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| − | '''DOGE''' stands for the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE is a presidential advisory commission in the Execitive Offices of the White House. DOGE wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-diversity-diversity-b2681232.html Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending], Independent, 2024</ref> | + | '''DOGE''' stands for the '''Department of Government Efficiency'''. DOGE is a presidential advisory commission in the Execitive Offices of the White House. DOGE wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-diversity-diversity-b2681232.html Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending], Independent, 2024</ref> |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | Within hours of taking office on 20 January, 2025 [[President Donald Trump]] signed an [[executive order]] changing the United States Digital Service (USDS) created in 2014 by [[Barack Obama]] to the United States DOGE Service (USDS).<ref>With the massive failure of the [[Obamacare]] website when it was launched in 2014, President Barack Obama created the United States Digital Service (USDS) tasked with improving the technological abilities of all federal agencies. In 2025 the [[United States Department of Justice]] revealed in a court filing: "Since its creation in 2014 by President Obama, the United States Digital Service ("USDS") has worked with agencies across the [[Executive Branch]] to, among other things, improve the federal | + | Within hours of taking office on 20 January, 2025 [[President Donald Trump]] signed an [[executive order]] changing the United States Digital Service (USDS), created in 2014 by [[Barack Obama]], to the United States DOGE Service (USDS).<ref>With the massive failure of the [[Obamacare]] website when it was launched in 2014, President Barack Obama created the United States Digital Service (USDS) tasked with improving the technological abilities of all federal agencies. In 2025 the [[United States Department of Justice]] revealed in a court filing: "Since its creation in 2014 by President Obama, the United States Digital Service ("USDS") has worked with agencies across the [[Executive Branch]] to, among other things, improve the federal government's information technology and data organization systems...That mandate was recently revived through an Executive Order issued by President Trump, which redesignated USDS as the U.S. DOGE Service". [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150.16.0_1.pdf]</ref> DOGE was originally founded within the Executive Offices of the White House with a staff of 20. On February 7, 2025 President Trump gave DOGE chief executive [[Elon Musk]] authority to add an extra 45 staff, recruited from Musk's various tech businesses. |
== Activities == | == Activities == | ||
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*[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74lgwkrmrpo Trump says Musk could head 'government efficiency' force], BBC, 2024 | *[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74lgwkrmrpo Trump says Musk could head 'government efficiency' force], BBC, 2024 | ||
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| + | === DOGE and antiquated and nonfunctional U.S. government computer systems === | ||
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| + | *[https://apnews.com/video/elon-musk-attends-trumps-first-cabinet-meeting-describes-doge-as-tech-support-d01ef6f929184ed3b703e6c87b22b922Elon Musk attends Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, describes DOGE as ‘tech support], 2025 (Musk talks about how antiquated and nonfunctional U.S. federal government computers are) | ||
== Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending == | == Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending == | ||
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* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-diversity-diversity-b2681232.html Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending], Independent, 2024 | * [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-diversity-diversity-b2681232.html Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending], Independent, 2024 | ||
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| + | * "The Golden Age of America has just begun! Over the past six weeks, our Administration has delivered on promises like no Administration before it, always putting America First! DOGE has been an incredible success, and now that we have my Cabinet in place, I have instructed the Secretaries and Leadership to work with DOGE on Cost Cutting measures and Staffing." - [[Donald Trump]], March 6, 2025.<ref>[https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114117008305421663 Donald Trump's Truth Social post on March 6, 2025]</ref> | ||
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| + | *[[Ferguson's law]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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*[https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-doge-files/ The DOGE Files] | *[https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-doge-files/ The DOGE Files] | ||
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DOGE stands for the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE is a presidential advisory commission in the Execitive Offices of the White House. DOGE wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending.[1]
Background
Within hours of taking office on 20 January, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the United States Digital Service (USDS), created in 2014 by Barack Obama, to the United States DOGE Service (USDS).[2] DOGE was originally founded within the Executive Offices of the White House with a staff of 20. On February 7, 2025 President Trump gave DOGE chief executive Elon Musk authority to add an extra 45 staff, recruited from Musk's various tech businesses.
Activities
The New York Post reported: "DOGE comes in fast, going around lower-level IT staffers, who typically raise privacy concerns but are overruled by senior leaders who fold to DOGE's demands...DOGE team members are then given superpowered user accounts enabling them to access and edit reams of government data with little to no oversight...That allows them to make changes at lightning speed, bypassing typical security protocols". It was further reported: "DOGE staffers have begun using AI to analyze financial data, aiming to cancel every contract that is not required by law or essential to the department's operations" and observed: "In less than three weeks, Musk's U.S. DOGE Service has followed the same playbook at one federal agency after another: Install loyalists in leadership...Hoover up internal data, including the sensitive and the classified...Gain control of the flow of funds...And push hard to eliminate jobs and programs not aligned with Trump administration goals."[3]
Both Elon Musk and Donald Trump have suggested that Musk could hold a seat in Trump's cabinet if he's reelected - namely through a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Vivek Ramaswamy, "the co-leader of DOGE along with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, teased plans for âmass reductionsâ in the federal workforce and said the group will make recommendations on âa real-time basis.â (See: Vivek Ramaswamy teases âmass reductionsâ under new DOGE â and expects certain agencies will be âdeleted outrightâ, New York Post, 2024).
Articles:
- How to make Elon Muskâs budget-slashing dreams come true: He wants $2trn in cuts. We found nearly $5trn, The Economist, 2024
- Elon Musk says at a New York Trump rally that he could save the country $2 trillion through a department of efficiency, Business Insider, 2024
- Trump says heâd create a government efficiency commission led by Elon Musk, Associated Press, 2024
DOGE and antiquated and nonfunctional U.S. government computer systems
- Musk attends Trumpâs first Cabinet meeting, describes DOGE as âtech support, 2025 (Musk talks about how antiquated and nonfunctional U.S. federal government computers are)
Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending
Quote
- "The Golden Age of America has just begun! Over the past six weeks, our Administration has delivered on promises like no Administration before it, always putting America First! DOGE has been an incredible success, and now that we have my Cabinet in place, I have instructed the Secretaries and Leadership to work with DOGE on Cost Cutting measures and Staffing." - Donald Trump, March 6, 2025.[4]
See also
References
- â Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal government diversity spending, Independent, 2024
- â With the massive failure of the Obamacare website when it was launched in 2014, President Barack Obama created the United States Digital Service (USDS) tasked with improving the technological abilities of all federal agencies. In 2025 the United States Department of Justice revealed in a court filing: "Since its creation in 2014 by President Obama, the United States Digital Service ("USDS") has worked with agencies across the Executive Branch to, among other things, improve the federal government's information technology and data organization systems...That mandate was recently revived through an Executive Order issued by President Trump, which redesignated USDS as the U.S. DOGE Service". [1]
- â https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/inside-trumps-hectic-day-to-day-schedule-as-prez-begins-to-transform-federal-government/
- â Donald Trump's Truth Social post on March 6, 2025