US federal agencies targeted by DOGE

Wall Street Journal found that, in February, 2025, the units most affected by DOGE contract terminations were: the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Human and Health Services (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Education (Ed), and General Services Administration (GSA).

According to an analysis by GovSpend in April using Fedmine, which derives its contract data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), the leading agencies in terms of total dollars de-obligated are the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), followed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and HHS; in terms of the number of actions, GSA leads by far, followed by DHS and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).{{Cite web| last = Mehan| first = Archisha| title = Tracking Terminations Under DOGE: An Update| work = GovSpend| access-date = 2025-05-07| date = 2025-04-25| url = https://govspend.com/blog/tracking-terminations-under-doge-an-update/}}

On May 8, Public Citizen searched through Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website and built a list of 32 cabinet and large independent agencies where DOGE was involved; Elon Musk has business interests in shaking off 23 of them.{{Cite web| title = Duplicitous Oligarch Grifting Endlessly| work = Public Citizen| access-date = 2025-05-12| date = 2025-05-08| url = https://www.citizen.org/article/duplicitous-oligarch-grifting-endlessly/}}

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office[a] within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget,[2] but it also examines agency programs, policies, and procedures to see whether they comply with the president's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives.

Russell Vought is the current director of the OMB since February 2025.

On January 22, DOGE was interviewing USDS employees.{{Cite web| title = U.S. Digital Service employees are being re-interviewed under DOGE transition| work = Nextgov.com| access-date = 2025-03-15| date = 2025-01-23| url = https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/01/us-digital-service-employees-are-being-re-interviewed-under-doge-transition/402423/}}

The U.S. Department of Agriculture aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities, and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

Newly confirmed USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed that DOGE has been at the agency for "a few weeks", welcomed their efforts, and expected full compliance from USDA teams, while farmers and policymakers raised concerns about the funding freeze.{{Cite web |last=Douglas |first=Leah |date=2025-02-14 |title=USDA secretary says DOGE has been at the agency for weeks |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-secretary-says-doge-has-been-agency-weeks-2025-02-14/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Reuters}} A few farmers expressed their anger on TikTok, one of them worrying about losing his farm.{{Cite web |last1=deJong |first1=Jenna |last2=Blake |first2=Suzanne |date=2025-02-11 |title=Farmers on TikTok Debate Whether Trump's USDA Funding Freeze Was Tied to Project 2025 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-usda-funding-freeze-farmers-tiktok-project-2025-2029137 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Newsweek}}

DOGE actions at the USDA have impacted the United States national response to the 2020–2025 H5N1 outbreak, after staff working on the crisis were summarily fired.{{Cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Allan |last2=Zanona |first2=Melanie|last3=Strickler|first3=Laura |date=2025-02-18|title=USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/usda-accidentally-fired-officials-bird-flu-rehire-rcna192716 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=NBC News}}

DOGE fired the 300 scientists who were maintaining the 600,000 genetic lines of some 200 crop species at the National Plant Germplasm System; a temporary retraining order reinstated some of the 300 scientists.{{Cite news| title = America's historic crops at risk as DOGE cuts funding for seed bunkers| access-date = 2025-05-12| url = https://kiowacountypress.net/content/americas-historic-crops-risk-doge-cuts-funding-seed-bunkers}}

DOGE has been reviewing Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans.{{Cite news| last1 = Huffstutter| first1 = P. J.| last2 = Douglas| first2 = Leah| last3 = Huffstutter| first3 = P. J.| last4 = Douglas| first4 = Leah| title = US senators urge USDA to explain DOGE review of farm loans| work = Reuters| access-date = 2025-05-12| date = 2025-05-06| url = https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senators-urge-usda-explain-doge-review-farm-loans-2025-05-06/}}

The Department of Defense coordinates and supervises the five U.S. armed services, to protect the security of the country.{{Cite web |last=Szoldra |first=Paul |date=June 29, 2018 |title=Trump's Pentagon Quietly Made A Change To The Stated Mission It's Had For Two Decades |url=https://taskandpurpose.com/pentagon-mission/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630143357/https://taskandpurpose.com/pentagon-mission/ |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |website=Task & Purpose}}

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed that DOGE had begun the process of staff and spending cuts to impact the Department of Defense and United States Armed Forces.{{Cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Eleanor |last2=Blake |first2=Suzanne |date=2025-02-18 |title=Farmers on TikTok Debate Whether Trump's USDA Funding Freeze Was Tied to Project 2025 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-defense-cuts-planning-meeting/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=CBS News}} As of March 6, 2025, the cuts in staff are expected to impact up to 8% of its civilian workforce, or 61,000 employees.

The Department of Education provides money to public schools and manages college financial aid and federal student loans. ED also enforces civil rights laws in schools and support programs to help students with disabilities.{{Cite news |last=Bender |first=Michael C. |date=2025-03-07 |title=Why Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-republicans-education-department.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

On January 31, about 100 ED employees who had taken required diversity training during Trump's first term were placed on paid administrative leave.{{Cite web |last=Stracqualursi |first=Alayna Treene, Rene Marsh, Veronica |date=2025-02-02 |title=Education Department employees placed on paid leave as part of Trump administration's DEI purge {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/education-department-employees-dei-purge/index.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Natanson |first=Hannah |date=February 6, 2025 |title=Elon Musk's DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218193201/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/ |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite news |last=Meckler |first=Laura |date=February 10, 2025 |title=They trained on DEI under Trump. Now he's punishing them for it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/10/education-department-dei-devos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250210105722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/10/education-department-dei-devos/ |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

By February, DOGE had access to data on federal student aid, including the personal financial information on the more than 42 million people who receive student loans from the government.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-07 |title=Musk team's access to student loan systems raises alarm over borrowers' personal information |url=https://apnews.com/article/education-department-trump-doge-8c5bba3883b3d924b28114a4f291bec4 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=AP News |language=en}} In early Feb, DOGE staff fed sensitive data from ED into an AI through Microsoft Azure to cut any spending, including contracts, that is "not essential to operations or required by law."

On February 10, ED researchers and contractors were told to stop work on 169 contracts funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The funding totaled $881 million, including contracts involving student resources that were in-progress. The IES funds research to examine the effectiveness of current education policies and systems. Many contractors involved in maintaining the research database were also terminated. The institute is "all but shut down."{{Cite web |last=Knott |first=Ryan Quinn,Katherine |title=$900 Million in Institute of Education Sciences Contracts Axed |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/02/12/900m-institute-education-sciences-contracts-axed |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Klein |first=Alyson |date=2025-02-11 |title=Trump Admin. Suddenly Cancels Dozens of Education Department Contracts |url=https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-suddenly-cancels-dozens-of-education-department-contracts/2025/02 |access-date=2025-03-11 |work=Education Week |language=en |issn=0277-4232}}{{Cite news |title=Trump administration targets Education Department research arm in latest cuts |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292444/trump-musk-education-department-schools-students-research-cuts |access-date=2025-03-11 |work=NPR |language=en}}

On February 17, a federal judge allowed DOGE to maintain access to ED data while a privacy lawsuit, filed by representatives of college students, went through the courts.{{Cite web |last=Minsky |first=Adam S. |title=DOGE Can Access Student Loan Data At The Department Of Education, Says Court |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/02/18/doge-may-access-student-loan-data-at-the-department-of-education-says-court/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}} It was reported in the court filing that least one DOGE employee with access to ED's internal systems had not yet completed required ethics and security training.{{Cite web |last=Schermele |first=Zachary |title=Judge lets DOGE access Education Department's student databases while lawsuit plays out |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/02/18/doge-student-data-education-department-judge-approves/79062995007/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

On February 26, ED stopped accepting and processing all income-driven repayment plans and consolidation applications for at least 3 months. Such plans are designed to keep payments affordable for student borrowers, and provide a path to student loan forgiveness.{{Cite news |last=Douglas-Gabriel |first=Danielle |date=February 28, 2025 |title=It could be months before affordable student loan repayment plans return |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/27/student-loan-repayment-options-affordable-pause/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250228043545/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/27/student-loan-repayment-options-affordable-pause/ |archive-date=February 28, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Minsky |first=Adam S. |title=Trump Administration Suspends 4 Student Loan Payment Plans — Here's What Borrowers Should Know |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/03/03/trump-administration-suspends-4-student-loan-payment-plans---heres-what-borrowers-should-know/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

On March 11, it was reported that ED would lay off "about 50%" of its workforce, about 2,200 workers.{{Cite web |last=Liptak |first=Sunlen Serfaty, Rene Marsh, Kaanita Iyer, Alayna Treene, Kevin |date=2025-03-11 |title=Education Department to cut about 50% of workforce {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/department-of-education-cuts |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=CNN |language=en}}

DOGE is planning to replace ED contractors with an AI chatbot to answer questions from students and parents, with future plans to cut support website and call center funding by 80%. ED has claimed that reducing call center funding by 38% could result in a "severe degradation" in services for "students, borrowers, and schools." DOGE members include Adam Ramada, Alexandra Beynon, and Brooks Morgan.{{Cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Dana |last2=Montague |first2=Zach |date=2025-02-13 |title=Musk Staff Propose Bigger Role for A.I. in Education Department |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/doge-ai-education-department-students.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401063146/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/doge-ai-education-department-students.html |archive-date=April 1, 2025}}

United States Department of Energy (DOE) oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.

