DOGE Unit Disbanded Prematurely, Eight Months After Elon Musk‘s Departure
the Digital Service at the Office of Personnel Management (DOGE), a Trump-era initiative intended to streamline government technology and reduce the size of the state, has been dissolved-eight months ahead of schedule. The unit ceased functioning as a “centralized entity,” according to Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), who confirmed its closure to Reuters. The shutdown follows the May retirement of its political leadership and a final website update on August 13.
Launched with the goal of delivering measurable savings and modernizing federal IT, DOGE faced criticism for limited tangible results. Its most prominent action,the liquidation of the aid association USAID,drew scrutiny. The early dissolution signals a shift away from the aggressive restructuring championed by the previous administration, and impacts employees previously assigned to the unit, many of whom have been reassigned to other roles within the OPM-including Joe Gebbia, now chief designer for public websites.
The winding down of DOGE comes as the Trump administration’s hiring freeze, a key feature of the unit’s operations, has been lifted, Kupor confirmed. While no official announcement of the shutdown has been made, the project’s fate was previously discussed by the president and his team.
