DOGE

DOGE stands for “Department of Government Efficiency.” Like the Holy Roman Empire, it is neither a Department, nor about Government, nor Efficient. It sets a cancerous precedent for the separation of powers. Naturally, the Democrats have failed to oppose it in any meaningful way.

This table lists all the reports that contain this term: DOGE.

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Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals Guardian access, Charles Borges, Data Exfiltration, Department of Justice, DOGE, Guardian, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nick Perrine, Personally Identifiable Information, Social Security Administration, Steve Davis, Cloudflare, Joseph Gedeon DOGE
How DOGE’s modernization mission may have inadvertently undermined federal AI adoption Brookings Institution (Venue) "Move fast and break things.", access, artificial intelligence, Brookings Institution (Venue), bureaucracy, DOGE, DOGE Legacy, General Services Administration, liberals, mass firing, News and Analysis (Mainstream), OneGov, probation, surveillance, Tech Force, Valerie Wirtschafter DOGE
DOGE Worker at SSA Signed Agreement With Group Seeking to ‘Overturn Election Results,’ DOJ Says Talking Points Memo Data Exfiltration, Department of Justice, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Talking Points Memo, Voter Data Agreement, Khaya Himmelman DOGE
One year in: what we know the Trump administration means for public interest technology We the Builders (Venue) civic technology, Cyber Corps, Department of Education, DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, General Services Administration, National Design Studio, News and Analysis (Mainstream), public interest technology, Tech Force, United States DOGE Service, We the Builders (Venue) DOGE
DOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says Axios Axios, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), April Rubin DOGE
The Economic Legacy of DOGE Apricitas Economics Agency for International Development, Air Force Material Command, Apricitas Economics, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, District of Columbia, DOGE, DOGE Legacy, federal deficit, federal workers, Food and Drug Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service, macroeconomics, National Institutes of Health, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, State of Maryland, State of Virginia, unemployment, United States Postal Service, Joseph Politano DOGE
Director’s Update: One Year In ACT Newsletter 18F, ACT Newsletter, Agency for International Development, Alliance of Civic Technologists, civic technology, DOGE, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pushback (Successful), Technologists for Public Good, United States Department of Government Efficiency Service, United States DOGE Service, United States DOGE Service Temporary Organization, We the Builders DOGE
DOGE: From Meme to Government Erosion Machine The Revolving Door Project Akash Bobba, Amanda Scales, Amy Gleason, Anthony Armstrong, Antonio Gracias, Brad Smith, Brian Bjelde, Bryton Shang, Chris Lewis, Chris Young, Christopher Sweet, civil servants, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Educationa, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury, Department of Veterans Affairs, DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Edward Coristine, Elon Musk, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gavin Kliger, General Services Administration, Institute of Peaces, Internal Revenue Service, Jeremy Lewin, Julian Scoffield, Justin Fulcher, Luke Farritor, Marc Andreessen, Marko Elez, mass firings, Michael Grimes, Michael Mirski, National Labor Relations Board, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nikhil Rajpal, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Peter Thiel, Russell Vought, Scott Kupor, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security Administration, Steve Davis, The Revolving Door Project, Thomas Shedd, Tom Krause, United States Agency for International Development, United States Postal Service, Xaver Clarke, KJ Boyle DOGE
Democracy Watchdog Exposes ‘Heartbreaking Catalog of DOGE’s Depredations’ Common Dreams billionaires, Christopher Lewis, Common Dreams, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Jeff Hauser, Jessica Corbett, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Revolving Door Project, Russell Vought* DOGE
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data Politico access, Data Exfiltration, Department of Justice, DOGE, Elizabeth Shapiro, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, Social Security Administration, Cloudflare, Hatch Act of 1939, Kyle Cheney DOGE
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data Washington Post Charles Borges, Danielle Citron, Data Exfiltration, Debra Katz, Department of Justice, DOGE, email, encryption, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, United States DOGE Service, University of Virginia, Washington Post, Cloudflare, The Privacy Act of 1974, Cloudflare (Firm), Meryl Kornfield DOGE
DOGE Goons May Have Shared Stolen Social Security Data With Political Group: Report Gizmodo Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Gizmodo, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Matt Novak DOGE
