for junior congressional staffers...
🧵

[Jory Heckman @jheckmanWFED]

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

[Dave Brown @dave_brown24]

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

[Eric Geller @ericgeller]

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

[Aaron Boyd @Federal_IT]

Curious if this is different from OSCAL or a ramp-up

[David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta]

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:
https://t.co/zkHQeY4idi

[Aaron Boyd @Federal_IT]

If you want to control the federal government, centralize power at GSA and OPM. It's all about procurement and workforce
https://t.co/keGOgE0GGQ

[Aaron Boyd @Federal_IT]

@DavidLarter This is the kind of hubris that brings down empires

[WIRED @WIRED]

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. https://t.co/ocQRSVUjlf

[Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie]

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.

https://t.co/7CJlxjxeDv

[Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie]

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.
https://t.co/UHxAwmRzqa

[Aaron Boyd @Federal_IT]

Lol

[Nextgov/FCW @NextgovFCW]

Lawmakers want VA to nail down total EHR modernization cost
https://t.co/HTiVxa2LUY

[Eric Katz @EricM_Katz]

Defense Department employees are being told to expect their mass firing notices as soon as Friday morning, with @MeghannMyers_ and @audrey_decker9 https://t.co/lo1gkNmckL

[LaurieWired @lauriewired]

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.

[Frank Konkel @Frank_Konkel]

New from @EricM_Katz & @AlmsNatalie - IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees tomorrow, in the thick of tax season
More: https://t.co/d6fPRb2SQn via @GovExec