The US government’s Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, has quietly shut down, eight months before it was supposed to end in July 2026. The move comes without much public announcement, surprising many who had been following the high-profile project.
“The agency doesn’t exist anymore,” said Scott Kupor, director at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). DOGE was created to make the federal government run more smoothly, cut unnecessary rules, and save money.
The agency was launched earlier this year with much excitement. Elon Musk was involved in its early days and described it as a chainsaw for bureaucracy, signaling big changes in how the government works. DOGE claimed to have saved tens of billions of dollars, but experts say it’s hard to verify these numbers because detailed reports were not made public.
With DOGE closing, its work will now be handled by other government offices. The OPM has taken over several functions, and the hiring freeze that DOGE had started has ended. Many of its employees have moved to other government roles. For example, Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, is now leading a new project called the National Design Studio, which aims to modernize government websites. Others have joined departments like Health and Human Services and the State Department.
Although DOGE is gone, officials say its main goals, making the government more efficient, reducing unnecessary rules, and restructuring the workforce, will continue through other programs.
DOGE’s early closure shows how even high-profile government projects can quietly disappear, leaving behind some achievements, questions, and small changes in how the government works.
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