The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) persists in its initiatives within federal agencies despite the departure of Elon Musk and other leaders. Edward Coristine reappeared at the Social Security Administration to enhance the website's functionality. DOGE has evolved into a new version, known as DOGE 2.0, with its technologists embedded within agencies, creating products and terminating contracts discreetly. These activities are occurring with limited supervision from the White House or the USDS, causing confusion among traditional federal employees, who now consider DOGE affiliates as colleagues rather than outsiders.
Coristine, an SSA spokesperson told WIRED, would focus "on improving the functionality of the Social Security website and advancing our mission of delivering more efficient service to the American people."
Coristine's disappearance from government-and sudden reappearance in it-is emblematic of DOGE 2.0, a new iteration of the organization that, post-Musk's formal participation, is still very much present and continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies.
This is all done with little oversight from the White House or the United States DOGE Service (USDS), which these technologists purportedly represent.
Legacy federal workers in agencies across the government have been told that the DOGE affiliates are their coworkers, operating as agency employees, not part of a separate organization.
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