The new Department of Government Efficiency — which, despite the “department” referenced in its name, is an advisory effort, not a government department — has aims to trim the federal workforce and hunt efficiencies in tech and fraud reduction efforts.| Nextgov.com
NASA is still developing technologies necessary to send humans to Mars.| Nextgov.com
The Office of Management and Budget led an effort to assess USDS — even whether it should exist — during the twilight days of the Trump administration. With another Trump White House incoming, the question of what’s next for the government’s digital SWAT team looms.| Nextgov.com
President Donald Trump vowed to repeal the order during campaigning and in his presidential platform.| Nextgov.com
DOGE is operating in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and must comply with transparency, ethics and other requirements or cease operations, according to a lawsuit brought by CREW and partners.| CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Public Citizen, State Democracy Defenders Fund (SDDF), and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) filed…| Public Citizen
Truth Social is America's "Big Tent" social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology.| Truth Social
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Center Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to obtain public records showing how people claiming to represent the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, have interacted with the White House since the presidential transition began in November.| Center for Biological Diversity
Department of Government Efficiency Co-Chair Vivek Ramaswamy called IT modernization “low-hanging fruit,” but reaping cost savings will take up-front investment — and time.| Nextgov.com
Trump’s government efficiency commission is reportedly sending staff around government, but its structure remains a mystery.| Government Executive
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.| The White House