Reuters reports that the Department of Government Efficiency’s responsibilities and staff have been reassigned to other parts of the US government.
According to a Reuters report on Sunday, the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been quietly dissolved eight months before its scheduled closure.
President Donald Trump launched the agency with considerable fanfare early in his term, promoting it as a major initiative to reduce federal waste and bureaucracy. He also appointed Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur, as his government efficiency czar.
Reuters, citing Director Scott Kupor, reports that the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has since assumed many of DOGE’s duties.
When questioned about DOGE’s status, Kupor reportedly stated: “That doesn’t exist.”
The news outlet quoted Kupor as saying that the agency is no longer a “centralized entity.”
Reportedly, key DOGE personnel have now been integrated into other sections of the US government.
The Trump administration has not publicly acknowledged the agency’s disbandment prior to its planned termination in July of the following year. However, Reuters noted that the president has long referred to DOGE in the past tense.
Speculation about the agency’s future began in June, following a public dispute between Musk and Trump regarding the president’s signature “big, beautiful bill.” Amid the disagreement, the Tesla CEO resigned as head of DOGE and departed Washington.
By that point, the agency had already encountered legal challenges to its efforts to reduce the federal budget and eliminate hundreds of thousands of government positions.
In September, AP reported that the White House had begun rehiring hundreds of federal employees who had been laid off during the push.
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