REPORT: DOGE Is ‘Still Alive,’ Undertaking Key Projects Behind The Scenes

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is still alive and kicking, despite a flurry of reports claiming the watchdog had been quietly put down, according to the Daily Caller.

Reuters sparked the confusion on Sunday after reporting that Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said DOGE, as a “centralized entity,” no longer exists. But an administration official countered that DOGE remains fully operational and will keep grinding away at its mission until May 2026.

The official said the agency’s central office still has staff on the job, helping push a slew of federal efficiency projects forward.

He said DOGE is still driving major projects across government, from “improving VA appointment management with integrated scheduling, check-ins, notification and after-visit support” to “advancing responsible AI government-wide through partnership with GSA.” The agency is also “transforming the non-immigrant visa process to support Olympic and World Cup travel with a more reliable, adaptable digital platform” and “supporting 18 million students by modernizing the FAFSA system and implementing major student loan and Pell Grant changes.”

Reuters reported that OPM had absorbed most of DOGE’s duties and that the agency had effectively vanished. DOGE fired back on X, calling the claim false. Acting Administrator Amy Gleason then jumped onto LinkedIn to insist the office is still open for business.

The executive order establishing U.S. DOGE Service (USDS) is still in effect. USDS is still partnering with agencies to modernize federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity. Typical media misinformation. @Reuters https://t.co/6wfLb0ap4Q pic.twitter.com/ZdR8LD86eb

— U.S. DOGE Service (@USDS) November 23, 2025

Two senior administration officials told the Caller that the uproar stems from a misunderstanding of how DOGE has always worked. Much of the agency’s mission was carried out by different parts of the federal government, they said, while DOGE maintained a central staff.

After Tesla titan Elon Musk exited the agency months ago, the policies he pursued under President Donald Trump didn’t disappear. Instead, one senior official said, they were taken up by the appropriate agencies and remain part of the administration’s agenda. OPM is still the workforce nerve center, while the Office of Management and Budget continues steering budgets and deregulation.

The second senior official said DOGE has always been more of a network than a brick-and-mortar bureaucracy; the agency is a cluster of officials across the administration focused on cutting waste rather than a single office with fixed walls.

As for staffing, one official said many of the people “working with DOGE” were actually assigned by their home agencies and were never strictly DOGE employees. Of the small group that did originally belong to DOGE, some have since moved to other departments — including the Department of War — to join in-house DOGE teams working from within.

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