One year after the DOGE-driven federal workforce reduction began, assessments show approximately 300,000 federal jobs eliminated -- 9% of the federal workforce. The DOGE website claims $215 billion in savings through job cuts, contract cancellations, lease terminations, asset sales, and grant rescissions, but independent verification of this figure has not been possible. Approximately 25,000 fired workers were rehired after Cabinet secretaries determined they were essential. The United States Institute of Peace saw employees fired, rehired, then fired again. The IRS, Labor Department, National Park Service, and FDA all recalled purged workers. The pattern documented across agencies: cuts made without understanding operational dependencies, followed by quiet rehiring when services collapsed -- a cycle that destroyed institutional knowledge while failing to deliver promised savings.