The article discusses the emergence of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Trump administration, emphasizing its rapid spread across federal agencies. DOGE operatives, primarily from Muskâs corporate world, are tasked with major reforms including the termination of numerous federal employees. The piece categorizes these operatives into former Trump officials, conservative lawyers, and individuals from Silicon Valley. It also highlights the dual nature of DOGE as a permanent organization and a temporary initiative, offering insights into the broader implications of this restructuring for the federal government.
Many on the DOGE team are from Musk's world. If Musk is America's CEO, then DOGE has become his Silicon Valley executive branch.
With so much focus on where DOGE is going, WIRED wanted to take a beat to look at where they've come from and what that might tell us about how they're thinking about reshaping the federal government.
We're focused on the new people brought in under the second Trump administration or directly hired into agencies-as Special Government Employees (SGEs) or regular employees.
The DOGE world, as it stands, seems to break down into roughly three categories: former Trump officials, conservative lawyers, and imports from the Silicon Valley area.
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