The DOE secretary Chris Wright, against guidance of the DOE's General Counsel and chief information officers, allowed Luke Farritor of DOGE to access DOE computer networks.{{Cite web |last=Nilsen |first=Ella |date=February 6, 2025 |title=Trump energy secretary allowed 23-year-old DOGE rep to access IT systems over objections from general counsel |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/climate/doge-energy-department-trump/index.html |website=CNN}} CNN quoted DOE staff in the general counsel and chief information offices as calling Farritor's access a "bad idea", and that "He's not cleared to be in DOE, on our systems."

Luke Farritor of DOGE was given access to computer systems of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the department responsible for the security and protection of American nuclear technologies and nuclear weapons, by United States Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright, against guidance of the DOE's general counsel and chief information offices. On February 13, hundreds of NNSA employees were abruptly fired; the agency sought to rehire the workers the next day. An Energy Department spokesperson said fewer than 50 were fired.{{cite news |last1=Marsh |first1=Rene |last2=Nilsen |first2=Ella |title=Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say |publisher=CNN |date=February 14, 2025|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/14/climate/nuclear-nnsa-firings-trump/index.html}}{{cite news |last1=Natter |first1=Ari |title=Dismissed nuclear bomb specialists recalled by Energy Department |url=https://fortune.com/2025/02/14/doge-firings-nuclear-weapons-specialists-energy-department-layoffs-nnsa-elon-musk/ |work=Fortune |date=February 14, 2025}}

The National Nuclear Security Administration is responsible for safeguarding national security through the military application of nuclear science.

On February 13, 350 NNSA employees who secure and guard America's nuclear arsenal, including about 100 employees of Pantex, the primary United States nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility,{{cite journal|last1=Gross|first1=Daniel A.|title=An Aging Army|journal=Distillations|date=2016|volume=2|issue=1|pages=26–36|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/an-aging-army|access-date=22 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=About Pantex Plant |url=http://www.pantex.com/about |website=www.pantex.com}} were fired due to DOGE.{{cite web|title=About 100 Pantex employees abruptly fired as part of DOGE purge|publisher=Washington Technology|date=2025-02-18|url=https://abc7amarillo.com/newsletter-daily/about-100-pantex-employees-abruptly-fired-as-part-of-doge-purge-national-nuclear-security-administration-nnsa-department-of-government-efficiency-reassembe-warheads-rescind-halt|access-date=2025-02-18}} The next day, all but 28 of those firings were rescinded by NNSA acting director Teresa Robbins.

The Department of Health and Human Services was created to protect the health of the U.S. people and provide essential human services.

DOGE gained access to financial systems at HHS as well as extremely restricted medical data related to most Americans in heavily access-controlled systems such as the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS). HIGLAS is described by the Washington Post as "a vast database that touches nearly every corner of American health care", and that restricted staff with access undergo mandatory specialized training for privacy protections under the federal law Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The Washington Post noted it was unknown if DOGE operatives were HIPAA compliant under federal law.

On March 3, HHS employees were told they could apply for early retirement over the next ten days. They were also instructed to comply with DOGE's emailed request to list their accomplishments from the past week, but to do so without revealing sensitive information.{{cite news |title=US health department offers early retirement in latest round of Musk-led cuts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/us-health-department-cuts |access-date=March 3, 2025 |work=The Guardian |agency=Reuters |date=March 3, 2025}}

In April, DOGE froze billions in healthcare grants, to review them under a program it called "Defend the spend". {{Cite web| title = DOGE freezes billions in healthcare grants for extra review| access-date = 2025-05-12| url = https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2025/04/22/doge-healthcare}}

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and worldwide

The Washington Post reported on February{{nbsp}}5 that DOGE had sought access to data at the CDC,{{Cite news|date=1869-05-01|title=DOGE targets U.S. health agencies, gains access to payment systems|last1=Diamond|first1=Dan|last2=Stein|first2=Jeff|last3=Sun|first3=Lena H.|last4=Gurley|first4=Lauren Kaori|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/05/doge-health-agencies-labor|access-date=2024-09-26|url-status=live|newspaper=Washington Post|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250205223252/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/05/doge-health-agencies-labor/|archive-date=2025-02-05}} and that DOGE had gained access to key payment and contracting systems at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).{{cite news |last1=Wilde Mathews |first1=Anna |last2=Essley Whyte |first2=Liz |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-doge-medicare-medicaid-fraud-e697b162?st=X7juRU&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 5, 2025 |title=DOGE Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud |access-date=February 5, 2025}} CMS officials as of February{{nbsp}}6 declined to reveal to what medical and financial records of Americans that Musk had gained access.{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Maya|url=https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-health-data-cms |work=Axios |date=February 6, 2025 |title=Musk's team accesses Medicare, Medicaid records|access-date=February 6, 2025}}

DOGE fired the Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) team and most of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) engineers, staff, and other scientists.{{Cite web| last1 = Michaels| first1 = David| last2 = Wagner| first2 = Gregory| title = DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease| work = The Atlantic| access-date = 2025-05-12| date = 2025-05-10| url = https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/doge-silicosis-prevention/682745/}}

The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, animal foods & feed, veterinary products, and similar products.

DOGE agents fired staff from the FDA involved in ongoing clinical trials of the safety of Elon Musk's Neuralink company, which creates implantable brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) as commercial products.{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Rachel |last2=Taylor |first2=Marisa |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Exclusive: FDA staff reviewing Musk's Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fda-staff-reviewing-musks-neuralink-were-included-doge-employee-firings-sources-2025-02-17/ |publisher=Reuters}}

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury, illness, disability, and death.

On April 1, over two-thirds of employees at the agency were notified of termination.{{Cite web |last=Olalde |first=Mark |date=2025-04-21 |title=Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=ProPublica |language=en}} The notice caused a number of lab animals to be abandoned and later euthanized, disruption to a study looking into the causes of firefighter cancer, and disruption to health care to emergency personnel of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.

By May 5, DOGE was at the Office of Biometric Identity Management.{{Cite web| last = rheilweil| title = DOGE has arrived at the heart of Homeland Security's biometrics operations| work = FedScoop| access-date = 2025-05-11| date = 2025-05-06| url = https://fedscoop.com/doge-arrives-at-homeland-security-biometrics-operations/}}

On February 9, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said that DOGE had access to her agency's data, including that of federal disaster aid recipients’ personal information.{{Cite web| last = Stracqualursi| first = Aileen Graef, Veronica| title = DHS secretary says Musk-led DOGE team has access to data | work = CNN| access-date = 2025-05-11| date = 2025-02-09| url = https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/politics/noem-homeland-security-doge-musk-cnntv}}

The Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinates the response to disasters that occur on American soil, when local and state resources are overwhelmed.

A DOGE team accessed to FEMA Go, a database that contains the private and sensitive information of tens of thousands of disaster victims. Edward Coristine was given an FEMA badge on February 5.{{Cite news| issn = 0190-8286| last1 = Sacks| first1 = Brianna| last2 = Dance| first2 = Scott| last3 = Mellen| first3 = Ruby| last4 = Natanson| first4 = Hannah| title = Elon Musk's agents have gained access to FEMA's sensitive disaster data| work = The Washington Post| access-date = 2025-05-11| date = 2025-02-07| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/02/07/musk-trump-fema-doge/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218220011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/02/07/musk-trump-fema-doge/ |archive-date=February 18, 2025}}

On February 10, Musk incited Republican outrage by posting on X about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding of migrant shelter hotels in New York City. He said DOGE had discovered the funding, and falsely asserted that the funds were intended for disaster relief but had been illegally redirected to house migrants in "luxury hotels". The funds had been appropriated by Congress in 2024 under FEMA's "Shelter and Services Program" created by Congress in 2023, and they are separate from disaster relief funds.{{cite news |last1=Ferré-Sadurní |first1=Luis |date=February 12, 2025 |title=New York Got $80 Million for Migrants. The White House Took It Back. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/nyregion/doge-migrant-hotel-shelters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk4.8nFO.QGtskAPFkTgJ&smid=url-share |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |last1=Barr |first1=Luke |date=February 11, 2025 |title=FEMA officials fired after Musk claims they paid to house migrants in 'luxury' NYC hotels |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fema-officials-fired-after-musk-claims-paid-house/story?id=118692963 |publisher=ABC News}}{{cite news |last1=Attanasio |first1=Cedar |date=February 12, 2025 |title=FACT FOCUS: FEMA funding to New York City to assist migrants is misrepresented |url=https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrants-nyc-funding-luxury-hotels-doge-c7d2c0b029bc653293a478b4bf5d59b1 |publisher=Associated Press}} A few hours after Musk's post, Cameron Hamilton, the acting head of FEMA, said FEMA stopped payments under a variety of grant programs, and has given DOGE full access to FEMA's financial management system.{{Cite news |last1=Flavelle |first1=Christopher |last2=Medina |first2=Eduardo |last3=Ferré-Sadurní |first3=Luis |date=2025-03-27 |title=Musk Targeted FEMA. Storm-Battered Communities Are Paying a Price. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/musk-fema-immigrations-doge-freeze-aid.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250412203419/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/musk-fema-immigrations-doge-freeze-aid.html |archive-date=April 12, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-11 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}

Musk's false allegation led the Department of Homeland Security to fire four FEMA employees that day, including the CFO, alleging they were "deep state activists". The next day, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said she had "clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels". The city comptroller confirmed that $80 million had been withdrawn from the city's bank account.

