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DOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says
Two Department of Government Efficiency employees face Justice Department review for allegedly sharing Social Security data with an advocacy group tied to election fraud theories.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump marked his first year back as the Office of Personnel Management reported 322,049 exits, the largest federal workforce reduction in two decades, with 2.08 million now employed, about 10% less than in 2024.
- On Jan. 28, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management emailed staff offering eight months of pay to resign, while President Donald Trump created the Department of Government Efficiency and signed executive actions including buyouts and reductions in force.
- Agency data show heavy cuts, with USAID recording 3,677 RIFs and a 92% workforce reduction, HHS carrying out 4,437 RIFs, and the IRS and Veterans Health Administration losing large numbers of staff.
- Hundreds of federal workers packed a town hall in Leesburg, VA on Feb. 3, 2025 to voice fears about DOGE, while the Supreme Court reviews policies as the administration hired 68,000.
- About 149,500 employees resigned, with 105,900 retirements and 10,500 layoffs, while the Department of Health and Human Services cut staff from 82,000 to 62,000.
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DOGE worked with political group to probe voter rolls, Trump admin admits
Federal officials acknowledged that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees coordinated with a political advocacy group on a “voter data agreement” aimed at analyzing voter rolls in an effort to challenge election outcomes.
Trump's DOGE operatives referred to DOJ over alleged election fraud scheme
Two people brought into the Social Security Administration under President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force have been referred to the Justice Department for allegedly conspiring to give sensitive agency information to a group trying to prove election fraud conspir...
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