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Elon Musks DOGE Department Dissolves After Controversial Eight Months Amid Massive Savings Claims and Data Breach Scandals

Elon Musks DOGE Department Dissolves After Controversial Eight Months Amid Massive Savings Claims and Data Breach Scandals

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 The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has quietly dissolved well ahead of its scheduled termination date of July 4, 2026. What started as Elon Musk's ambitious plan to streamline federal bureaucracy has largely ceased operations after only eight months in existence, according to recent reports from Reuters and government personnel officials.

When DOGE launched on January 20, 2025, it promised sweeping reforms and massive cost savings. The initiative claimed to have cut around 150 billion dollars by spring, though these figures were heavily disputed by fact-checkers and Republican lawmakers alike. However, the reality tells a different story. An NPR investigation found that while DOGE claimed 55 billion dollars in savings, their documented receipts showed only 16.5 billion dollars. The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations estimated that DOGE's activities actually resulted in losses of at least 21.7 billion dollars, concluding the department failed to meet its stated aims and undermined organizational productivity.

The agency's operations became increasingly controversial throughout 2025. DOGE gained unprecedented access to sensitive government systems, including Treasury infrastructure that processes tax refunds, Social Security benefits, and federal payments. In August, a whistleblower revealed that DOGE uploaded Americans' sensitive Social Security information to an unsecured server, compromising millions of people's data. These actions triggered lawsuits and investigations from states and oversight agencies concerned about cybersecurity and privacy violations.

Despite these scandals, DOGE's website still claims 214 billion dollars in savings, though analysts note these figures are greatly exaggerated by using maximum contract values as baselines rather than actual spending. The Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit, indicated that DOGE's cuts also incurred related costs that resulted in minimal net savings.

Today, officials continue to insist DOGE principles remain alive through other federal offices, though the centralized entity has effectively vanished from government operations. What listeners saw was an ambitious experiment in government efficiency that ultimately proved controversial, chaotic, and costly.

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