GSA shutting down 18F was ‘retaliation’ by DOGE, former staff claim in appeal for their jobs back

Jory Heckman, Workforce, The Federal News Network, May 28, 2025

Federal tech workers recently fired from the General Services Administration’s 18F tech shop are appealing their removal, arguing that the Trump administration didn’t follow legal requirements when carrying out the workforce cuts.

A group of 80 former 18F employees filed a class-action appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board on Wednesday.

The appeal states 18F employees were “unlawfully targeted” by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, when GSA shuttered 18F on Feb. 28 and fired all its employees, and that the Trump administration didn’t follow reduction-in-force (RIF) requirements.

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