Demystifying the Department of Government Efficiency
This week we break down the new government committee being led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode,
Department of Government Efficiency finding $2 trillion in cuts ‘best-case outcome,’ Musk says
In an interview broadcast on his social media platform X, Elon Musk said the $2 trillion figure originally stated as the savings goal for the Department of Government Efficiency was a “best-case
Elon Musk says cutting $2 trillion from the federal budget is a 'best-case outcome'
In a Wednesday interview on X, Elon Musk said cuts of $2 trillion to the federal budget might not be possible and was a "best-case outcome."
Elon Musk says DOGE saving $2 trillion in budget cuts is a 'best-case outcome'
Elon Musk told the political strategist Mark Penn that if DOGE tried to cut $2 trillion, it'd have a "good shot" of ending up at $1 trillion.
Musk acknowledges $2 trillion spending cut goal a long shot
Elon Musk, who U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to oversee a government cost-cutting effort, acknowledged that his declared goal of cutting $2 trillion in spending from the $6.8 trillion federal budget would be a long shot.
Musk Says DOGE’s Goal to Cut $2 Trillion in Spending Is ‘Best-Case Outcome’
The billionaire CEO of Tesla says there is a good shot of cutting at least $1 trillion from federal government expenditures.
Musk drops DOGE target to cut $2 trillion, saying half that would be ‘an epic outcome’
Musk, a co-chairman of the Department of Government Efficiency, called the $2 trillion target “the best-case outcome” but said $1 trillion would create “no inflation” and “be an epic outcome.” “If we try for $2 trillion,
Elon Musk Says $2T in DOGE Cuts 'Best Case Outcome,' Lower Amount Likely
Key Takeaways Elon Musk said Wednesday that his goal of cutting $2 trillion in government spending may be a difficult number to reach, with half that figure more likely.Musk said in an interview that cutting waste in the federal government is a "target rich environment,
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore launches government efficiency initiative to make dent in $3 billion deficit
Gov. Wes Moore will look to make a dent in the looming $3 billion state budget deficit through a new effort that aims to save ...
Riffing on Trump’s DOGE initiative, N.H. Governor Kelly Ayotte forms Commission on Government Efficiency
The newly sworn-in GOP governor said her state-level COGE initiative will be led by two business-minded New Hampshire leaders ...
Can DOGE actually save federal money by cutting government jobs? Unlikely, economist Joel Naroff says
The government is not a factory. Standard efficiency models, which usually involve cutting workers and adding capital, may ...
What to know about DOGE and its quest to slash government waste, spending
Proponents of the Department of Government (DOGE) say that it will work with Congress to slash up to $2 trillion in ...
DOGE sends representatives across US government, Washington Post reports
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's aides with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have spoken with staffers at ...
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Agency officials make their ‘efficiency’ pitch. Trump’s transition team takes note
Amid the transition, agency officials leading customer experience efforts across the federal government are pitching their ...
Is DOGE Real? - For Government Services Companies, Very Much So
Will DOGE succeed in cutting government spending and how will it affect companies providing government services?
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The fights ahead on government efficiency | Opinion
That’s thanks to the bureaucracy-cutting effort President-Elect Donald Trump has asked them to undertake, the so-called ...
Executive councilors say they're on board with new efficiency commission, for now
Echoing a move made by President-elect Donald Trump, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte is creating a new Commission on Government Efficiency for state government in Concord.
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Ayotte turns to familiar names to lead her new government efficiency commission
Operational details on the commission, which Ayotte created by executive order hours after she was sworn into office, remain ...
DOGE is dispatching agents across U.S. government
Federal officials are already dealing with surrogates from Elon Musk’s and Vivek Ramaswamy’s nongovernmental body before ...