Department of Government Efficiency
Department of Government Efficiency is named in 56 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2025 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | Federal Judge Reverses Takedown Order, Rules DOGE Deposition Videos Can Stay Online federal court · Department of Government Efficiency · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-22 | Trump Admin Altered SSA Inspector General Report to Hide DOGE Impact on Services SSA · SSA Inspector General · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Government Executive Investigation Reveals DOGE Staffers Fabricated White House Pressure Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Michael McDonald · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | DOGE Staffer Admits Under Oath Agency Did Not Reduce Federal Deficit Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings Department of Government Efficiency · Pentagon · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | Judge Orders Plaintiffs to Remove Viral DOGE Deposition Videos from YouTube Judge Colleen McMahon · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | DOGE Cuts 1,029 More NOAA Employees, Threatening Weather Forecasting and Disaster Response Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · U.S. National Weather Service · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | USPS Postmaster DeJoy Signs DOGE Deal to Cut 10,000 Postal Workers Louis DeJoy · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · U.S. Postal Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Social Security Administration Inspector General Opens Formal Probe into DOGE Data Misuse U.S. Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Whistleblower Alleges Ex-DOGE Staffer Stole Social Security Database on Thumb Drive Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Social Security Administration · Elon Musk · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Fired Inspectors General Testify to Congress That Trump Administration Dismantled Federal Oversight Ecosystem Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · House Oversight Committee Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Analysis Shows Congress Rejected Nearly All DOGE Spending Cuts in FY2026 Budget Department of Government Efficiency · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Trump Issues DOGE Deregulatory Executive Order Requiring 60-Day Regulatory Review at All Agencies Including Independent Bodies Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Scott Shambaugh Firing Exposes DOGE's Indiscriminate Purge of Technical Expertise Scott Shambaugh · Department of Government Efficiency · National Institute of Standards and Technology · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | One Year After DOGE Cuts, 322,000 Federal Workers Displaced in Largest Peacetime Workforce Reduction Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Federal Judge Orders Elon Musk Deposition Over USAID Dismantling, Rejects Apex Doctrine Claims Elon Musk · Theodore Chuang · United States Agency for International Development · Peter Marocco · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Russell Vought Tells Congress DOGE Affiliates Are "Institutionalized" as OMB In-House Consultants Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Analysis Shows DOGE Savings Claims Fall Short of $1 Trillion Target, Cost Taxpayers Billions Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Federal Employment Hits Lowest Level Since 1966 as DOGE Reductions Take Hold Department of Government Efficiency · Office of Personnel Management · Elon Musk · Scott Kupor | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | NPR Report Reveals Trump Administration Admits DOGE Accessed Personal Social Security Data Beyond Legal Authority Department of Government Efficiency · Social Security Administration · Chuck Borges · NPR | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | DOJ Court Filing Confirms DOGE Shared Social Security Data to Unauthorized Server Department of Government Efficiency · Department of Justice · Social Security Administration · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-17 | DOGE Claims $881M in Education Research Contract Cancellations Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Department of Education · Institute of Education Sciences · Linda McMahon | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | SSA Reveals DOGE Staffers Misused Social Security Data, Signed Secret Voter Roll Agreement While Under Court Order Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Steve Davis · Social Security Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-06 | National Weather Service Enters Winter With Critical Staffing Crisis After DOGE Purge National Weather Service · NOAA · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Sahil Lavingia Re-Enters Government at IRS After DOGE Firing for Speaking to Press About Government Efficiency Sahil Lavingia · Sam Corcos · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-24 | DOGE Disbanded Eight Months Early After Musk Departure and Trump Feud Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Scott Kupor · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Musk's DOGE Uploads Hundreds of Millions of Americans' SSA Data to Unsecured Cloud Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Charles Borges · Social Security Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-18 | Education Department Inspector General Probes DOGE's Illegal Access to Student Loan Data Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Education Department · Inspector General | reported | |
| 2025-09-15 | Wall Street Journal: FEMA Paralyzed by Noem's Approval Requirements as Disaster Victims Wait Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | reported | |
| 2025-09-10 | Federal Judge Allows Trump to Eliminate 1,600 NSF Grants Worth $1 Billion Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · National Science Foundation · Federal Judiciary | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | SSA whistleblower Charles Borges forced to resign after exposing data breach Charles Borges · Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Aram Moghaddassi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-26 | Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach Charles Borges · John Solly · Michael Russo · Aram Moghaddassi · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-26 | DOGE Uses AI to Target Elimination of 50% of Federal Regulations Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-08 | Supreme Court lifts injunctions, enables mass firings at 19 federal agencies U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Agencies · General Services Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-01 | DOGE Pushes SEC to Loosen Wall Street Regulations on SPACs and Reporting Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | 128,709 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-03 | Trump-Musk Feud Erupts Over 'Big Beautiful Bill' as Musk Suggests Impeachment Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Federal workforce shrinks by 59,000 jobs with 154,000 on paid leave Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Over 275,000 federal layoffs announced with 128,709 workers targeted Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Federal Workforce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | DOGE Aide Dismantling CFPB Owns Substantial Stock in Regulated Companies During Mass Layoffs Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gavin Kliger · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Judge allows unions’ APA challenge to DOGE data access to proceed Judge John D. Bates (D.D.C.) · Department of Government Efficiency · AFL-CIO · American Federation of Government Employees · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Musk's DOGE Team Gains Control of Federal Payment System Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · David Lebryk · Chuck Schumer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | Challenger data shows DOGE drove 280,253 federal layoffs across 27 agencies Department of Government Efficiency · Challenger Gray & Christmas · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Judge Cooper rules DOGE subject to FOIA due to "unusual secrecy" and "substantial authority" Judge Christopher Cooper · Department of Government Efficiency · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | It's 'shoot first and ask questions later' as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official Department of Government Efficiency · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-06 | Cabinet Meeting Explodes as Rubio and Duffy Clash with Musk Over DOGE Cuts Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-06 | Federal layoffs surge to 62,530 in first two months as DOGE cuts dominate Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies · Challenger Gray & Christmas | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals, considers canceling $2.4B Verizon contract Federal Aviation Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX/Starlink · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | Trump Administration Introduces Expansive Special Government Employee Status for Private Sector Leaders Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Administration Terminates Critical Privacy Officials at OPM, Blocking Public Information Access Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-09 | CFPB Headquarters Shuttered as Staff Ordered to Stop All Work Russell Vought · Mark Paoletta · Gavin Kliger · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | Musk companies received $38 billion in government support over 20 years Elon Musk · SpaceX · Tesla · Starlink · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Ed Coristine, 19, given access to critical government systems despite cybercrime links Edward Coristine · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · State Department · +2 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Elon Musk
36× shared
Donald Trump
16× shared
Trump Administration
9× shared
Russell Vought
7× shared
Office of Personnel Management
6× shared
Social Security Administration
6× shared
Justin Fox
4× shared
Nate Cavanaugh
4× shared
Charles Borges
3× shared
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
3× shared
Federal Agencies
3× shared
Office of Management and Budget
3× shared
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
3× shared
Aram Moghaddassi
2× shared
Challenger Gray & Christmas
2× shared
Federal Workforce
2× shared
Gavin Kliger
2× shared
Marco Rubio
2× shared
Ron Wyden
2× shared
Scott Kupor
2× shared
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2× shared
U.S. Department of Labor
2× shared
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
2× shared
U.S. Social Security Administration
2× shared
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