Trump Folds DOGE Into Existing Federal Agency

The Federal News reports:

President Donald Trump is launching his Department of Government Efficiency within the White House’s governmentwide IT and design shop, according to an executive order he signed Monday evening.

Trump’s executive order makes DOGE an official, but temporary, part of the Executive Office of the President. That’s a different model than what Trump envisioned last November, when he said the government efficiency commission would advise, but not be part of the federal government.

Trump’s executive order rebrands the U.S. Digital Service, a team of tech and design consultants within the White House, as the “United States DOGE Service.” The Obama administration launched USDS in 2013 following the troubled rollout of HealthCare.gov.

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