01/10/2025

DOGE is Dispatching Agents across the U.S. Government

Federal officials are already dealing with surrogates from the non-governmental body

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are sending representatives to agencies across the federal government, four people familiar with the matter said, to begin preliminary interviews that will shape the tech executives’ enormous ambitions to tame Washington’s sprawling bureaucracy.

In recent days, aides with the non-governmental “Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) tied to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have spoken with staffers at more than 12 federal agencies, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media. The agencies include the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the departments of Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services, the people said.

At the same time, Musk and Ramaswamy have significantly stepped up hiring for their new entity, with more than 50 staffers already working out of the offices of SpaceX, Musk’s rocket-building company, in downtown Washington, two of the people said. DOGE aims to have a staff of close to 100 people in place by Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, they said.

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