DOGE, The Imaginary Federal Agency

It's not established by Congress, it's almost entirely opaque, and it seems to answer to no one but Felon47.

What, exactly, is DOGE? Yes, it’s the grandly-named Department of Government Efficiency. But what is its actual mission? (There is no public facing mission statement.) What are its boundaries? (There is no charter or other defining documents available for the press or public.) What is its funding source? (There is no line item in any congressionally-approved budget, but it reports directly to the Office of the President.) There’s not even a functioning website. (The https://www.doge.gov/ URL simply displays an ominous looking landing page with no other available pages.)

To paraphrase Felon47, it’s really merely a concept of an agency.

There’s a giant-headlined Executive Order on the White House website that claims the authority for establishing such an agency. But the vagueness of that EO doesn’t make very much clear, either.

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