DOGE likely violated order on Social Security data, court filing shows FedScoop Charles Borges, Data Exfiltration, Debra Katz, DOGE, FedScoop, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Matt Bracken DOGE
Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review Krebs on Security access, Data Exfiltration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, Krebs on Security, National Labor Relations Board, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Social Security Administration, Brian Krebs DOGE
Louisiana DOGE final report shows nearly $1 billion in state savings WAFB Angele Davis, DOGE, Emulation, Medicaid, News and Analysis (Mainstream), State of Louisiana, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, WAFB, Liam Combs DOGE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et al., v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, et al. The United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Venue) access, Court Document, Data Exfiltration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, DOGE, Leland Dudek*, Personally Identifiable Information, Social Security Administration, Steve Davis, systems of record, The United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Venue), United States DOGE Service Temporary Organization, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Numerical Identification System DOGE
La. DOGE results in nearly a billion in savings says Gov. Landry FOX Angele Davis, Department of Agriculture, DOGE, Emulation, Food and Nutrition Service, FOX, Jeff Landry, News and Analysis (Mainstream), State of Louisiana, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, waste, fraud, and abuse, Sabrina Wilson DOGE
‘Why is Sherrill DOGE-ing New Jersey?’: Resignation letters to longtime government workers cause confusion Politico DOGE, Emulation, Mikie Sherill, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Politico, State of New Jersey, Daniel Han DOGE
Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction Confined Space coal, Confined Space, DOGE, mass firings, Mine Safety and Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Other), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Patty Murray, Robert Kennedy Junior*, Sabotage, silica, Jordan Barab DOGE
Breaking: CDC/NIOSH employees reinstated. Inside Medicine Andrew Nixon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, Incompetent, Inside Medicine, mass firings, Micah Niemeier-Walsh, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Other), Reduction in Force, Jeremy Faust DOGE
US Reverses Deep Cuts to Safety Agency Niosh, Reinstating Hundreds Bloomberg Andrew Nixon, Bloomberg, Department of Health and Human Services, DOGE, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Robert Kennedy Junior*, Sabotage, Josh Eidelson DOGE
Tim Burchett says he plans to shake up how DOGE operates in the House WVLT DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Government Accountability Office, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Tim Burchett, waste, fraud, and abuse, WVLT, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey DOGE
Executive branch budget pact includes IT investments, less for DOGE FedScoop DOGE, DOGE metastasis, Extra-Constitutional, FedScoop, House Appropriations Committee, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Federal CIO, The White House (Executive Branch), United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, Matt Bracken DOGE
Fort Greely struggles to feed soldiers due to impact of cuts initiated by DOGE Stars and Stripes deferred resignation, DOGE, Fort Greely, CO, Incompetent, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Stars and Stripes, United States Army, Gary Warner DOGE
Pentagon Chooses DOGE Official and Former Trader to Head Innovation Unit Wall Street Journal Defense Innovation Unit, Department of Defense, disinformation, DOGE, DOGE Metastasis, Doug Beck, Emil Michael, irregular warfare, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Owen West, Wall Street Journal, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Uber, Heather Somerville, Lara Seligman DOGE
Elon Musk’s Grok Has Friends in High Places Jacobin artificial intelligence, copyright, Copyright Office, Corrupt, Department of Commerce, DOGE, Elon Musk, Jacobin, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Patent and Trademark Office, Grok, Katya Schwenk DOGE
Department of Government Efficiency Encyclopedia Brittanica DOGE, Elon Musk, Encyclopedia Brittanica, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, protest, Amy Tikkanen, Tesla DOGE
Picking the right fight: Congressional tensions rise in wake of Minnesota ICE-involved shooting FOX Democrats, DOGE, FOX, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Chad Pergram DOGE
Tracking DOGE Cuts in West Virginia West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy (Venue) DOGE, Sabotage, Tracker, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy (Venue) DOGE
The year of technoligarchy [citation needed] crypto, DOGE, Dogecoin, Elon Musk, Extra-Constitutional, memecoins, News and Analysis (Mainstream), oligarchy, [citation needed], Molly White DOGE
