The TRUTH about Deparment of Gov't Efficiency (DOGE), Feb 21, 2025

Holotruther
Published on Feb 22, 2025
What is DOGE and what does it do? An explainer as Trump, Musk make changes

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-is-doge-and-what-does-it-do-an-explainer-as-trump-musk-make-changes/3677054/
President Trump is defending the Department of Government Efficiency’s dismantling of Federal Government agencies, the mass firings of Federal workers, and the rising power of Elon Musk. That as the Trump Administration scrambles to re-hire some critical workers who were fired — and scores a victory in court. NBC’s Alice Barr has the latest from Washington. The new Department of Government Efficiency, President Donald Trump’s special commission tasked with slashing federal spending, has formally joined the government whose size it is supposed to help shrink. Headed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the department has already made numerous headlines and been at the center of legal proceedings questioning the scope of its access. So what exactly does the department do and what role will it play?

What is DOGE? In the parade of executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office was one renaming the U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. DOGE Service. It further directed that DOGE be established within the Executive Office of the President. The Digital Service was created by President Barack Obama in 2014 to modernize the government's approach to technology. Its chief original mission was to fix the many glitches and digital problems that plagued the rollout of HealthCare.gov, the site associated with Obama's signature health care law, which Trump has spent most of his political career bashing. When he announced the creation of the department in November, Trump said it would “provide advice and guidance from outside of government.” Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants. New FBI director Kash Patel plans to relocate 1,500 employees

DOGE was originally headed by Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, but Ramaswamy left DOGE as he mulled a run for governor of Ohio. What does DOGE do? DOGE, spearheaded by Musk, has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies and taken drastic actions to cut spending. This includes trying to get rid of thousands of federal workers, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development and accessing the Treasury Department's enormous payment systems. Trump appointed Musk to lead DOGE in a push to slash the federal workforce and reduce or end disfavored programs. The administration dismissed probationary employees and Trump in an executive order told agency leaders to plan for “large-scale reductions.” Musk said on his social media platform X that “we need to stop government spending like a drunken sailor on fraud & waste or America is gonna go bankrupt. That does mean a lot of grifters will lose their grift and complain loudly about it. Too bad. Deal with it.” Musk’s team has roamed from agency to agency, tapping into computer systems, digging into budgets and searching for what he calls waste, fraud and abuse. Last week, Musk called for the U.S. to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government as part of his push to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities. A list of savings provided by the White House last week noted at least $2.2 billion in initial savings identified by the group. The DOGE website has since noted at least $5.6 billion. Any total so far is a tiny fraction of Musk's initial goal of $2 trillion, the size of the federal budget deficit, or even the $1 trillion he has since mentioned more regularly. Making the new entity part of the government could allow it to more easily access information across agencies. The agency can also potentially do much of its work behind closed doors, even as some regulations on governmental disclosure will persist. For instance, the Executive Office of the President is generally not subject to many Freedom of Information Act requirements. But it is covered by the Presidential Records Act, which means its records must be maintained.

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