Mark Cuban Offers to Fund Laid-Off Government Tech Workers

- Mark Cuban offers to fund laid-off government tech workers
- 18F technology unit was abruptly gutted by the GSA
- Roughly 70 individuals were affected by the layoffs
- The 18F unit had built Login.gov, a secure and private way for the public to access government services
- The layoffs tie to a Trump administration directive to shrink the federal workforce and slash spending
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has waded into the latest government tech shake-up, offering support to newly laid-off federal workers. The General Services Administration (GSA) abruptly gutted its 18F technology unit, which helps other government agencies build, buy, and share tech products. Cuban's offer came after the layoffs, which affected roughly 70 individuals who learned the news around 1 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday. The 18F unit had built Login.gov, a secure and private way for the public to access services at government agencies, including Social Security and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The layoffs tie to a Trump administration directive to shrink the federal workforce and slash spending at the behest of Elon Musk's DOGE. Cuban's proposal presents an intriguing possibility: could the very workers pushed out of government help reshape the future of civic tech on their own terms?