DOGE initiated changes to the budget that impacted the National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program the same week that Trump celebrated K9 Veterans Day; vet visits and food supplies had been suspended.{{Cite web| title = DOGE makes cuts to bomb-sniffing dogs at TSA: What to know| work = Newsweek| access-date = 2025-03-14| date = 2025-03-14| url = https://www.newsweek.com/doge-cuts-bomb-sniffer-dogs-tsa-homeland-security-2044872}}

The Department of Housing and Urban Development administers federal housing and urban development laws.

On February 26, ProPublica reports that DOGE gained access to a HUD system that contains confidential information about alleged victims of housing discrimination, including victims of domestic violence.{{Cite web| last = Coburn| first = Jesse| title = DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence| work = ProPublica| access-date = 2025-02-28| date = 2025-02-26| url = https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence}} Information includes medical records, financial files, documents that may list Social Security numbers and other private information. Records in this database are generally not anonymized.

The Federal Housing Administration within HUD provides insurance for mortgages originated by private lenders for various types of properties, including single-family homes, multifamily rental properties, hospitals, and residential care facilities. FHA mortgage insurance serves to safeguard these private lenders from financial losses.

On February 18, 2025, it was revealed DOGE began to eliminate 50% of the staff of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), beginning with jobs related to FHA insured loans, that overwhelmingly benefit lower-income Americans.{{cite web |title=HUD 4155.1, Mortgage Credit Analysis for Mortgage Insurance |url=https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/41551HSGH.PDF#page=152 |access-date=19 November 2018 |page=152}}{{cite news |last1=Rozen |first1=Courtney |date=2025-02-18 |title=Federal Mortgage Insurer to Lay Off Nearly Half Its Workforce |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/federal-mortgage-insurer-to-lay-off-nearly-half-its-workforce |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218190708/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/federal-mortgage-insurer-to-lay-off-nearly-half-its-workforce |archive-date=2025-02-18 |publisher=Bloomberg}}

On May 18, all employees at the General Schedule 13-level and below in the Office of Field Policy and Management, the office which supports HUD goals and operational capacity across its regional field offices, will be terminated.

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources.

In late January 2025, employees of the Department of Government Efficiency flew to California to order the release of water from the Jones Pumping Plant near Sacramento, but they were not successful.{{Cite web |last=Nilsen |first=Ella |date=2025-03-07 |title=Behind the scenes of Trump and DOGE's chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California's water |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/climate/trump-doge-california-water/index.html |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=CNN |language=en}} The Jones Pumping Plant is part of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, which is a bureau of the Department of the Interior. This is likely related to the 2025 California wildfires and the 2025 water release from Lake Kaweah and Lake Success publicity stunt.

In March 2025, DOGE sought access to a federal payment system within DOI, resulting in senior leaders to express concerns to Secretary Doug Burgum and then put on administrative leave.{{Cite news |last=Davenport |first=Coral |date=2025-03-31 |title=DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System Over Objections of Career Staff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/politics/doge-musk-federal-payroll.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In April 2025, Secretary Doug Burgum gave DOGE representative Tyler Hassen authority over DOI department and bureaus to lead a consolidation effort.{{Cite news |last=Frazin |first=Rachel |date=April 21, 2025 |title=Interior Department gives broad powers to DOGE-tied official |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5259589-interior-secretary-doug-burgum/ |work=The Hill}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Interior Department to consolidate functions across the country, leading to widespread layoffs |url=https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/interior-department-consolidate-functions-across-country-leading-widespread-layoffs/404438/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Government Executive |language=en}}

DOGE plans to terminate the lease of Utah's National Parks' central hub, which could displace hundreds of employees, NPS vehicles, and archaeological artifacts.{{Cite web| last = Brendza| first = Will| title = DOGE Plans to Shutter Utah's Largest National Park Hub: Massive NPS Office on Chopping Block| work = GearJunkie| access-date = 2025-05-12| date = 2025-04-14| url = https://gearjunkie.com/outdoor/doge-national-parks-nps-office-leases}}

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared himself acting administrator of USAID, following the dismantling of the independent agency. In April 2025, Jeremy Lewin, a member of DOGE, took over as acting administrator for the State Department foreign assistance.{{Cite news |last=Pamuk |first=Humeyra |date=April 15, 2025 |title=DOGE staffer appointed as acting head of US State Dept foreign assistance office |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-appointed-acting-head-us-state-dept-foreign-assistance-office-2025-04-15/ |work=Reuters}}

The Treasury Department collects all federal taxes through the Internal Revenue Service; manages U.S. government debt instruments; licenses and supervises banks and thrift institutions; and advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of fiscal policy

On January{{nbsp}}31, multiple sources reported that David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department career civil servant, was pushed out after he refused to grant DOGE access to a system that disburses over $5{{nbsp}}trillion in payments annually, including Social Security, government paychecks and contractor payments. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted DOGE access to the system later that day.{{cite news |last1=Duehren |first1=Andrew |last2=Rappeport |first2=Alan |last3=Schleifer |first3=Theodore |last4=Swan |first4=Jonathan |last5=Haberman |first5=Maggie |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Treasury Official Quits After Resisting Musk's Requests on Payments |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/david-lebryk-treasury-resigns-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk4.zna8.Mo-ZwaD6yI6H&smid=url-share |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Jeff |last2=Arnsdorf |first2=Isaac |last3=Alemany |first3=Jacqueline |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Senior U.S. official exits after rift with Musk allies over payment system |url=https://wapo.st/4jH7XYa |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |last2=Mattingly |first2=Phil |last3=Sneed |first3=Tierney |date=January 31, 2025 |title=How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/31/politics/doge-treasury-department-federal-spending |publisher=CNN}} The New York Times described it as a possible attempt by Trump to "unilaterally restrict disbursement of money approved for specific purposes by Congress" following his earlier funding freeze.{{Cite news |last1=Duehren |first1=Andrew |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Schleifer |first3=Theodore |last4=Rappeport |first4=Alan |date=February 1, 2025 |title=Elon Musk's Team Now Has Access to Treasury's Payments System |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-federal-payments-system.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 2, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Jonathan |last2=Schleifer |first2=Theodore |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |last4=Conger |first4=Kate |last5=Mac |first5=Ryan |last6=Ngo |first6=Madeleine |date=February 3, 2025 |title=Inside Musk's Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU4.HQRZ.uQoWMVaZtOnr&smid=url-share |work=The New York Times}}

The Financial Times reported on February{{nbsp}}2 that Musk responded to an X post by former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn, who posted a spreadsheet image purportedly showing federal grant payments to Global Refuge, a faith-based charity that provides services to legal migrants. Without citing evidence, Flynn asserted there was a money laundering operation involved, and that there were many other organizations "cashing in on our hard-earned money".{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Jack |date=February 3, 2025 |title=Musk spotlights federal funds for Lutheran aid groups, calls them 'illegal payments' |url=https://religionnews.com/2025/02/03/musk-spotlights-federal-funds-for-lutheran-social-services-calls-them-illegal-payments/ |publisher=Religion News Service}} Musk replied that DOGE "is rapidly shutting down these illegal payments".{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Joe |date=February 2, 2025 |title=Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system |url=https://www.ft.com/content/27ba0a6a-0d9b-4e08-8329-730b581c0481 |work=Financial Times |quote=The extent of DOGE's access to the payments system appeared to be laid bare on Sunday by Musk, who responded to a post on X which contained a spreadsheet showing payments to a number of Lutheran charities. The spreadsheet was posted by Mike Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser, who was pardoned in 2020 after pleading guilty to lying about his contacts with Russians. Flynn claimed that the screenshots showed "there are MANY more organisations cashing in on our hard-earned money", adding: "These entities are receiving huge sums, which raises serious questions about how taxpayer funds are being spent and who's benefiting." Musk responded saying "The @DOGE team is rapidly shutting down these illegal payments". It is unclear whether the billionaire, who has yet to take an official role within government, would have the legal authority to do so.}} He later asserted that "career Treasury officials are breaking the law every hour of every day by approving payments that are fraudulent or do not match the funding laws passed by Congress".{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Kipp |date=February 2, 2025 |title=Elon Musk Granted Full Access To Sensitive Treasury Department Payment Systems – Accuses Department of Fraud Online |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-granted-full-access-to-sensitive-treasury-department-payment-systems-accuses-department-of-fraud-online/ |publisher=Mediaite}}

