"When asked about the status of DOGE earlier this month, White House Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told , "That doesn't exist." While it is no longer a "centralized entity," DOGE's work will continue through the OPM, as Kupor said in a follow-up post on social media that "the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making efficiency a first-class citizen; etc.""
"Musk initially claimed the agency would reduce federal spending by up to $2 trillion within its first year, but even DOGE's own calculations - the accuracy of which have been debated - claim it only "saved" $214 billion. While DOGE didn't accomplish what it set out to do, its impact is undeniable, as hundreds of thousands of lives have been upended and hundreds of thousands more tragically lost."
"The Trump administration announced in August that it had fired about 300,000 federal workers, crediting the vast majority to DOGE. Kupor, OPM director, told The New York Times that most had stopped working, but remained on the payroll. LGBTQ+ people accounted for 8 percent of all federal workers, according to a January report from the Williams Institute, with about 314,000 LGBTQ+ employees in the federal government at the time."
DOGE disbanded after 10 months and its functions were absorbed into the Office of Personnel Management while its stated principles of de-regulation, eliminating fraud, waste and abuse, and reshaping the federal workforce are to continue. The agency initially projected up to $2 trillion in savings but reported $214 billion amid debate over accuracy. The administration announced about 300,000 federal workers were fired, many remaining on payroll. LGBTQ+ people made up about 8 percent of federal employees, roughly 314,000. USAID was dissolved with nearly 2,000 staff fired and models estimate over 640,000 global deaths linked to lost USAID assistance.
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