{"id":2515556,"date":"2025-11-29T06:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-implored-to-institutionalize-doge-after-reports-of-demise\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T06:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:37:28","slug":"white-house-implored-to-institutionalize-doge-after-reports-of-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-implored-to-institutionalize-doge-after-reports-of-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"White House implored to institutionalize DOGE after reports of demise"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwhite-house-implored-to-institutionalize-doge-after-reports-of-demise%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=2515556&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-congressional-democrat-officially-jumps-ship-on-biden-not-done-lightly\/\" title=\"First ...ional Democrat Officially Jumps Ship on Biden: &#039;Not Done Lightly&#039;\">article discusses calls<\/a> from supporters of the department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) urging the White House and Congress to institutionalize the agency&#8217;s mission to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government.Despite reports of DOGE&#8217;s premature closure, officials have denied these claims. DOGE gained prominence under tech billionaire Elon Musk during the Trump administration but faced criticism for its aggressive reform methods, including notable layoffs, clashes with Congress, and mishandling of sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>While DOGE claims to have saved over $215 billion and reduced the federal workforce substantially, critics question these figures and highlight negative consequences such as legal challenges, lost productivity, and diminished tax revenues. Still,supporters argue DOGE brought needed attention to government inefficiencies and pushed efforts to modernize federal operations.<\/p>\n<p>The White House maintains that DOGE&#8217;s efforts continue through ongoing reforms to improve government services and reduce waste. Political reactions are mixed: Republicans generally defend DOGE&#8217;s impact on downsizing government and cutting wasteful spending, while Democrats criticize its chaotic implementation and focus. DOGE&#8217;s legacy remains controversial, balancing significant fiscal claims against operational challenges and political debate.  <\/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\">White House implored to institutionalize DOGE after reports of premature demise<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2414366\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>&lsquo;s supporters are <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">imploring the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a>&nbsp;to make permanent its mission of reducing<\/span> fraud, waste, and abuse, a call that has gained momentum amid reports of its early dismantlement.<\/p>\n<p>Reports that DOGE had prematurely been shuttered grabbed Washington, D.C.&rsquo;s attention, considering the temporary federal agency had eight months left on its charter. Administration officials promptly dismissed the reports, but with the agency&rsquo;s profile diminished since the departure of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-failure-of-epic-proportions-inside-the-european-unions-failed-vaccine-rollout\/\" title=\"\u2018A Failure Of Epic Proportions\u2019: Inside The European Union\u2019s Failed Vaccine Rollout\">de facto leader<\/a>, tech billionaire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a>, last May, conservatives are relitigating its perceived failures and proposing how Republicans might have been more effective in shrinking the size of the federal government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3901687\/white-house-unveils-media-bias-website-to-expose-fake-news\/\">White House unveils &#8216;Media Bias&#8217; website to expose &#8216;fake news&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3901669\/dc-law-enforcement-join-national-guard-troops-patrol-after-shooting\/\">DC law enforcement to join National Guard troops on patrol after shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3901594\/trump-says-any-document-signed-sleepy-joe-biden-autopen-terminated\/\">Trump says any document signed by &#8216;Sleepy Joe Biden&#8217; with autopen &#8216;is hereby terminated&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Republican strategist John Feehery described DOGE as a &ldquo;great effort,&rdquo; but contended it could have been &ldquo;more successful had they worked with Congress.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And come up with some better processes that could have really transformed government,&rdquo; Feehery told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Lips, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, said that the agency &ldquo;has played an essential role by shining a spotlight on widespread waste and inefficiency across the federal government.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s important now is that the Trump administration and Congress enact needed reforms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-forced-to-cut-spending-after-wealthy-taxpayers-flee-state\/\" title=\"California forced to reduce spending as wealthy taxpayers leave the state\">achieve substantial cost savings<\/a>,&rdquo; added Lips, who appeared before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency last June.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has signed executive orders designed to prevent fraud and misspending, which cost the federal government &ldquo;hundreds of billions of dollars&rdquo; a year, according to Lips, &ldquo;but Congress needs to act to give the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\/\">Treasury Department <\/a>and federal agencies the authorities they need.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Addressing these problems has had bipartisan support in the past and should now be a priority on Capitol Hill,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Under Musk, DOGE made its presence felt in Washington after it was formed from the U.S. Digital Service on the first day of Trump&rsquo;s second administration. It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >upended traditional government reform practices<\/a> by moving to shutter the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\/\">U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cfpb\/\">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau<\/a> and the U.S. Institute of Peace were also targeted for dismantlement as newly confirmed Trump Cabinet members were directed to drastically reduce their respective workforces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Musk&rsquo;s &ldquo;move fast and break things&rdquo; approach to reform, though popular among Silicon Valley tech start-ups, resulted in chaos as federal employees were fired and then reinstated amid public protest. The same pattern emerged for critical federal programs and contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the mass layoffs, DOGE representatives were also criticized for the amount of access they had to sensitive, even classified, information, with reported incidents of mishandled data, including the doxxing of CIA operatives and black sites. The agency, too, was scrutinized for clashing with Congress and its power of the purse, with critics calling it a constitutional crisis.