{"id":2368553,"date":"2024-11-13T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-the-department-of-government-efficiency\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:42:00","slug":"what-we-know-about-the-department-of-government-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-the-department-of-government-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about the Department of Government Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-we-know-about-the-department-of-government-efficiency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the proposed &#8220;Department of Government Efficiency&#8221; (DOGE) introduced during Donald Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign, with the\u2063 input of Elon\u2064 Musk. The name DOGE humorously references Musk&#8217;s affinity for the \u2063popular Doge meme. The idea originated from Howard Lutnick,\u2062 who proposed\u2062 it to Musk, and Trump \u200dadopted it\u200d due\u200b to Musk&#8217;s amusement.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has outlined\u2064 that DOGE aims to \u2064reduce bureaucracy, eliminate wasteful spending, and\u200d restructure federal agencies. He likens its significance to a &#8220;Manhattan Project,&#8221; with\u200c ambitious goals\u2064 set\u200c for completion by July 4, 2026, coinciding with \u200bAmerica&#8217;s\u2062 250th anniversary \u2064of independence. Musk, in his new role, has promised\u2062 transparency about the department&#8217;s actions\u2062 and plans to\u2063 publicly highlight government waste.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the optimism surrounding DOGE, concerns\u200c have been raised\u200b regarding potential conflicts of \u200dinterest, especially given Musk&#8217;s \u2062past\u200c government contracts through companies \u200dlike \u200dStarlink and SpaceX. While the specifics of DOGE&#8217;s functioning remain unclear, it is\u2062 likely to mirror the 1982 Grace Commission, which similarly aimed to address government inefficiency\u200c but largely failed \u2062to implement its recommendations. Critics warn that Musk&#8217;s dual leadership \u200bcould lead to inefficiency\u200d and conflicts of \u2064interest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">What we know about the Department of Government Efficiency<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1880840\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>During President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> presidential campaign, he and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tesla<\/a> CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> repeatedly floated the idea of a Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The acronym DOGE is a purposeful nod to Musk&rsquo;s vocal love of memes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where did the idea come from?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hj3aRGDWzbM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to<\/a>&nbsp;Trump&rsquo;s transition team co-chairman Howard Lutnick, he was the first to propose the Department of Government Efficiency to Musk, purposefully catering to the acronym for Musk&rsquo;s amusement. The prospect amused the South African billionaire, leading to Trump quickly adopting it.<\/p>\n<p>Doge is one of the internet&rsquo;s most popular memes, based on the real-life Shiba Inu dog Kabosu. The meme has garnered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-nba-players-who-spoke-up-about-leagues-vaccine-pressure\/\" title=\"Five NBA Players Who Spoke Up About League\u2019s Vaccine Pressure\">real-life impact<\/a>, with software designers creating the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/dogecoin#:~:text=The%20price%20of%20Dogecoin%20(DOGE)%20is%20%240.4138%20today%20with%20a,a%20market%20cap%20of%20%2460%2C695%2C164%2C836.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"According to\">According to<\/a> Coin Gecko, the cryptocurrency is valued at a&nbsp;market cap of over $60.5 billion. Its value shot up after Trump&rsquo;s election.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will DOGE work?<\/h2>\n<p>Trump laid out the purpose and function of DOGE in a Tuesday statement.<\/p>\n<p>Trump tasked Musk and Ramaswamy to &ldquo;dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies &mdash; Essential to the &lsquo;Save America&rsquo; Movement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This will send shockwaves through the system and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!&rdquo; Musk was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went so far as to call DOGE the &ldquo;&lsquo;Manhattan Project&rsquo; of our time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the president-elect, the department will work outside of government, but working in close coordination with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget. He said it would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">institute large-scale structural reform<\/a> with its entrepreneurial approach to government.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Trump gave a cut-off date of July 4, 2026, for the agency to accomplish its goals, &ldquo;the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk promised &ldquo;maximum transparency in his new role.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Musk added that the department would have a &ldquo;leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!