# Department of Government Efficiency

> US government organization and initiative

**Wikidata**: [Q131158869](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131158869)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/department-of-government-efficiency


## References

1. [NPR. 2025](https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5286314/department-of-government-efficiency-doge-explainer-elon-musk)
2. [Source](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/)
3. [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/trump-doge-executive-order-musk)
4. [How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?. 2025](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html)
5. [DOGE continues to publish misleading or inaccurate claims on its "wall of receipts" - CBS News. 2025](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-wall-of-receipts-misleading-inaccurate-claims/)
6. [DOGE claim it saved $8 billion by canceling an $8 million contract raises questions about its ‘wall of receipts’ | CNN Politics. 2025](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/doge-canceled-contracts-8-billion-invs)
7. [The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands. 2025](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-shutdown-of-usaid-has-already-killed-hundreds-of-thousands)
8. [Air traffic control centers remain understaffed amidst DOGE layoffs. 2025](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/air-traffic-control-centers-understaffed-doge-layoffs/3870270/)
9. [Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE. 2025](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-administration-rehires-fired-federal-employees-doge-rcna233390)
10. [Source](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/10/musk-ramaswamy-doge-federal-agencies/)
11. [Source](https://www.semafor.com/article/01/20/2025/trump-uses-one-of-first-executive-orders-to-officially-create-doge)
12. [Source](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/donald-trump-to-use-one-of-his-first-executive-orders-to-create-doge/articleshow/117403438.cms?from=mdr)
13. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/)
14. Lawsuits involving the Department of Government Efficiency
15. [19 State AGs File Suit Against DOGE Treasury Access; Judge Blocks New Policy. 2025](https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/news/19-state-ags-file-suit-against-doge-treasury-access-judge-blocks-new-policy/)
16. [DOGE sued for canceling Jewish humanities grants over 'DEI' | The Jerusalem Post. Lawsuit says DOGE used ChatGPT to tag Jewish-themed humanities grants ‘DEI’ before canceling them. 2026](https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-889424)
17. [Federal judge says USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution. 2025](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5332388/federal-judge-says-usaid-shutdown-likely-violated-the-constitution)
18. [DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says. 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/doge-employee-stole-social-security-data-and-put-it-on-a-thumb-drive-report-says/)
19. [NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE. 2025](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01617-8)
20. [How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts. 2025](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01099-8)
21. [Trump officials cutting $1bn in NIH grants is ‘void and illegal’, judge rules. 2025](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/trump-national-institutes-of-health-grants)
22. [US court allows Musk's DOGE to make further USAID cuts](https://www.dw.com/en/us-court-allows-musks-doge-to-make-further-usaid-cuts/a-72079363)
23. [Trump made DOGE part of the government. Here’s what that might mean. Associated Press. 2025](https://web.archive.org/web/20250122203010/https://apnews.com/article/doge-government-trump-executive-order-1a2fb7235b9d6f178c764cf6c78d3317)
24. [Source](https://democracynow.org/2025/2/20/quinn_slobodian_maga_doge_capitalism)
25. [Business Insider](https://businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-likes-musks-department-of-government-efficiency-idea-2024-9)
26. [Source](https://nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html)
27. [Source](https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/musk-doge-faq-100.html)
28. [Source](https://npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5286314/department-of-government-efficiency-doge-explainer-elon-musk)
29. [Source](https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-01-DOGE-layoffs-DC-exodus/)
30. [WhiteHouse.gov](https://whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/)
31. BBC Things
32. [Source](https://x.com/DOGE/affiliates)
33. [Source](https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/06/03/aux-etats-unis-le-bilan-douteux-d-elon-musk-a-la-tete-du-doge_6610341_3232.html)
34. [Après le départ d'Elon Musk, le Doge au bord de l'implosion. 2025](https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/amerique/apres-le-depart-delon-musk-le-doge-au-bord-de-limplosion-TZV33UBK3RG6VNXY2GSLBHUH2U/)
35. [What is Doge and why is Musk leaving?. 2025](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23vkd57471o)
36. [reuters.com](https://reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-will-lead-department-government-efficiency-2024-11-13)
37. [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/)