April 2026

A: We’ve overrelied on the idea that we should bring people in from the outside and underinvested in helping career civil servants to do transformation work themselves.

"The goal of the DOGE Tracker is to support transparency."

“No one thought this was possible or legal, but that is what’s happening."

"He had a bunch of geniuses come over to the department."

"Park staffers have been told not to discuss the issue."

"[N]otably, administration officials don’t expect massive layoffs at the Pentagon."

"I don’t want to say he’s selling alchemy or voodoo."

"If you’re going to spend $5 trillion a year on health care, it would be nice to know what the best use of that money is."

"'The era of rubber stamping is over,' the HHS statement said."

"The VA in Massachusetts lost 156 staff members last year with more than 20 years of experience each and hired just three with similar levels."