Overview
- OPM Director Scott Kupor told Reuters the department "doesn't exist" and is no longer centralized, adding the hiring freeze and explicit headcount reduction targets have ended.
- Kupor said DOGE priorities would be carried out through OPM and the Office of Management and Budget, while the White House says agency-level DOGE teams continue their work.
- DOGE’s website still claims roughly $214 billion in savings, figures questioned by reporters and analysts who cite errors and a lack of verifiable accounting.
- The effort coincided with major workforce losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands, and some agencies such as the GSA have asked former employees to return.
- Elon Musk left in May after a public split with the president, key staffers moved into roles at HHS, State and the National Design Studio, and DOGE’s X account rejected shutdown reports and promised another update.