Lemme guess, Elon is gonna pick up the contract for the private, for profit version of those? How transparent can you be?
Shit, I remember looking at 18F when trying to learn more about accessibility and I recall they had good info, it’s a shame…
No, not web portals!
They’re how you interact with a lot of services, find a local offices, etc
From what I read today this includes the IRS’s project to let Americans file their taxes for free. I forget the most recent status of it except I think it was already in effect as a pilot project available in certain states and was planned for national accessibility. And obviously there’s been big money pressure to kill that effort.
For now*
We are in the middle of tax season. Cutting it now would be worse optics than waiting a couple months and gutting it because “no one used it so it was wasteful.”
Ah! Thanks!
TIL
You’re interfacing with a web portal right this very second… It’s how you consume information when connected to the internet… They’re immensely important.
I was kinda being sarcastic! But I do appreciate the explanation of their importance