On February{{nbsp}}4, a Treasury Department official wrote to federal lawmakers that a DOGE agent, Tom Krause (who is also CEO of Citrix Systems) was restricted to "read-only" access to the Treasury payments system, preventing "payments for obligations such as Social Security and Medicare to be delayed or re-routed", though Wired reported that another member of Musk's team, Marko Elez, had acquired unrestricted access to some Treasury systems, and had been making "extensive changes" to the codebase of the payments system, with limited supervision. Democratic senator Ron Wyden, ranking member of the finance committee to whom the letter was sent, said it "reeks of a cover-up".{{cite magazine |last1=Sargent |first1=Greg |date=February 5, 2025 |title=Trump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/191191/trump-musk-purge-scandal-treasury |magazine=The New Republic}}{{cite news |last1=Hussein |first1=Fatima |last2=Boak |first2=Josh |date=4 February 2025 |title=Treasury tells Congress that DOGE has 'Read Only' access to payment systems |url=https://apnews.com/article/treasury-systems-trump-bessent-doge-musk-08eb241fc60807b5e1c7b35fcdaee245 |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=Associated Press News}}{{Cite magazine |last=Elliott |first=Vittoria |date=February 4, 2025 |title=A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-associate-bfs-federal-payment-system/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Josh |date=2025-02-04 |title=Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base |url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Talking Points Memo}} Senior Treasury officials stated in February 11 federal court filings that the department had "mistakenly" and "briefly" granted Elez "read-write" access enabling him to alter the system;{{cite news |last1=Stratford |first1=Michael |last2=Cheney |first2=Kyle |date=February 11, 2025 |title=Treasury officials: Musk ally 'mistakenly' had power to alter payments system |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/musk-ally-mistakenly-power-alter-payments-system-00203714 |work=Politico}} the Trump administration said in its court filings that an internal investigation had shown that Elez did not take unauthorized actions despite being able.{{Cite web |last=Cheney |first=Kyle |date=2025-02-11 |title=New filings from the Trump administration in a DOGE lawsuit are jammed full of details about Musk allies Thomas Krause/Marko Elez's access... |url=https://bsky.app/profile/kyledcheney.bsky.social/post/3lhwn3arr2227 |access-date=2025-02-11 |work=Bluesky |format=Post}}

Radio France Internationale wrote about DOGE's group entry into the federal government:

{{blockquote|"One of them now has direct access to the US Treasury computer system responsible for virtually all government payments. That is, taxpayers' tax returns, civil servants' salaries. That's billions of dollars that this young engineer can now manage, under the sole supervision of Elon Musk."{{cite news| title=États-Unis: Elon Musk et son "gouvernement fantôme" poursuivent le démantèlement de la fonction publique| url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/am%C3%A9riques/20250205-%C3%A9tats-unis-elon-musk-gouvernement-fant%C3%B4me-poursuivent-le-d%C3%A9mant%C3%A8lement-de-la-fonction-publique| work=RFI| date=5 February 2025}}}}

On February{{nbsp}}5, NBC News reported that attorneys for the Justice Department had agreed to temporarily restrict staffers associated with DOGE from accessing information with the Treasury Department. This change came after a lawsuit was filed by a group of union members and retirees against the Treasury Department.{{Cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Daniel |last2=Gregorian |first2=Dareh |last3=Richards |first3=Zoe |date=2025-02-06 |title=Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-agrees-restrict-doge-access-treasury-department-p-rcna190898 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=NBC News}} This left Elez and Krause in place, but with a restriction not to disclose information to anyone outside the Treasury. Elez resigned on February{{nbsp}}6 after The Wall Street Journal reported on deleted social media posts where he explicitly identified himself as a racist and advocated for eugenics and against inter-ethnic marriage.{{cite news |last1=Allyn |first1=Bobby |last2=Bond |first2=Shannon |date=February 6, 2025 |title=Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5289337/elon-musk-doge-treasury |publisher=NPR |quote='You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,' the account wrote in September. 'Normalize Indian hate,' a separate post from that month read. In July of last year, the account posted: 'Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.'}}

A coalition of nineteen states, mostly Democratic-led, filed suit in a Manhattan federal court on February 7 seeking to stop DOGE from accessing the payments system.{{cite news |date=February 7, 2025 |title=U.S. states sue to block Musk's DOGE from accessing payment systems |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/us-states-sue-to-block-musks-doge-from-accessing-payment-systems.html |publisher=Reuters |agency=via CNBC}} Hours later, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting DOGE from accessing data on the payment system and ordered any data downloaded by unauthorized people since January 20 to be destroyed. The judge scheduled a hearing for February 14.{{cite news |last1=Izaguirre |first1=Anthony |date=February 8, 2025 |title=Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material |url=https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit-attorneys-general-5733f8985e4cf7ad5b233fddefef4d01?taid=67a6fa1d88e6430001b68eab |publisher=Associated Press}} The judge in that hearing extended the injunction pending a later decision and a final ruling, which might take months.{{cite news |last1=Meko |first1=Hurubie |last2=Parnell |first2=Wesley |title=Judge Extends Restrictions on Musk's Access to Sensitive Treasury Data |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/nyregion/musk-doge-treasury-data-lawsuit.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 14, 2025}}

DOGE said in February that it had discovered a tracking code was often missing in Treasury payments, rendering about $4.7 trillion in payments nearly impossible to trace. That figure would represent nearly 70% of total 2024 federal spending.{{cite news |last1=Liddell |first1=James |title=DOGE claims it found $4.7 trillion in Treasury payments that are 'untraceable' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-4-7t-treasury-payments-untraceable-b2700115.html |work=The Independent |date=February 18, 2025}} Musk said he was told that over $100 billion in entitlements payments a year were being made without a Social Security number or a temporary identification number, and he was told that about $50 billion was "unequivocal and obvious fraud."{{cite news |last1=Pringle |first1=Eleanor |title=Trump claims Elon Musk's DOGE 'geniuses' have found 'very fraudulent stuff' |url=https://fortune.com/2025/02/10/trump-musk-dode-national-debt-fraud/ |work=Fortune |date=February 10, 2025}}

{{see also|Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building#Gold vault}}

DOGE began efforts to gain physical access to the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox.{{cite news |last1=Saul |first1=Derek |date=2025-02-18 |title=Elon Musk Eyes Fort Knox As Next Target—What We Know About Its $400 Billion Gold Supply |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/02/18/elon-musk-eyes-fort-knox-as-next-target-what-we-know-about-its-400-billion-gold-supply/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218225309/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/02/18/elon-musk-eyes-fort-knox-as-next-target-what-we-know-about-its-400-billion-gold-supply/ |archive-date=2025-02-18 |work=Fortune}} {{As of |2020|July|31}}, Fort Knox holds {{convert|147.341858382|e6ozt|adj=ri2|MT|0|abbr=off}} of gold reserves with a market value of US ${{#expr: 1974.400*147341858.382/1000000000 round 1}} billion, representing {{percentage|147341858.382|261498926.241|2}} of the gold reserves of the United States.{{cite web |author=Bureau of the Fiscal Service |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Status Report of U.S. Government Gold Reserve |url=http://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/goldRpt/current_report.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012131244/https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/goldRpt/current_report.htm |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |access-date=December 31, 2014 |publisher=US Department of the Treasury}}{{cite web |date=March 31, 2020 |title=Release Tables: Gold Fixing Prices in London Bullion Market |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=256&eid=20467&od=2020-07-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822112358/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=256&eid=20467&od=2020-07-31 |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |access-date=April 10, 2020 |website=FRED Economic Data |publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}{{Update inline|date=March 2025| reason=links and amounts out-of-date}} Musk reportedly insisted on a "live video walkthrough" of the secure United States Army facility. Non-authorized personnel have only been given access to the gold depository three times in history, in 1943 for Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1974 for members of Congress, and in 2017 for then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and another Congressional delegation.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code. Their duties include providing tax assistance to taxpayers; pursuing and resolving instances of erroneous or fraudulent tax filings; and overseeing various benefits programs, including the Affordable Care Act.

On February 13, Sen. Ron Wyden announced that DOGE was at the IRS; an email was sent to the agency beforehand, asking officers to identify all "non-essential" contracts for termination.{{Cite web |last=Fields |first=Ashleigh |date=2025-02-13 |title=Democratic senator: 'DOGE is now at the IRS' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5144311-elon-musk-doge-irs/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |work=The Hill |format=Text}} CNN reports that Gavin Kliger visited the agency and made a series of requests.{{Cite web |title=DOGE visits the IRS, putting staffers on edge |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/politics/doge-visits-the-irs-putting-staffers-on-edge/index.html |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=CNN}} Sources say that they included enforcement, personnel footprint, and extensive system access.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-14 |title=Inside The 'Bizarre' Meeting Where DOGE Requested 'Extensive System Access' At IRS |url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-irs-extensive-system-access |access-date=2025-02-15 |work=TPM – Talking Points Memo}} Kliger would be named a senior advisor to the acting IRS commissioner.{{cite news |last1=Bogage |first1=Jacob |date=February 16, 2025 |title=Musk's DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS |url=https://wapo.st/3QizwcN |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news |last1=Flaherty |first1=Anne |last2=Siegel |first2=Benjamin |last3=Youn |first3=Soo |last4=Rubin |first4=Olivia |date=February 16, 2025 |title=Elon Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musks-doge-asks-access-irs-taxpayer-data/story?id=118883475 |publisher=ABC News}}{{cite news |last1=Rappeport |first1=Alan |last2=Duehren |first2=Andrew |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers' Records |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/business/musk-irs-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk4.jS_o.vsSN3soh8WB2&smid=url-share |work=The New York Times}}

By February 16, DOGE was seeking access to a highly sensitive and tightly controlled IRS system containing taxpayer information. In April, IRS committed to sharing data to support the DHS deportation effort.{{Cite news |last=Badger |first=Emily |last2=Frenkel |first2=Sheera |date=2025-04-09 |title=Trump Wants to Merge Government Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

6,700 probationary employees have been fired from the IRS, per order by Trump and DOGE.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=IRS to fire 6,700 staff in Trump and Musk's DOGE purge weeks before tax deadline |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/irs-layoffs-trump-musk-doge-b2701239.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}} Elon Musk tweeted "deleted" in reference to the group behind the Direct File pilot and in April, it was announced the program will not continue.{{Cite web |last=Sahadi |first=Jeanne |date=2025-02-05 |title=Did DOGE really 'delete' the tech division that helped create the IRS Direct File free tax filing service? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/business/musk-irs-direct-file/index.html |access-date=2025-02-14 |work=CNN}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-16 |title=Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say |url=https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=AP News |language=en}}

DOGE members pressured IRS to hand over sensitive taxpayer data access to immigration agencies.{{Cite web| last = Marsh| first = Marshall Cohen, Rene| title = How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns {{!}} CNN Politics| work = CNN| access-date = 2025-05-10| date = 2025-04-15| url = https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/doge-irs-takeover-taxpayer-data-immigration}}

The Federal Aviation Administration regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters. They oversee air traffic control, certification of personnel and aircraft, setting standards for airports, and protection of U.S. assets during the launch or re-entry of commercial space vehicles.

