The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has reportedly been disbanded with eight months remaining on its charter, according to statements from administration officials and documents reviewed by Reuters.
Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters, “That doesn’t exist,” when asked about DOGE’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity.”
DOGE, created by an executive order from President Donald Trump on his first day in office, had been tasked with reducing federal agency size and cutting government spending through July 2026, according to records.
Officials have indicated that many of DOGE’s former responsibilities have since been absorbed by the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s human resources office.
At least two prominent DOGE employees have moved into other administration roles, including Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, who now leads the National Design Studio focused on government website design, and Amy Gleason, DOGE’s former acting administrator, who became an adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
DOGE made headlines early in Trump’s second term as Elon Musk, who initially led the department, frequently promoted its efforts on social media. Musk once held a chainsaw aloft at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, calling it “the chainsaw for bureaucracy” while touting cuts to government jobs.
While the department aided efforts to buy out federal employees and otherwise reduce federal expenditures, the agency did not fully execute on some of its leadership’s early promises.
Musk posted in February 2025: “What is this ‘Department of Education’ you keep talking about? I just checked and it doesn’t exist,” in response to a video posted by Congressman Maxwell Frost showing locked doors and federal officers barring access to the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C.
As of this writing, the federal Department of Education still exists, albeit with fewer workers.
The DOGE website claims $214B in savings to taxpayers.
Suspicions that DOGE had quietly dissolved surfaced over the summer, following a public feud between Trump and Musk and reports that staffers had packed up their belongings and sought new roles.
Former DOGE officials have since taken positions across government. Zachary Terrell, who had early access to government health systems under DOGE, is now the Department of Health and Human Services’ chief technology officer, and Rachel Riley oversees the Office of Naval Research. Jeremy Lewin, another former DOGE member, now manages foreign assistance at the State Department.
DOGE had sought to cut federal employment through aggressive hiring freezes and job eliminations. Trump initially barred agencies from hiring new employees, except for positions deemed necessary for immigration enforcement and public safety.
Kupor said that hiring restrictions tied to DOGE are now lifted, and “there is no target around reductions” anymore. Republican-led states, including Idaho and Florida, are reportedly creating local entities modeled after DOGE, Reuters reported.
The announcement of DOGE’s apparent dissolution comes as Musk returned to the White House for a profile dinner with Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, The Dallas Express reported.