The DOD is in the realm of reaching the topline goal of downsizing its civilian workforce by 5-8% via the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) and other means.| DefenseScoop
DHA is granting voluntary buyouts to certain employees on a job-by-job basis, a defense official confirmed.| DefenseScoop
DOGE will continue to move fast and influence major bureaucratic reforms in the months to come, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson.| DefenseScoop
Anthony Tata, President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to be undersecretary if defense for personnel and readiness, was confirmed by the Senate.| DefenseScoop
Speaking Monday at the AI Expo hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project, Navy Secretary John Phelan told attendees that he's looking forward to seeing what the DOGE team comes up with next.| DefenseScoop
Billionaire tech titan Elon Musk’s time as a “special government employee” is coming to an end, but Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a new memo this week empowering the DOGE team at the Pentagon to provide more input on contracting.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued a new memo aimed at limiting the Defense Department’s hiring of IT consultants.| DefenseScoop
Pentagon leadership will no longer require civilian employees to submit five-bullet point emails spotlighting their previous week’s accomplishment. However, workers are being tasked to submit another round of ideas for eliminating waste and inefficiencies in an online survey.| DefenseScoop
DISA is expected to see a 10 percent cut to its overall staff as a result of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to lean out the entire federal workforce.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon’s CDAO recently moved to terminate its chief technology officer role and directorate after reviews associated with the Trump administration’s spending and staff reductions campaign revealed inefficiencies, budget materials for fiscal 2026 reveal.| DefenseScoop
Officials provided new numbers and an inside look at unfolding plans to dramatically reduce the Defense Department's civilian staff.| DefenseScoop
Elon Musk is leading the newly created Department of Government Efficiency under Trump.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon is set to begin its termination of thousands of select probationary employees in the coming days as part of the Trump administration’s unfolding campaign to “maximize efficiency” by rapidly reducing the size of the federal workforce, according to a senior defense official.| DefenseScoop
The instructions for all Pentagon components are laid out in a new memo issued this week.| DefenseScoop