In the wake of the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision, United States secretary of transportation Sean Duffy announced on February{{nbsp}}5 that DOGE would intervene with the FAA to "upgrade our aviation system".{{Cite web |last=Novak |first=Matt |date=2025-02-06 |title=Elon Musk Says DOGE Will Make 'Rapid Safety Upgrades' on Air Traffic Control |url=https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-says-doge-will-make-rapid-safety-upgrades-on-air-traffic-control-2000560019 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}} Elon Musk directly expanded on this, claiming support of President Trump to "make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system". Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was critical of DOGE's FAA safety involvement, noting that many DOGE staff were not old enough to rent a car in the United States. On February 17, it was confirmed hundreds of FAA safety officials were fired that day by Elon Musk.{{Cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=David |last2=Hutzler |first2=Alexandra |last3=Reinstein |first3=Julia |date=2025-02-17 |title=Trump 2nd term live updates: DOGE appears to miss website deadline on 'savings' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-white-house-employees/?id=118887140 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=ABC News}} David Spero, President of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, was critical of the national safety impacts caused by Musk, saying:

{{blockquote|"Staffing decisions should be based on an individual agency's mission-critical needs. To do otherwise is dangerous when it comes to public safety. And it is especially unconscionable in the aftermath of three deadly aircraft accidents in the past month."}}

Musk's SpaceX staff appeared at the FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center on February 17, 2025, and Sean Duffy confirmed that per Donald Trump, Musk's staff would be in control of America's air traffic control systems.{{Cite web |last1=Lubin |first1=Rhian |date=2025-02-18 |title=Musk helped fire hundreds of FAA workers. Now, his SpaceX employees could fill the void |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-spacex-air-traffic-control-b2700192.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=ABC News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218195703/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-spacex-air-traffic-control-b2700192.html|archive-date=2025-02-18}} The Independent made note of ongoing fines, conflicts and litigation between Musk and the FAA, creating conflicts of interest for Musk.

The Department of Veterans Affairs provides lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans. Other VA benefits include disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance.

On February{{nbsp}}5, 2025, it was disclosed the DOGE operatives had accessed computer databases and medical records at the Department of Veterans Affairs, with internal VA reports that DOGE was "data mining" disability compensation and benefits of United States Armed Forces military veterans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/05/elon-musk-aide-now-working-va-and-accessing-its-computer-systems.html|title=Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems|first=Patricia|last=Kime|date=5 February 2025 |via=Military.com}}

DOGE has put AmeriCorps leadership{{Cite news| title = DOGE puts entire AmeriCorps leadership on leave as future of group in jeopardy| work = The Independent| access-date = 2025-05-10| date = 2025-04-17| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-americorps-cuts-trump-b2735049.html}} and almost all of its staff{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Kavi| first = Aishvarya| title = DOGE Guts Agency That Organizes Community Service Programs| work = The New York Times| access-date = 2025-05-10| date = 2025-04-18| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/doge-cost-americorps-community-service.html}} on leave in mid April.

DOGE's cuts at the Army Corps has led to the closing of more than 425 Pennsylvania campsites.{{Cite web| title = Popular Pa. campgrounds closed indefinitely due to DOGE cuts| access-date = 2025-03-19| url = https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-campgrounds-doge-federal-cuts-20250319.html}}

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector.

On November 27, 2024, Musk proposed eliminating the CFPB.{{Cite news |date=November 27, 2024 |title=Elon Musk wants to 'delete' federal financial watchdog as 'DOGE' begins work |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/27/elon-musk-delete-cfpb-doge/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127191821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/27/elon-musk-delete-cfpb-doge/ |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post}}{{Cite news |date=November 27, 2024 |title=Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog targeted by Republicans |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-calls-abolishing-consumer-finance-watchdog-targeted-by-republicans-2024-11-27/ |publisher=Reuters}} On February 1, 2025, Trump agents fired CFPB Director Rohit Chopra.{{Cite news |date=2025-02-16 |last1=de Visé|first1=Daniel|title=Elon Musk wants to 'delete' federal financial watchdog as 'DOGE' begins work |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/16/layoffs-halted-cfpb-consumer-watchdog-musk-trump/78871464007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250216225910/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/16/layoffs-halted-cfpb-consumer-watchdog-musk-trump/78871464007/ |archive-date=2025-02-16|access-date=2025-02-17 |newspaper=USA Today}} Chopra was replaced by Trump insider and Project 2025 advocate Russell Vought, who attempted to shutter and close the CFPB. Musk tweeted "CFPB RIP" on February 7. Concurrently, data and websites related to the CFPB were removed from the internet.

On February 14, 2025, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson commanded Donald Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE stand down on any attempts to reduce staffing, remove funding, delete any data, or otherwise interfere with operations of the CFPB. Berman Jackson's order specified that they "shall not delete, destroy, remove, or impair any data or other CFPB records" and "It is further ordered that Defendants shall not terminate any CFPB employee, except for cause." Multiple unions, groups and individuals filed a variety of lawsuits challenging any attacks on the CFPB, whose existence is governed and established in federal law by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and can only be removed by changes in federal law.

On March 28, 2025, the judge issued a temporary injunction that ordered Trump administration to stop dismantling the CFPB and reinstate all terminated employees.{{Cite news |last=Wamsley |first=Laurel |date=2025-02-14 |title=Federal judge blocks CFPB from laying off more employees |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5297870/cfpb-doge-trump-musk-federal-workforce |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=NPR |language=en}} Amy Berman Jackson wrote in the order, "There is a substantial risk that the defendants will complete the destruction of the agency completely in violation of law well before the Court can rule on the merits, and it will be impossible to rebuild."

On February 12, Grist reported that the Trump administration started to shrink the Environment Protection Agency (EPA);{{Cite web| last = Younes| first = Lylla| title = Trump's push for 'efficiency' may destroy the EPA. What does that mean for you?| work = Grist| access-date = 2025-02-12| date = 2025-02-12| url = https://grist.org/regulation/donald-trump-efficiency-epa-lee-zeldin/}} nearly 170 employees at the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were placed on paid administrative leave.{{Cite news| last = Borunda| first = Alejandra| title = EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave| work = NPR| access-date = 2025-02-12| date = 2025-02-07| url = https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5289331/epa-employees-who-work-on-environmental-justice-are-put-on-leave}}

During a cabinet meeting, President Trump said he expected 65% of the EPA workforce, nearly 11,000 employees, would be let go. Subsequently, EPA and Whitehouse spokespeople declined to reinforce this statement. EPA staff members have been directed to submit to DOGE a one-page justification of any expense over $50,000 between 3 and 6 pm Eastern time, in addition to other paperwork normally used for expenses.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-07 |title=New EPA guidance says spending items greater than $50,000 must get approval from DOGE |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-epa-spending-musk-zeldin-whitehouse-3a381c3b136fb1b39dc5acd37dc6f28c |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=AP News |language=en}}

The General Services Administration helps manage and support the basic functioning of other federal agencies, including managing federal real estate and technology.

At the end of January, Musk's group took over GSA. Wired magazine reported "an effort to use IT credentials from the Executive Office of the President to access GSA laptops and internal GSA infrastructure".{{Cite magazine |last1=Kelly |first1=Makena |last2=Schiffer |first2=Zoë |date=2025-01-31 |title=Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} Workers at GSA's Technology Transformation Services (TTS) were summoned to meetings with young, inexperienced engineers who recently worked at Musk's companies. In the meetings, the TTS employees were required to present and defend code they had written. Some of the interviewers did not have government email addresses and refused to give their names.{{Cite magazine |last1=Kelly |first1=Makena |last2=Elliott |first2=Vittoria |date=2025-01-30 |title=Government Tech Workers Forced to Defend Projects to Random Elon Musk Bros |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-tech-workers-gsa-tts/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} A Musk employee, Thomas Shedd, was appointed to lead TTS. In a TTS all-hands meeting on February 3, Shedd announced that GSA would now operate "like a startup software company", switching to an "AI-first strategy" including writing software with "AI coding agents".{{Cite magazine |last=Kelly |first=Makena |date=2025-02-03 |title=Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First' Is the Future of Key Government Agency |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lieutenant-gsa-ai-agency/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web |last1=Koebler |first1=Jason |last2=Cox |first2=Joseph |last3=Maiberg · |first3=Emanuel |date=2025-02-04 |title='Things Are Going to Get Intense:' How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government |url=https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=404 Media |language=en}} Shedd told TTS employees to expect a reduction in staff.{{Cite magazine |last=Kelly |first=Makena |date=February 12, 2025 |title=DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency |url=https://www.wired.com/story/doge-tts-fired/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} In mid-February, GSA laid off dozens of TTS employees, including technical staff in the Presidential Innovation Fellows and U.S. Digital Corps programs.

