The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faces potential upheaval from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) amidst plans to reduce staff. Recent reports highlight Sahil Lavingia, a newcomer with no government experience, gaining access to VA systems and proposing the use of AI tools for coding. VA employees expressed unease over this potential infiltration and the implications of Lavingia's activities, including his interactions on GitHub. The presence of other DOGE representatives has only intensified these concerns, indicating a larger strategic initiative to transform the agency's operations.
Since then, VA employees say they have had multiple concerns following interactions with Lavingia.
Lavingia's presence in the VA's GitHub instance-a publicly viewable platform that houses projects and code for VA.gov-set off immediate alarm bells.
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