White House sends an official list of DOGE cuts to Congress, asking for them to enact them into law. The total savings: $9.4 billion, or 0.47% of what Elmo promised to save. White House plans — at last — to send some DOGE cuts to Hill House Republicans are expecting a modest package next week amid an online pressure campaign. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...-last-to-send-some-doge-cuts-to-hill-00372274
DOGE Fires Operative After He Admits the Government Was Already Pretty Efficient https://futurism.com/doge-fires-operative-admitted-efficiency
Part of the entire intent of DOGE was to make federal data less accurate and allow it to be politically manipulated by administration appointees. DOGE layoffs may have compromised the accuracy of government data https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/economy/cpi-data-bls-reductions
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this,” one expert said. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-veterans-affairs-ai-contracts-health-care As the Trump administration prepared to cancel contracts at the Department of Veteran Affairs this year, officials turned to a software engineer with no health care or government experience to guide them. The engineer, working for the Department of Government Efficiency, quickly built an artificial intelligence tool to identify which services from private companies were not essential. He labeled those contracts “MUNCHABLE.” The code, using outdated and inexpensive AI models, produced results with glaring mistakes. For instance, it hallucinated the size of contracts, frequently misreading them and inflating their value. It concluded more than a thousand were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000. The DOGE AI tool flagged more than 2,000 contracts for “munching.” It’s unclear how many have been or are on track to be canceled — the Trump administration’s decisions on VA contracts have largely been a black box. The VA uses contractors for many reasons, including to support hospitals, research and other services aimed at caring for ailing veterans. VA officials have said they’ve killed nearly 600 contracts overall. Congressional Democrats have been pressing VA leaders for specific details of what’s been canceled without success. We identified at least two dozen on the DOGE list that have been canceled so far. Among the canceled contracts was one to maintain a gene sequencing device used to develop better cancer treatments. Another was for blood sample analysis in support of a VA research project. Another was to provide additional tools to measure and improve the care nurses provide. ProPublica obtained the code and the contracts it flagged from a source and shared them with a half dozen AI and procurement experts. All said the script was flawed. Many criticized the concept of using AI to guide budgetary cuts at the VA, with one calling it “deeply problematic.” Cary Coglianese, professor of law and of political science at the University of Pennsylvania who studies the governmental use and regulation of artificial intelligence, said he was troubled by the use of these general-purpose large language models, or LLMs. “I don’t think off-the-shelf LLMs have a great deal of reliability for something as complex and involved as this,” he said. Sahil Lavingia, the programmer enlisted by DOGE, which was then run by Elon Musk, acknowledged flaws in the code. “I think that mistakes were made,” said Lavingia, who worked at DOGE for nearly two months. “I’m sure mistakes were made. Mistakes are always made. I would never recommend someone run my code and do what it says. It’s like that ‘Office’ episode where Steve Carell drives into the lake because Google Maps says drive into the lake. Do not drive into the lake.” Though Lavingia has talked about his time at DOGE previously, this is the first time his work has been examined in detail and the first time he’s publicly explained his process, down to specific lines of code. (Much more at above url)
DOGE f*cked everything up and now the Trump administration is starting to realize that they need to undo nearly all of it. Trump Administration Scrambles to Undo Mass Federal Layoffs Thousands of federal employees are being asked to return after abrupt layoffs disrupted tax processing, weather alerts, drug approvals, and aid programs across the country. https://www.moneytalksnews.com/trump-administration-scrambles-to-undo-mass-federal-layoffs/ The Trump administration is now racing to rehire thousands of federal employees after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) overshot its mission, slashing critical roles and triggering chaos across multiple agencies. According to The Washington Post (June 6, 2025), the mass firings were part of a sweeping effort to streamline the federal workforce, led by Elon Musk and backed by President Trump. But with key functions now imperiled — from weather forecasting to drug approvals — agencies are reversing course, bringing workers back amid legal rulings, staffing shortages, and mounting public pressure. Layoffs aimed at speed, not precision DOGE, established to reduce bureaucracy and enforce “lean government,” rushed to cut staffing across dozens of agencies earlier this year. But in its haste, it dismissed entire teams that supported vital operations — from drug policy analysts at the FDA to storm forecasters at the National Weather Service. The IRS, USAID, HUD, and the Social Security Administration also saw deep losses, with some departments losing more than 40% of their staff. According to The Post, employees were often dismissed with little warning, and many found out via email or abrupt phone calls. One USDA employee recalled being terminated over the weekend, only to receive a follow-up call before their badge was returned — saying the firing had been rescinded. Essential services disrupted The fallout was swift. The FDA laid off thousands, including lab staff, librarians, and budget managers. Cuts hit key offices like Drug Policy and Regulatory Policy, disrupting regulatory filings and lab operations, according to the Washington Post. The National Weather Service lacked enough forecasters to maintain round-the-clock coverage or launch weather balloons. At HUD, over 30 field offices faced major staffing gaps; 13 were left with two or fewer employees, forcing reassignment of remaining staff to cover disaster response. Some agencies are reposting job listings nearly identical to those eliminated — a sign of how disruptive the cuts have been. Rehiring isn’t simple The administration is now learning that bringing workers back is far more complicated than firing them. Some laid-off staff have already accepted private-sector jobs or opted for early retirement. Others are wary of returning, fearing instability. Even those who return describe broken systems and plummeting morale. One FDA worker said the office feels like “a funeral.” At HUD, internal documents showed that more than 30 field offices face staffing crises, and some supervisors have been left with no team at all. Musk’s role under scrutiny Elon Musk, who helped spearhead DOGE’s cost-cutting measures, has since fallen out with Trump publicly — but his legacy within the agency remains. Critics argue that Musk applied a private-sector lens to a system that doesn’t tolerate chaos well. The result, say many inside the government, was a slash-first approach with no contingency plan. Even Trump officials now acknowledge that critical staff members were fired by mistake. Agencies are working to undo the damage — issuing reinstatement letters, asking remaining employees to work overtime, and redeploying staff to cover high-need areas, The Post reports. Long-term damage still unfolding The full consequences may take years to measure. Institutional knowledge has been lost. Public trust in essential services — like food aid, weather alerts, and drug safety — has eroded. And employees who stayed behind are stretched thin. The administration may succeed in rehiring some of those it let go. But as The Washington Post noted, the deeper challenge may lie in the faulty assumption that government can be run like a tech startup — when in reality, it depends on continuity, experience, and the invisible, unglamorous work that holds systems together.
Just like their boss, Elon Musk, the DOGE team are druggies. Elon Musk’s DOGE Workers Left Behind ‘Marijuana & Roaches’ In Institute Of Peace Offices It Occupied https://uinterview.com/news/elon-mu...es-in-institute-of-peace-offices-it-occupied/