As someone that's very invested in seeing the federal government adopt and integrate information technology to make the government more transparent, effective, and, yes, efficient, this is nothing short of an incredible bummer.

It feels like we're setting the clock back a decade at a time when trust in institutions is already at a nadir and we're facing global threats that only the federal government has the capacity to tackle. I can only hope civil society is able to pick up the slack in the short term and future administrations are able to execute better.