DOGE is Four Letters

If this is your first time visiting my site, I write a regular feature called WORK IS FOUR LETTERS, in which I interview people about their work — how they got started doing it, why they do it, what matters about it, what they’ve learned from it, etc.

I’d like to do something similar for federal employees and contractors, whether still employed, on administrative leave, fired, or currently in litigation over your status. If you’re not a federal employee or contractor, but your work has been impacted because you’re downstream of these cuts, I also want to hear from you. I want to document the work you did or do, why you do it or did it, and what all of this means for all of us now, along with what it means for you. This project aims to capture both the personal significance of your work and its broader impact on the American public.

Interested in talking to me about your work as a federal employee, a federal contractor, or even just someone downstream of all of this chaos? Click the button below.