OMB Rules Out DOGE Closing Report After Agency Claimed $215 Billion in Savings
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Updated · WTOP · Jul 5
OMB Rules Out DOGE Closing Report After Agency Claimed $215 Billion in Savings
3 articles · Updated · WTOP · Jul 5
Summary
Russell Vought told a House Appropriations subcommittee on June 30 that the Office of Management and Budget has no plans to issue an official closing report on DOGE’s work.
Vought said DOGE’s results were instead embedded across appropriations cuts and a rescissions package, offering to brief lawmakers even as the DOGE website has gone dark and Trump’s proposed budget provides no funding.
July 4 marked DOGE’s scheduled end under Trump’s January 2025 executive order, though the initiative had already largely stopped operating as a centralized body and shifted toward technology and service improvements.
DOGE had targeted $2 trillion in spending cuts and later claimed about $215 billion in savings, but watchdogs disputed how much translated into real budget reductions.
More than 260,000 federal employees left through layoffs, buyouts and early retirements tied to the effort, and lawmakers said some agencies later had to restore staffing after cutting essential expertise.