On February 18, ProPublica reported that Stephen Ehikian, the new acting administrator of GSA, has appointed Frank Schuler as senior adviser. While Schuler has been coordinating with DOGE team member Nate Cavanaugh, his employment status remains unknown.{{Cite web| last = Elkind| first = Peter| title = Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the "Worst of the Worst"| work = ProPublica| access-date = 2025-02-18| date = 2025-02-18| url = https://www.propublica.org/article/frank-schuler-gsa-doge-syndicated-conservation-easements-tax-scam}} Schuler has for years been promoting and profiting from "syndicated conservation easements", a tax-shelter scheme that financial authorities tried for years to shut down.{{Cite web| last = Elkind| first = Peter| title = The Tax Scam That Won't Die| work = ProPublica| access-date = 2025-02-18| date = 2022-06-17| url = https://www.propublica.org/article/syndicated-conservation-easement-irs-tax-scam}} Two weeks after Stephen Ehikian was appointed to head GSA, his brother Brad Ehikian submitted a bid to buy a 17-acre facility in Silicon Valley from GSA at a large discount. The GSA's inspector general is investigating "allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct" in the attempted purchase.{{Cite news |last=O'Connell |first=Jonathan |date=March 13, 2025 |title=Brother of Trump's GSA leader tried to buy prime federal property |url=https://wapo.st/421ugRc |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Also on February 18, a long-time GSA employee resigned rather than be forced to give Thomas Shedd administrator access to Notify.gov, a government text message service that contains sensitive personal data for members of the public.{{Cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Emily |last2=Siddiqui |first2=Faiz |date=February 18, 2025 |title=GSA engineering lead resigns over DOGE ally's request for access |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/18/gsa-staffer-resigns-doge/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} It could have been a violation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act to grant Shedd this access without a written justification and an update to the program's security plan; the GSA employee was "instructed to skip that process" by Shedd.{{cite news |last=Alms |first=Natalie |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Longtime GSA employee quits rather than give Musk ally access to Notify.gov |url=https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/02/longtime-gsa-employee-quits-rather-give-musk-ally-access-notifygov/403085/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=Nextgov/FCW}} On March 1, the entire 18F office was eliminated "under direction from the White House",{{Cite web |last=Alms |first=Natalie |date=2025-03-01 |title=GSA eliminates 18F |url=https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/03/gsa-eliminates-18f/403400/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=NextGov}} weeks after Elon Musk claimed the "group was deleted."{{Cite news |title=Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X |url=https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886498750052327520 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250222084634/https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886498750052327520 |archive-date=2025-02-22 |access-date=2025-03-01 |work=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}} Musk and DOGE have also focused on the Public Building Service (PBS) as they target offices to RIF. 600 employees were laid off on March 3 and on March 5, in one of PBS regions, RIF notices were sent to 165 out of 178 employees. RIF notices have also been sent to some employees within the Office of Human Resources and the Office of Customer Experience.

In March, 2025, GSA briefly released a list of over 440 federal properties that could be sold off on the website.{{Cite news |last=Ngo |first=Madeleine |date=March 17, 2025 |title=Some Federal Office Leases Restored After Pushback to Musk Team's Cuts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/musk-doge-lease-terminations.html |work=The New York Times}} GSA has also sent out over 800 lease termination notices, followed by 117 letters rescinding some of them.

On March 20, 205, GSA head Stephen Ehikian stated "there is no DOGE team at GSA" although a DOGE team including Davis has taken up offices at GSA, as required by the executive order establishing DOGE.{{Cite news |last=Heckman |first=Jory |date=March 20, 2025 |title=Hiring freeze to extend 'at least' through 2025, GSA tells employees |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/gsa-says-agencies-freeze-200000-credit-cards-governmentwide/ |work=Federal News Network}} Politico reported on March 6, 2025, that DOGE workers have set up at least four rooms for sleeping in the GSA building on 18th and F.{{Cite news |date=March 6, 2025 |title=IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the 'exceedingly odd' DOGE office setup |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/doge-federal-office-bedrooms-00216863 |work=Politico}} The New York Times reports a number of DOGE members at GSA.{{Cite news |last=Ngo |first=Madeleine |date=March 5, 2025 |title=Trump Officials Take Down List of Federal Properties for Possible Sale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/politics/federal-properties-sale-list-trump.html |work=The New York Times}}

DOGE staff met with agency leaders on March 20; the next days, organizations funded by the IMLS received notifications that their grants were terminated, effective immediately.{{Cite web| title = Elon Musk's DOGE teams cut critical funding from America's libraries, officials say| access-date = 2025-05-11| date = 2025-04-04| url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-doge-cuts-libraries/}} Nearly all IMLS employees were put on leave.{{Cite news| last = Limbong| first = Andrew| title = Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave| work = NPR| access-date = 2025-05-10| date = 2025-03-31| url = https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services}}{{Cite web| last1 = the 2021| first1 = Aaron Navarro Digital Reporter Aaron Navarro is a CBS News digital reporter covering the 2024 elections He was previously an associate producer for the CBS News political unit in| last2 = Navarro| first2 = 2022 election cycles Read Full Bio Aaron| title = Nearly all employees at federal agency supporting museums and libraries put on administrative leave - CBS News| access-date = 2025-05-10| date = 2025-04-01| url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/imls-museums-libraries-administrative-leave/}}

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. It is an independent agency separate from the State Department and USAID. It provides grants to countries that have been determined to have good economic policies and potential for economic growth.

In April 2025, members of DOGE had a series of meetings with MCC senior leadership.{{Cite web |last=Johansen |first=Ben |date=2025-04-23 |title=DOGE is shutting down foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/doge-millennium-challenge-foreign-aid-00306333 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=POLITICO |language=en}} On April 23, 2025, MCC staff were informed that DOGE will shrink the organization and grants across the world within the next several months. According to reporting by the New York Times, it's anticipated that MCC will be reduced to the minimum required by law.{{Cite news |last=Kavi |first=Aishvarya |date=2025-04-24 |title=DOGE to Dismantle Millennium Challenge Corporation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/trump-doge-millennium-challenge-corporation.html |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

The National Archives and Records Administration is charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents that make up the National Archives.

404 Media reported that, at an all-hands meeting of all NARA employees on February{{nbsp}}4, Deputy Director Jay Bosanko stated that the agency had not received "any requests" from DOGE, that DOGE is not currently "looking to gain access" to National Archives systems, and stated there may be "unique opportunities to work with DOGE" to benefit the National Archives in the future.{{cite web|last=Koebler|first=Jason|url=https://www.404media.co/national-archives-workers-unsure-if-marco-rubio-has-secretly-been-their-boss-for-weeks/|title=National Archives Workers Unsure If Marco Rubio Has Secretly Been Their Boss for Weeks|website=404 Media|date=February 6, 2025|access-date=February 6, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206161826/https://www.404media.co/national-archives-workers-unsure-if-marco-rubio-has-secretly-been-their-boss-for-weeks/|archive-date=February 6, 2025|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}

Science reported that DOGE entered the NSF on April 14; a few days later, the NSF announced the termination of $1 billion in grants it already awarded.{{Cite web| title = Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy| access-date = 2025-05-12| url = https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-director-resign-amid-grant-terminations-job-cuts-and-controversy |quote=On 14 April, staffers from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) set up shop for the first time at NSF and triggered a series of events that appear to have culminated in Panchanathan's resignation. }} DOGE members Rachel Riley, former McKinsey consultant, Zachary Terrell and Luke Farritor were granted system access by April 22.{{Cite web| title = How DOGE got into the National Science Foundation| access-date = 2025-05-10| url = https://fedscoop.com/national-science-foundation-nsf-doge-grants-data-systems/}} On May 9, a memo was sent to announce reductions in force, plans to require in-person work, and the elimination of the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM.{{Cite web| last = malder| title = NSF announces RIF plans, in-person policy and equity division elimination in staff memo| work = FedScoop| access-date = 2025-05-12| date = 2025-05-10| url = https://fedscoop.com/nsf-rif-plans-in-person-policy-equity-division-elimination-staff-memo/}}

The Office of Personnel Management manages the United States federal civil service, providing federal human resources policy and supports healthcare, life insurance and retirement benefits for federal government employees, retirees, and their dependents.

Musk's team seized control of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on January{{nbsp}}20.{{cite news |last=Reid |first=Tim |date=February 1, 2025 |title=Exclusive: Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/}} They moved sofa beds into the fifth-floor director's office of the agency's headquarters. Musk's aides locked OPM workers out of computer systems which contain personally identifying information of millions of federal employees.