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE announced this month that it had saved the federal government more than $215 billion, not only through contract cancellations and workforce reductions, but also through the sale of assets. However, that figure has been disputed as substantially inflated. It is also well short of Musk&rsquo;s desire to find $2 trillion in savings, excluding the cost of legal challenges, loss of productivity from rehiring and retraining, and loss of IRS revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, DOGE announced in August that it had reduced the federal workforce by approximately 300,000 employees. The Partnership for Public Service, however, estimated that the same month the number was closer to 199,000 workers, 135,000 of whom were through DOGE&rsquo;s deferred resignation program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While there are lessons to be learned about DOGE&rsquo;s strategy for leading government reform, the Trump administration and DOGE have brought overdue attention to significant problems in government and opportunities to save hundreds of billions of American tax dollars,&rdquo; Lips concluded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In response to reports of its premature demise, a DOGE spokesperson wrote on social media this week that &ldquo;just last week, DOGE terminated 78 wasteful contracts and saved taxpayers $335M.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump was given a mandate by the American people to modernize the federal government and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse,&rdquo; the spokesperson added.&nbsp;<\/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\">As usual, this is fake news from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Reuters<\/a>. President Trump was given a mandate by the American people to modernize the federal government and reduce waste, fraud and abuse. Just last week, DOGE terminated 78 wasteful contracts and saved taxpayers $335M.  We&rsquo;ll be back in a few&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S1pSmx26s0\">https:\/\/t.co\/S1pSmx26s0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE\/status\/1993103250153738718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2025<\/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>To that end, the White House has underscored its endeavors to institutionalize DOGE, with an administration official telling the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the agency &ldquo;remains deeply engaged across government, modernizing critical systems, improving public services, and delivering fast, practical solutions where the country needs them most.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Scott Kupor, director of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/opm\/\">Office of Personnel Management<\/a>, also said &ldquo;the truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under the [U.S. DOGE Service],&rdquo; but &ldquo;the principles of DOGE remain alive and well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His comment came after <em>Reuters<\/em> published an interview with him on Sunday in which he said that the agency &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t exist.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;De-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making efficiency a first-class citizen,&rdquo; Kupor wrote. &ldquo;DOGE catalyzed these changes; the agencies along with @USOPM and @WHOMB will institutionalize them!&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\">Good editing by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@reuters<\/a> &ndash; spliced my full comments across paragraphs 2\/3 to create a grabbing headline &#128578; The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USDS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USDS<\/a>. But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Kupor (@skupor) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skupor\/status\/1992676347194523912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Despite the criticism, DOGE has had political repercussions in addition to policy ones, such as the White House putting Democrats in the position of risking the impression that they are defending the size and scope of government by attacking DOGE.&nbsp;Democrats countered by emphasizing the chaos and its haphazardness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fraud and waste are real, and Democrats are overwhelmingly against both,&rdquo; former White House spokesman Andrew Bates told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;If a Democratic candidate gets asked about DOGE, they could say, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m 100% for attacking waste and fraud, but I don&rsquo;t know a single American who thinks veterans&rsquo; healthcare is &lsquo;waste&rsquo; or less important than Elon Musk&rsquo;s government contracts. Nor do I know anyone who&rsquo;s comfortable with Musk&rsquo;s people rifling through our personal IRS or<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\"> Social Security<\/a> data.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>John Pitney, a politics professor at Claremont McKenna College, and Jeremy Mayer, a George Mason University political science professor, both declared DOGE a failure, at least on paper.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the goal was to reduce federal spending, it should have focused on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/entitlement-reform\/\">entitlement reform<\/a>,&rdquo; Pitney told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Instead, it focused on bureaucratic headcount. In fact, when all the costly lawsuits are over, it probably will have made the spending problem worse. Fighting the deficit with DOGE was like fighting a wildfire with a squirt gun full of gasoline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mayer added: &ldquo;Politically, it grabbed attention and sent a message to the federal workforce that Trump wasn&rsquo;t afraid to make unprecedented and possibly illegal changes. It also demonstrates how Trump is relatively immune to failure. If [former President Barack] Obama had promised to save $1-2 trillion, and ended up costing perhaps $100 billion, the media would have feasted on his bones. But Trump&rsquo;s supporters don&rsquo;t believe the media. They trust Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3899275\/republicans-risk-2018-midterm-repeat-as-divisions-over-obamacare-reform-persist\/\"><strong>REPUBLICANS RISK 2018 MIDTERM REPEAT AS DIVISIONS OVER OBAMACARE REFORM PERSIST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Cesar Conda disagreed, arguing instead that DOGE was &ldquo;absolutely worth it&rdquo; because it &ldquo;canceled dozens to hundreds of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\">DEI<\/a>-related federal contracts and grants across many agencies,&rdquo; as well as &ldquo;foreign-aid administered through USAID.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It downsized the bloated federal workforce,&rdquo; Conda told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Most important of all, DOGE brought to the attention of the American people the most pressing economic issue of our time &mdash; the burgeoning federal debt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>White House urged to make DOGE permanent amid closure reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2515557,"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\/2025\/11\/AP25113826769744.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[12577,16239,23466,67886,32127],"class_list":["post-2515556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-demise","tag-doge","tag-institutionalization","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25113826769744.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515556","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515556"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515560,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515556\/revisions\/2515560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}