Trump administration officials acknowledged that the Department of Government Efficiency no longer operates as a “centralized” organization but insisted that the “principles” of the administration’s signature cost-slashing initiative remain alive and well.
The administration pushed back after Reuters reported on Sunday that DOGE had “disbanded” with eight months left to go on the timeline set by the executive order Trump signed in January. The order created DOGE by restructuring the US Digital Service, a preexisting federal agency that was renamed US DOGE Service, and placing it under the authority of the executive branch.
“The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under @USDS. But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making efficiency a first-class citizen; etc.,” Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management, posted on X Sunday. “DOGE catalyzed these changes; the agencies along with @USOPM and @WHOMB will institutionalize them!”
But after DOGE spent months upending the government by laying off or prompting the departure of hundreds of thousands of employees, canceling contracts and dismantling entire agencies, it remains unclear in what exact organizational structure the initiative operates.
US DOGE Service said in a statement on its LinkedIn that President Donald Trump’s executive order remains “in effect,” though that leaves questions about what form it exists.
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