After the takeover of OPM, federal employees across the country received emails asking them to turn in colleagues working on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) initiatives to OPM via a "DEIAtruth" email address.{{cite news |last1=Heilweil |first1=Rebecca |last2=Nihill |first2=Caroline |title=OPM creates email account to report suspected diversity and inclusion initiatives |url=https://fedscoop.com/opm-email-report-diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives/}}

On February 4, two anonymous federal employees filed suit in federal court alleging the DOGE team had unlawfully installed a private server on the OPM network, seeking a restraining order to have it removed.{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Billy |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Plaintiffs call for temporary restraining order in OPM email server lawsuit |url=https://fedscoop.com/opm-server-lawsuit-temporary-restraining-order-musk-doge/ |publisher=FedScoop}} On February 22, an email OPM's domain was sent to all federal employees asking what they accomplished in the past week. Several departments have instructed their employees to not respond to the email.{{Cite web |last=Faguy |first=Ana |date=2025-02-24 |title=Key US officials tell staff not to answer Musk email on what they did last week |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0qrj20g5vo |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}

On February 13, all probationary staff at OPM (about 100 people) were "fired on a conference call."{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Tim |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Exclusive: OPM staffers fired en masse on conference call as part of Musk purge, sources say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-purge-sees-opm-staffers-fired-en-masse-conference-call-sources-2025-02-13/ |access-date=March 8, 2025 |website=Reuters}}

On February 21, OPM laid off nearly the entirety of the Office of Procurement Operations (57 employees). It was claimed that the functions of the office would be transferred to the General Services Administration. The office supported functions across the federal government which included "human resources, training, communications, retirements and separations and health insurance benefits.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-22 |title=OPM triggers more RIFs after 'clean cleaving' an entire office |url=https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/opm-triggers-more-rifs-after-clean-cleaving-entire-office/403200/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Government Executive |language=en}}

In late February 2025, Employees in OPM's Human Capital Data Management and Modernization office, its privacy, Chief Technology Office and Freedom of Information Act office were also subject to RIFs, although some employees were spared.

On April 18, 2025, an innovation and human-centered design team, the Lab at OPM, working on government efficiency and tackling complex issues was eliminated.{{Cite news |last=Rozen |first=Courtney |date=April 21, 2025 |title=Musk Allies Cut Team Tasked with Improving Government Operations |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/musk-allies-cut-team-tasked-with-improving-government-operations?utm_source=pocket_shared |work=Bloomberg Law}}

Chief executive Allison Greene sent a second "fork in the road" buyout offer to its employees on April 28 after having received a DOGE assessment of the agency; DOGE member Bridget Youngs visited the headquarters and requested financial records. {{Cite news| issn = 0261-3077| last = Kerr| first = Dara| title = Peace Corps to undergo ‘significant’ cuts after Doge review| work = The Guardian| access-date = 2025-05-10| date = 2025-04-29| url = https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/peace-corps-doge-elon-musk}}

In April 2025, it was reported that a DOGE team led by Eliezer Mishory was seeking information from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-sec-leaders-push-back-musks-doge-seeks-broad-access-source-says-2025-04-15/

The Social Security Administration administers Social Security, the largest government program in the United States. It is a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits.

On the weekend of February 17, acting head of SSA Michelle King resigned after denying DOGE staffers access to private financial records of American citizens and Social Security recipients.{{cite news |last1=Rein |first1=Lisa|last2=Bailey|first2=Holly|last3=Stein|first3=Jeff|last4=Bogage|first4=Jacob |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk's DOGE over data |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/17/doge-social-security-musk/|newspaper=Washington Post|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218003005/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/17/doge-social-security-musk|archive-date=2025-02-18}}

With Trump in the Oval Office days earlier, Musk asserted the SSA database included beneficiaries aged 150 years, later claiming that more than a million were aged 150 to 159, and dead people were collecting payments. Musk said the SSA could be "the biggest fraud in history." DOGE had misunderstood certain aspects of SSA operations, including how birth dates are handled on the antiquated COBOL-based computer system. Former SSA commissioner Martin O'Malley said the Musk allegations were false.{{cite news |last1=Rappeport |first1=Alan |last2=Duehren |first2=Andrew |last3=Nehamas |first3=Nicholas |title=Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/social-security-musk-team-access.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 17, 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Hussein |first1=Fatima |title=Tens of millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims |url=https://apnews.com/article/social-security-payments-deceased-false-claims-doge-ed2885f5769f368853ac3615b4852cf7 |publisher=Associated Press |date=February 19, 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Durkee |first1=Alison |title=Here's What We Know About Trump And Musk's Social Security Plans—As Top Official Resigns Over DOGE Access |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/18/heres-what-we-know-about-trump-and-musks-social-security-plans-as-top-official-resigns-over-doge-access/ |work=Forbes |date=February 18, 2025}}

Nancy Altman, of advocacy group Social Security Works, said of the data access, "If there is an evil intent to punish perceived enemies, someone could erase your earnings record, making it impossible to collect the Social Security and Medicare benefits you have earned."{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/politics/social-security-head-steps-down-doge-access/index.html | title=Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, sources say | CNN Politics | website=CNN }}

On February 25, 2025, SSA acting commissioner Leland Dudek announced that the agency was closing its Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, reassigning its statutory responsibilities to other offices.{{cite news |last1=Marcos |first1=Coral Murphy |title=US politics live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/25/donald-trump-elon-musk-email-latest-us-politics-news-live?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67be6c398f088ae18909c388#block-67be6c398f088ae18909c388 |access-date=February 25, 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=February 25, 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Hinkle |first1=Mark |title=Social Security Dissolves Duplicative Office |url=https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/#2025-02-25 |website=Social Security Administration |access-date=February 25, 2025 |date=February 25, 2025}} This office was closed by early March.

SSA also closed its Office of Transformation as of early March.

SSA acting Administrator Leland Dudek plans to lay off 7,000 employees in total.{{Cite web | date=14 March 2025 | title=RIF watch: See which agencies are laying off federal workers | url=https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/rif-watch-see-which-agencies-are-laying-federal-workers/403342/ | access-date=17 March 2025|website=Government Executive |language=en| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313223932/https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/rif-watch-see-which-agencies-are-laying-federal-workers/403342/| archive-date=13 March 2025| url-status=live}}

DOGE met with the United States Access Board by April 25. {{Cite web| last1 = Cai| first1 = Sophia| last2 = Johansen| first2 = Ben| last3 = Sentner| first3 = Irie| title = DOGE slashes disability and aging services| work = POLITICO| access-date = 2025-05-10| date = 2025-05-09| url = https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook-remaking-government/2025/04/25/doge-slashes-disability-and-aging-services-00311303}}

{{See also|United States Agency for International Development#Trump_administration's_claims_of_wasteful_spending|l1=USAID § Trump administration's claims of wasteful spending}}

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) administers civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

On February{{nbsp}}1, members of DOGE gained access to classified information of USAID without sufficient security clearances.{{cite news |last=Knickmeyer |first=Ellen |date=February 2, 2025 |title=USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say |url=https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-classified-information-usaid-security-35101dee28a766e0d9705e0d47958611 |access-date=February 2, 2025 |publisher=Associated Press}} On February{{nbsp}}2, Wired reported that DOGE personnel attempted to improperly access classified information and security systems at the USAID, but were thwarted by USAID security officials;{{Cite magazine |last=Elliott |first=Vittoria |date=2025-02-02 |title=The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} those officials were subsequently put on leave.{{cite news |last1=Hansler |first1=Jennifer |last2=Marquardt |first2=Alex |date=February 2, 2025 |title=Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk's DOGE access to agency systems |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html |access-date=February 2, 2025 |publisher=CNN}} The group moved to dismantle USAID by taking the USAID website and X account offline, firing staff, and stopping overseas work.{{Cite news |last=Schreiber |first=Melody |date=2025-02-02 |title=Why does Musk want USAID 'to die'? And why did its website disappear? |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/02/g-s1-46007/usaid-web-site-trump-state-department |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=NPR}} Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared himself acting administrator of the agency, although it has been an independent body for sixty years.{{cite news |last1=Knickmeyer |first1=Ellen |last2=Amiri |first2=Farnoush |last3=Licon |first3=Adriana Gomez |date=February 3, 2025 |title=Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2 |access-date=February 5, 2025 |work=Associated Press}}

On February{{nbsp}}3, Musk said of USAID: "We're shutting it down", with Musk saying Trump "agreed"; an email from special adviser Gavin Kliger to USAID staff instructed staff to keep away from USAID headquarters while hundreds of staff lost access to USAID computer systems.{{Cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Edward |last2=Green |first2=Erica L. |last3=Demirjian |first3=Karoun |last4=Crowley |first4=Michael |date=2025-02-02 |title=Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/usaid-official-leave-musk.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Michael R. |last2=Thomas |first2=Ken |last3=Ward |first3=Alexander |title=Trump Administration Closes USAID Headquarters |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-shutters-usaid-headquarters-db3fac7e |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=WSJ}} As an ex-USAID worker describes that "In a matter of hours DOGE shut down our websites, took over email handles, and summarily removed the system access of hundreds of gainfully employed public servants."{{Cite web |title=World Safety Net Ripped - One USAID Worker Speaks Out |url=https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2025/world-safety-net-ripped-usaid-worker-speaks-out |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=The Bitter Southerner}}

