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‘It’s the shadow OPM’: How DOGE is using a once-obscure federal agency as ground zero for its plans to shrink government
Current and former OPM employees describe an agency that’s been taken over by a shadow operation of political appointees affiliated with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
Forbes28d
DOGE Dividend Checks Could Be Coming—Here’s Why It’s A Potential Game-Changer
Elon Musk recently indicated potential interest in a $5,000 stimulus check payout to American taxpayers, termed the DOGE Dividend check. On Wednesday, President Trump added his support to the ...
CBS News27d
Watchdog group sues for DOGE records, arguing they should be made available to public
A nonpartisan watchdog group is suing President Trump, the Department of Government Efficiency and the DOGE administrator over the claim that DOGE is not subject to public records requests because ...
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DOGE’s heavy-handed approach is not likely to make the government more efficient
But will the DOGE attempt at a breakneck-speed transformation succeed in turning the federal government into a lean, efficient organization? Almost certainly not, say two leadership experts who ...
CBS News22d
DOGE releases updated "wall of receipts" with more discrepancies
For the second time in two weeks, DOGE's "receipts" don't match its claims. Despite doubling the number of listed contracts, the updated itemized savings now total $9.6 billion, a sharp drop from ...
Fox Business22d
DOGE is laying off thousands: what impact will it have with unemployment and the economy?
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is working to cut the federal workforce through layoffs and buyouts, as well as canceling contracts to save money, which has raised the ...
The New York Times29d
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
But the DOGE list vastly overstated the actual value of that contract. A closer scrutiny of a federal database shows that a recent version of the contract was for $8 million, not $8 billion.
Fast Company28d
The DOGE savings tracker wants you to think it’s transparent—but its visualizations are misleading
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has updated its website, and in theory, it’s a model of government transparency. The site lists savings the department claims to have made from ...
CNN23d
DOGE wants access to your tax and Social Security data. These two laws are supposed to protect you
Efforts by DOGE to get access to the reams of “personally identifiable information” (PII) on individuals housed at the IRS, Social Security Administration, Office of Personnel Management ...
THE WEEK1mon
Who is actually running DOGE?
the man personally named by President Donald Trump as being in charge of DOGE, is not running the advisory body at all. And whether Musk is officially in charge or not could affect DOGE's authority.
DOGE reveals how schools spent billions on expenses that had ‘little’ impact on students in COVID-relief funds
“Schools have spent nearly $200B of COVID-Relief funds with little oversight or impact on students,” read a DOGE post on X.
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DOGE claims $55B in total savings from cost-cutting spree as it launches data portal for public
The math whizzes at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) claim to have saved taxpayers an estimated $55 billion through a series of cost-cutting measures since President Trump took ...