Jan 20, 2025 · Section 1. Purpose. This Executive Order establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to implement the President’s DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize ...

4 days ago · The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was created by Trump via an executive order on his first day back in office.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), [note 1] officially the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, is a temporary organization under the United States DOGE Service, formerly known as the United States Digital Service. [1] [2] Despite its name, DOGE is not a cabinet-level department of the United States government, which requires approval of the United States Congress.

4 days ago · At the hearing, members highlighted how President Donald Trump created and empowered the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to conduct a government-wide audit to root out waste, fraud, and abuse and protect taxpayer dollars. To date, the Trump Administration is delivering on its promise to eliminate Washington waste and reform the ...

Jan 15, 2025 · However, increasing government efficiency—or “reducing waste, fraud, and abuse,” in the traditional terminology—would not have a marked effect on federal deficits. Federal spending and revenue are now close to $7 trillion and $5 trillion, respectively, leaving a deficit of about $2 trillion. Holding federal debt equal to annual national ...

Jun 13, 2024 · GAO's 2024 annual report identifies 112 new matters for congressional consideration and recommendations to federal agencies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government. For example:

May 12, 2021 · Each year GAO reports on federal programs with fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative goals or actions and ways to reduce costs or boost revenue. We testified that Congress and agencies could take 112 new actions to address these findings—like changing how agencies buy goods and services to save money.

Dec 6, 2024 · However, the new Administration has an opportunity to transform government operations to save money, improve customer experience, be more efficient and effective, consolidate, reduce the number of technology platforms across government, and have significantly improved decision-making power.

The 112 new actions we identified span the federal government and are opportunities that Congress or executive branch agencies can take to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government.

Dec 11, 2024 · Government debt, already historically high, is set to explode to unprecedented levels on policy autopilot over the next three decades, risking some combination of high inflation, slower growth,...