Overview
- OPM Director Scott Kupor told Reuters that DOGE “doesn’t exist,” describing it as no longer a centralized entity.
- Many of the office’s functions have moved to OPM, and the government-wide hiring freeze associated with DOGE has ended.
- Launched in January with Elon Musk at the helm, DOGE pursued sweeping cuts and touted major savings that outside experts could not verify.
- Former DOGE staff have been reassigned across the administration, including to Joe Gebbia’s National Design Studio and senior roles at HHS, State, and the Office of Naval Research.
- Reporting recounts internal turmoil after a public Trump–Musk rupture in May, with staff departures, factional infighting, and warnings to seek legal counsel.