DOGE, which was once led by Elon Musk, had previously made controversial cuts, such as its high-profile effort to slash foreign aid. By contrast, its end slipped under the radar and came with eight months still left on its charter, the report said.
“That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters when asked about DOGE’s status, adding that it’s no longer a “centralized entity.”
He added that “there are no prescribed reductions in headcount.” And rather than the number of full-time employees, the focus instead is on “great service delivery with maximum efficiency.”
Meanwhile, DOGE officials have taken positions elsewhere in the federal government, such as the State Department, White House budget office, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Naval Research, Reuters said.
Then there’s Musk, who vowed to cut spending by $2 trillion and declared in February that DOGE is “the chainsaw for bureaucracy.”
And the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit that focuses on the federal workforce, said DOGE’s cuts also incur related costs, resulting in minimal net savings.
Those costs don’t include legal expenses for fighting multiple lawsuits challenging DOGE’s cuts or the lost tax revenue from IRS staff layoffs.
