Overview
- OPM Director Scott Kupor said the Department of Government Efficiency “no longer exists” as a centralized entity and indicated some functions have shifted to OPM.
- Reuters reported the office was disbanded roughly eight months before its planned July 2026 end date.
- DOGE publicly denied the Reuters account on X, calling it fake news and claiming it canceled 78 contracts last week to save $335 million, with a new update promised soon.
- RIA Novosti cited a White House comment that DOGE personnel have been embedded across federal agencies and will continue participating in grant reviews.
- Created by a January 20 executive order to cut spending and reorganize agencies, the office was led by Elon Musk as a special government employee until his late-May departure after his contract expired.