On February{{nbsp}}5, Musk falsely alleged USAID had given Politico and the Associated Press millions of dollars. The figures given were actually for common subscriptions across the entire government; the actual amount USAID alone had spent on Politico subscriptions was $44K.{{Cite web |last=Liles |first=Jordan |date=Feb 6, 2025 |title=USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usaid-payments-to-politico/ |access-date=Feb 7, 2025 |publisher=Snopes}} White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now."{{cite news |last1=Reilly |first1=LIam |date=February 5, 2025 |title=White House says it will cancel $8 million in Politico subscriptions after a false right-wing conspiracy theory spreads |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/05/media/politico-usaid-subscription-government/index.html |publisher=CNN}}

On February 14, Judge Amir Ali ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign assistance payments to USAID and State Department grantees.{{Cite news| last1 = Singh| first1 = Kanishka| last2 = Singh| first2 = Kanishka| title = Judge orders US to restore funds for foreign aid programs| work = Reuters| access-date = 2025-02-19| date = 2025-02-14| url = https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-orders-us-restore-funds-foreign-aid-programs-politico-reports-2025-02-14/}} Peter Marocco told a federal judge in a court filing that the agency he leads will not comply with the court's order.{{Cite web| author = Bethany Allen| title = NEW: The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume fundi…| work = Bluesky| format = Post| access-date = 2025-02-19| date = 2025-02-19| url = https://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lij4hrhrt22a}}

Musk and DOGE have "sent RIF notices to nearly all of its 2,000 U.S.-based employees."

DOGE attempted to gain access to the building housing the United States Institute of Peace to install a new president on March 14, 2025, and again on March 17, at which time both USIP and DOGE called the police. There was a day-long standoff at the building, after which police removed president George Moose from the building. Kenneth Jackson was appointed in his place by three remaining board members after the majority of board members were fired. USIP is not a government agency, but a think tank funded by Congress.{{Cite news |last=Kelemen |first=Michele |title=DOGE staff entered the U.S. Institute of Peace with D.C. police help |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331354/doge-staff-enter-the-u-s-institute-of-peace-d-c-police-help |access-date=2025-03-18 |work=NPR |language=en}} On March 18, the USIP filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.{{cite news |title=US Institute of Peace sues Trump administration to block Doge takeover |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/institute-peace-lawsuit-trump-doge |access-date=March 19, 2025 |agency=Associated Press |date=March 19, 2025}}

Former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy stated on February 18 that he had asked the governing board of the Postal Service to identify a successor.{{cite news |last1=Shepardson |first1=David |title=U.S. Postal Service chief asks board to identify successor |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-postal-service-chief-asks-board-identify-successor-2025-02-18/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |work=Reuters |date=February 18, 2025}}

In an agreement signed on March 12,{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Hansi Lo |title=USPS head agrees to let DOGE find 'efficiencies'—with limits to employee data access |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/nx-s1-5327583/usps-doge-postal-service-louis-dejoy-postmaster-general |access-date=March 28, 2025 |work=NPR |date=March 18, 2025 |language=en-US |location=Washington, D.C.}} DeJoy agreed with DOGE to cut billions of dollars and an additional 10,000 workers from the independent federal agency, that cut following an earlier loss of 30,000 jobs in 2021.{{cite news |author= |date=March 14, 2025 |title=USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-postal-service-doge-agreement-daf3bf54fa0718908791fcb368b4d9d8 |access-date=March 28, 2025 |work=AP News |language=en-US |location=Washington, D.C.}} That agreement was reached a week after Elon Musk called for the privatization of the Postal Service.{{cite news |last=Shepardson |first=David |date=March 13, 2025 |title=USPS strikes deal with Elon Musk's DOGE team for reform help |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usps-signs-agreement-with-elon-musks-doge-team-assistance-2025-03-13/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |work=Reuters |language=en-US |location=Washington, D.C.}} Four days later, on March 17, the agency leader reiterated "the status of the Postal Service as an independent establishment of the Executive Branch" in a letter to Congress.{{cite letter |first=Louis |last=DeJoy |recipient=Members of Congress |subject=PMG letter to Congress |language=en-US |date=March 17, 2025 |url=https://about.usps.com/who/government-relations/assets/pmg-letter-to-congress-03172025.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=United States Postal Service |access-date=March 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319062241/https://about.usps.com/who/government-relations/assets/pmg-letter-to-congress-03172025.pdf |archive-date=March 19, 2025 |url-status=live}} On March 24, exactly a week later, the 75th American Postmaster General resigned, making national news in politics.{{cite news |last1=Blackburn |first1=Piper Hudspeth |title=US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/usps-head-dejoy-resigns/index.html |access-date=March 28, 2025 |work=CNN |date=March 24, 2025 |language=en-US}}

The National Endowment for Democracy is a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization in the United States founded in 1983 with the stated aim of advancing democracy worldwide and counter communist influence abroad,

On February 12, DOGE cut funding to NED by blocking disbursement from the Department of Treasury, causing significant disruptions to the organization.{{Cite web |last=Kine |first=Phelim |date=2025-02-13 |title=The National Endowment for Democracy was a GOP darling. Musk is changing that. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/national-endowment-democracy-musk-funding-017146 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Politico |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Apostoaie |first=Ella |date=2025-02-13 |title=DOGE's Latest Target is Seen as a Gift to the CCP |url=https://www.thewirechina.com/2025/02/12/doges-latest-target-is-seen-as-a-gift-to-the-ccp/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=The Wire China |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last1=Pierson |first1=David |last2=Wang |first2=Berry |date=2025-02-14 |title=Cuts to U.S.-Backed Rights Groups Seen as a Win for China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/world/asia/us-rights-groups-doge-cuts-china.html |access-date=2025-02-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The same day, the NED informed the organizations it funds that it would suspend payments immediately. Additionally, organizations supported by NED started laying off staff and cutting expenditures. The Free Press believes that dismantling the NED would symbolise a momentous change in US foreign policy, undermining the idea that democratic ideals foster US global strength and influence, and that the Trump administration therefore no longer believes that promoting democracy in the world is in the national interest.{{Cite web |last=Lake |first=Eli |title=EXCLUSIVE: Trump Is Starving the National Endowment for Democracy |url=https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-starves-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-elon-musk-doge |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=The Free Press |language=en}}

{{see also|NOAA under the second presidency of Donald Trump}}

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

ABC News reported on February{{nbsp}}6 that DOGE operatives had gained access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) computer systems. Staff from the NOAA Information Technology group and the Department of Commerce attempted to keep the operatives from the systems according to security protocols, but the operatives defied authorized security staff and forcefully entered the facilities. Two Democratic Congress members characterized DOGE's presence in NOAA systems as "hackers". NOAA staff noted that the actions of the operatives could directly cause risk to human life by hindering NOAA and National Weather Service operations.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/doge-now-access-noaas-systems-reviewing-dei-program/story?id=118493866|title=DOGE now has access to NOAA's IT systems; reviewing DEI program, sources say|author=ABC Climate Unit|publisher=ABC News|date=February 5, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/doge-noaa-headquarters|title=Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats|work=The Guardian|date=February 5, 2025}} ABC also reported that operatives were also looking for anything connected to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on bulletin boards and were inspecting bathroom signs to ensure compliance with Trump's executive orders.

On February 17, DOGE released 1,127 federal contracts spanning 39 federal departments and agencies, which included several NOAA contracts.{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Soo Rin |last2=Steakin |first2=Will |title=DOGE claims $55 billion in government cuts so far – but the figure is hard to verify |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/doge-claims-55-billion-government-cuts-figure-hard/story?id=118966190 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=22 February 2025}} DOGE announced the "deobligation" of $1,073,496 from the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research's (OAR) Uncrewed Systems Research Transition Office (UxSRTO) that was for "scientific, engineering, and technical support".{{cite web |last1=Sikora |first1=Emily |last2=Tovado |first2=Molly |title=Contract #239920775: $2,014,381 For NOAA's Uncrewed Systems Research Transition Office (UxSRTO) |url=https://www.fpds.gov/common/jsp/LaunchWebPage.jsp?command=execute&requestid=239920775&version=1.5 |website=Federal Procurement Data System |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Department of Government Efficiency |access-date=17 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220200925/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/DOGE_Deobligation_of_Funds_for_a_%242_Million_NOAA_Contract_for_OAR%27s_UxSRTO.png |archive-date=20 February 2025 |location=Silver Spring, Maryland |format=Contract |date=13 September 2023 |url-status=dead}}

On February 27, The Hill reported that the firing of probationary employees has begun.{{Cite web |last=Budryk |first=Zack |date=February 27, 2025 |title=NOAA begins firing hundreds of staffers |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5167978-noaa-firings-probationary-workers-doge/ |access-date=February 27, 2025 |website=The Hill}}

As of February 28, the landing page of the NOAA External Affairs website reads: "Due to the recent layoffs at NOAA, all members of the External Affairs team were relieved of their duties."{{Cite web| title = NOAA External Affairs| access-date = 2025-03-01| url = https://www.noaa.gov/external-affairs}}

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