President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The order outlines DOGE's goals, including modernizing federal technology and software to improve efficiency, and clarifies its position within the executive branch. DOGE will absorb the U.S. Digital Service and aims to reduce costs by targeting unauthorized spending and inefficiencies. While the immediate focus is on IT upgrades, DOGE's broader mandate may encompass cost-cutting, deregulation, and agency restructuring.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order officially creating the Department of Government Efficiency , the cost-cutting initiative helmed by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy . The EO included fresh details about
will in fact be housed within the executive branch, rather than operating as an outside advisory committee. The EO also states that an existing White House office called the U.S. Digital Service — a unit that primarily works on improving government websites and tech — will be renamed the U.S. Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity,' the EO states. The executive order doesn't include any details about cutting federal spending, slashing regulations or restructuring federal agencies. To be sure, the lack of a mention in the EO about cost-cutting doesn't mean that
faces multiple lawsuits over its structure and efforts so far, with the cases filed shortly after Mr. Trump's inauguration on Monday. The lawsuits claim that because Meanwhile, will be a 'temporary organization' that will focus on 'advancing the President's 18-month
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