Impact Metrics Dashboard Impact Counter Agency for International Development, Brooke Nichols, DOGE, Eric Moakley, Impact Counter, Miscreants, social murder, Tracker DOGE
Government Public Health Report Card Impact Counter Brooke Nichols, DOGE, Eric Moakley, health, Impact Counter, Miscreants, public health, Tracker DOGE
A world without people Pluralistic DOGE, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Pluralistic, science, Self-Destructive, Cory Doctorow DOGE
2025 Confined Space Year in Review Confined Space Confined Space, DOGE, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Robert Kennedy Junior*, Sabotage, social murder, Jordan Barab DOGE
DOGE says agencies cut $1.6B in federal contracts, flags spending on Somalia, HHS web services FOX Department of Health and Human Services, Department of State, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, FOX, Meretricious, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Somalia, State of Minnesota, Jasmine Baehr DOGE
Charted: The sharp decline in federal employment Axios Axios, DOGE, mass firings, Meretricious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Reduction in Force, Scott Kupor, Emily Peck DOGE
‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge Guardian "Move fast and break things.", Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Clinton administration, DOGE, Donald Sherman, Elaine Kamarck, Guardian, National Performance Review, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Silicon Valley, Freedom of Information Act, Michael Sainato DOGE
DOGE was government contracting's biggest story of 2025 — and it's not close Government Executive DOGE, Federal Procurement Data System, gender, Government Executive, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Wall of Receipts, Leidos Holdings, Nick Wakeman DOGE
Murals in the Crosshairs: Trump’s Push to “Remake” Washington Could Erase Federal Art in 2026 Cultural Property News Cultural Property News, Dabney Friedrich, DOGE, General Services Administration, Mydelle Wright, New Deal, New Deal murals, News and Analysis (Mainstream), real estate, Seymour Fogel, Thuggish, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Kate Fitz Gibbon DOGE
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts New York Times DOGE, Goddard Space Flight Center, Jacob Richmond, library, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Thuggish, Eric Niiler DOGE
Deep cuts made 2025 a difficult year for National Park Service Roll Call Association of National Park Rangers, Bill Wade, Department of the Interior, DOGE, Frank Lands, Jessica Bowron, John Garder, mass firings, National Park Service, National Parks Conservation Association, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Management and Budget, Roll Call, Sabotage, Mike Magner DOGE
We still don’t really know what Elon Musk’s Doge actually did Guardian artificial intelligence, Cato Institute, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Democrats, Department of Veterans Affairs, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, General Services Administration, Guardian, mass firings, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Nikhel Sus, Sabotage, waste, fraud, and abuse, Nick Robins-Early DOGE
Affordability, DOGE and the language that captured American politics in 2025 FOX DOGE, FOX, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Power Grab, semantics, Lee Hartley Carter DOGE
OSHA Wants to Cancel Protections for “Inherently Risky” Work Jacobin DOGE, General Duty Clause, Jacobin, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, social murder, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Brock Hrehor DOGE
‘I didn’t vote for this’: A revolt against DOGE public lands cuts, deep in Trump country E&E News DOGE, E&E News, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), public lands, State of Montana, Cassidy Randall DOGE
Ex-DOGE attorney joins Musk AI firm E&E News Corrupt, DOGE, E&E News, James Burnham, News and Analysis (Mainstream), xAI, Robin Bravender DOGE
DOGE promised to cut government spending. It went up under Trump, new report shows Independent Brookings Institution, Cato Institute, DOGE, Hamilton Project, Independent, mass firings, Mendacious, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, Rhian Lubin DOGE
Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts TechDirt 18F, Ben Horowitz, Corrupt, DOGE, Joe Gebbia, Marc Andreessen, Michael Dell, Mike Masnick, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Tech Force, TechDirt, United States Digital Service DOGE
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? New York Times Department of Defense, Department of Energy, DOGE, Mendacious, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), waste, fraud, and abuse, Alicia Parlapiano, David Fahrenthold, Emily Badger, Margot Sanger-Katz DOGE
Trump’s Tech Force treads familiar ground for former government tech leaders FedScoop Amy Paris, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, DOGE metastasis, FedScoop, Internal Revenue Service, mass firings, Merici Vinton, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Scott Kupor, Tech Force, United States Digital Service, United States DOGE Service, University of California, Berkeley, Direct File, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Madison Alder, Miranda Nazzaro DOGE