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Trump’s DOGE Disbanded Eight Months Early, OPM Says

OPM now oversees work once assigned to the cost-cutting unit, leaving disputed savings claims and unresolved fallout.

Overview

  • OPM Director Scott Kupor said DOGE "doesn't exist" as a centralized entity, confirming the hiring freeze has ended and there are no workforce-reduction targets.
  • Many responsibilities have shifted to OPM and OMB, even as the White House stops short of a formal closure announcement.
  • DOGE’s site and X account still tout actions and about $214 billion in savings, figures outside reviews say are overstated or unverifiable.
  • The campaign drove broad workforce reductions — more than 200,000 departures — and agencies such as the GSA have asked former staff to return.
  • Key personnel have been redeployed across government, including to the National Design Studio, Health and Human Services, the State Department and the Office of Naval Research.