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Reuters reports that Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), confirmed DOGE’s demise earlier this month, saying that it “no longer exists” and is no longer a “centralized agency.” OPM has taken over many of DOGE’s functions, according to documents seen by Reuters. OPM is the human resources agency and personnel policy manager of the US federal government.
Kupor appeared on X criticizing the Reuters article, while also confirming its authenticity. DOGE as an organization is virtually dead, though Kupor insisted that its “principles” will endure.
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“The truth is: DOGE cannot have centralized leadership under [the U.S. DOGE Service, previously known as the U.S. Digital Service],” Kupor wrote. “But, the principles of DOGE are alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; reshaping the federal workforce; Making efficiency a first-class citizen; Etcetera. DOGE catalyzed these changes; along with agencies [OPM] And [the White House Office of Management and Budget] Will institutionalize them!”
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White House official Amy Gleason was the acting administrator of DOGE, a position she technically held while Musk served as its de facto head. At the time of writing, his LinkedIn page still lists his role at DOGE as active.
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Officially launched in one of the first acts of President Donald Trump’s second term, DOGE’s stated purpose was to increase government efficiency by cutting costs. This mainly translated into job cuts, with DOGE laying off approximately 280,000 federal employees as of April. Many government agencies were thrown into chaos, with some being closed or completely destroyed.
Yet despite this upheaval, the promised benefits of a broader upheaval failed to materialise. While Musk claimed that DOGE’s actions would save the US government at least $2 trillion, by April he had revised this target to $150 billion. Unfortunately, it seems this too is an exaggeration, with DOGE’s actual savings reportedly being a mere fraction of this fraction. Hundreds of laid-off federal employees have since been asked to return.
DOGE was initially scheduled to end its operations on July 4 next year, 18 months after its inception. However, DOGE activity halted after Musk left in May, amid the billionaire’s public differences with Trump. The organization then fell apart, with Musk’s departure apparently leaving DOGE’s staff of recent college graduates and Musk loyalists without a cohesive direction. Now it seems that DOGE has finally broken completely.
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