The federal cost-cutting agency’s functions and staff have reportedly been taken on by other sections of the US government
The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has quietly disbanded eight months ahead of its scheduled end, Reuters reported on Sunday.
President Donald Trump launched the agency with much publicity soon after taking office in January, touting it as a sweeping effort to slash federal waste and bureaucracy and tapping tech mogul Elon Musk for his government efficiency czar.
The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the government’s human resources office, has since taken over many of DOGE’s functions, Reuters wrote, citing Director Scott Kupor.
When asked about DOGE’s status, he reportedly said: “That doesn’t exist.”
The agency is no longer a “centralized entity,” the news outlet cited Kupor as saying.
Key DOGE employees have now reportedly been absorbed into other sections of the US government.
The Trump administration has not openly admitted that the agency has been disbanded ahead of its decreed termination in July next year. However, the president has long switched to referring to DOGE in the past tense, Reuters wrote.
Suspicions about the agency’s future began to emerge in June after an explosive feud between Musk and Trump over the president’s flagship “big, beautiful bill.” The Tesla CEO had stepped down as head of DOGE and left Washington amid the rift.
By this stage, the agency had already faced legal pushback against its efforts to trim the federal budget and cut hundreds of thousands of government jobs.
In September, AP reported that the White House has moved to rehire hundreds of federal employees let go during the push.
