At least 206 people worked for the Trump administration's radical effort to reshape government.
Elon Musk walks to the White House on March 9, 2025. The Government Accountability Office reported that at least 27 Department of Government Efficiency employees, including Musk, were classified as special government employees.
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August 5, 2026 04:52 PM ET
White House
Ethics
In a new report, the Government Accountability Office said it was unable to verify if all Department of Government Efficiency…
To date, DOGE claims that it has saved the government about $180 billion by slashing the federal workforce, ending contracts,…
As of Sept. 23, over 201,000 civil servants have left the workforce and the White House is threatening additional cuts.
The department has evolved from its radical cost-cutting mission as some of its agenda and members remain embedded in the US…
“Ultimately, the outcome was the agency was left broken and understaffed,” a former General Services Administration official said…
With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team’s approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as…