<\/p>\n<p>We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1c0bAlxmY0\">https:\/\/t.co\/1c0bAlxmY0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1856520760656797801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Despite the name, the department will most likely not be a federal department due to the difficulties of creating such a body out of thin air. It is likely to take the form of the 1982 Grace Commission, which worked closely with the government but took on a solely advisory role.<\/p>\n<p>Trump would be able to create the advisory board through an executive order, as approved through the 1972 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Federal_Advisory_Committee_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Federal Advisory Committee Act\">Federal Advisory Committee Act<\/a>. Reagan created the Grace Commission through&nbsp;Executive Order&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Executive_Order_12369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">12369<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is there a precedent for DOGE?<\/h2>\n<p>DOGE has a ready precedent in former President Ronald Reagan&rsquo;s 1982&nbsp;Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, otherwise known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaganlibrary.gov\/archives\/topic-guide\/presidents-private-sector-survey-cost-control-grace-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Grace Commission\">Grace Commission<\/a>. Reagan was credited with debuting the term &ldquo;drain the swamp&rdquo; in assigning the commission to root out government waste.<\/p>\n<p>Reagan tasked the &ldquo;outstanding experts from the private sector&rdquo; with an in-depth examination of the Executive Branch, tasking industrialist J. Peter Grace with leading it.<\/p>\n<p>While the scope of DOGE hasn&rsquo;t yet been revealed, the Grace Commission featured over 150 prominent business leaders working as part of 36 different task forces.<\/p>\n<p>The work of the commission, originally planned to be six months, ballooned to one year and a half. The final report presented to Congress in January 1984 contained over 2,500 recommendations, which it estimated would save trillions of dollars over decades.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of recommendations were not implemented, however, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-we-know-about-the-doge-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What we know about the DOGE - Washington Examiner\">government debt quickly ballooned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the criticisms of DOGE?<\/h2>\n<p>The main targets of criticism around DOGE have been potential conflicts of interest, given Musk&rsquo;s contracts with the government through Starlink and SpaceX, and the possible inefficiency of having two leaders for a single job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, there it is. The man who received more than $15 billion in government contracts over the past decade has been selected to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),&rdquo; Cambridge professor Jostein Hauge said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t think of a larger conflict of interest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, there it is.<\/p>\n<p>The man who received more than $15 billion in government contracts over the past decade has been selected to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t think of a larger conflict of interest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g70MFYDd8I\">pic.twitter.com\/g70MFYDd8I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jostein Hauge (@haugejostein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haugejostein\/status\/1856640982998991328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The Office of Government Efficiency is off to a great start with split leadership: two people to do the work of one person,&rdquo; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said. &ldquo;Yeah, this seems REALLY efficient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Office of Government Efficiency is off to a great start with split leadership:  two people to do the work of one person.  <\/p>\n<p>Yeah, this seems REALLY efficient. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XXKvrUAPkE\">https:\/\/t.co\/XXKvrUAPkE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1856541693836734783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1880840\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1880840\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What we know about the Department of Government Efficiency: During Trump&#8217;s campaign, he and Elon Musk discussed a Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, humorously dubbed DOGE. The idea originated from Trump\u2019s transition team co-chairman Howard Lutnick, who suggested it to Musk for fun. This concept amused Musk and was quickly embraced by Trump. DOGE aims to reduce government waste and bureaucracy, with a target completion date of July 4, 2026. However, concerns have been raised about potential conflicts of interest due to Musk&#8217;s government contracts and the efficiency of having two leaders for one role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2368554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DOGE.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44952,44955,44953,34231,44954],"class_list":["post-2368553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-department-of-government-efficiency","tag-efficiency-improvements","tag-government-reform","tag-policy-analysis","tag-public-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DOGE.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368553"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368557,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368553\/revisions\/2368557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}