As DOGE Cuts Harm Millions, Americans Are Denied Basic Information About the Agency - American Oversight

As DOGE Cuts Harm Millions, Americans Are Denied Basic Information About the Agency - American Oversight

It was billed as a bold new experiment in “efficiency.” In the days following Donald Trump’s second presidential victory, he unveiled the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tapping Elon Musk to lead it. Its mandate was vague but sweeping: slash waste, cut red tape, and strip the federal bureaucracy down to its bones. What has followed threatens the foundation of democratic accountability itself: DOGE operatives have been dismantling pro…