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How DOGE Is Leveraging a Federal Agency in Its Efforts to Reshape Government

DOGE, led by Elon Musk, aims to charge the Office of Personnel Management over $4 million for services from January 2026 to July 2026, focusing on IT modernization efforts.
The draft agreement mandates OPM to provide DOGE access to its data and systems, while employees report feeling sidelined and confused due to DOGE's influence.
Current and former OPM employees have expressed concerns about losing authority and trust as DOGE issues directives that expedite job cuts across federal agencies.
Critics of DOGE argue that its actions are damaging, affecting the organization and its relationship with federal workers.

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Democrats, protesters gather at DOGE's 'ground zero' to protest spending cuts

Protesters opposed to Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting across the federal government found their latest target in the Office of Personnel Management.

1 month ago·New York, United States

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OMB deputy director nominee defends Elon Musk, DOGE’s ‘outstanding effort’

The work of Elon Musk and his DOGE underlings to overhaul the federal government represents “an absolutely outstanding effort” to shake up “the status quo,” President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the Office of Management and Budget’s No. 2 role said Wednesday. Dan Bishop, a former Republican congressman from North Carolina nominated to serve as Russell Vought’s deputy director at OMB, told lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee that the work…

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A new DOGE staffer at the Department of Labor has helped run a fertility clinic and has pronatalist ties

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIElon Musk's effort to shrink and automate the federal government includes a team at the Department of Labor.Members include Marko Elez, Aram Moghaddassi, and Miles Collins, whose association with DOGE hasn't been previously reported.Collins has been connected to a fertility clinic business that is currently facing labor lawsuits. His brother is pronatalist Malcolm Collins.Staff at the US Department of Labor …

1 month ago·United States

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DOGE employees drawing 'six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries' — while putting thousands out of work

After Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election and chose Elon Musk to run a new advisory group called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Tesla/SpaceX/X.com CEO claimed that working at DOGE would require altruistic motives. DOGE, Musk warned, would require a selfless commitment to cutting waste from the United States' federal government — not a desire for cushy, easy employment.On November 14, 2024, Musk cryptically tweete…

1 month ago·Washington, United States

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DOGE raises concerns, uncertainty among Florida university faculty

While the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is at full speed on the federal level with agency cuts, a state task force focused on Florida universities has left faculty worried about higher education’s future. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the creation of the Florida DOGE on Feb. 24, which will inspect state university operations and use […]

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'Drain the swamp': Trump vows to shrink federal bureaucracy

Promising to "drain the swamp," President Trump says his administration will remove any officials who resist changes and restore what he calls "true democracy" in America. He touted cuts to the federal government through DOGE, which is moving to rapidly cut government jobs.

1 month ago·United States

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