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Cyber

Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing DOGE Office, With Focus On Upgrading Federal IT

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, January 21st, 2025

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Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing DOGE Office, With Focus On Upgrading Federal IT

Elon Musk at SATELLITE 2020. Photo: Via Satellite

President Trump on Monday evening signed an executive order formally establishing the Department of Government Efficiency, with the mandate highlighting that the initiative will focus on upgrading federal information technology and software. The order renames and reorganizes the current United States Digital Service, which works to improve federal IT, as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) that will operate as an office within the executive branch. “This Executive Order establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to implement the President’s DOGE…

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