DOGE plans now reportedly include an IRS ‘hackathon’

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April 6, 2025, 10:48 PM

• •Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to hold a 'hackathon' next week in order to create a 'mega API' for accessing Internal Revenue Service data.
• •The API would be used to move the data into a cloud platform — potentially a third-party one — to serve as the 'read center' of the agency's systems.
• •DOGE is aiming to finish the API work in 30 days, a timeline one IRS employee told Wired is 'not technically possible' and would 'cripple' the IRS.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is planning to hold a 'hackathon' next week in order to create a 'mega API' for accessing Internal Revenue Service data. The API would be used to move the data into a cloud platform, potentially a third-party one, to serve as the 'read center' of the agency's systems.

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