Trump also signed an order renaming the U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. DOGE Service. The Digital Service, initially created by President Barack Obama in 2014 to modernize government technology, is now part of the broader DOGE framework,

President Donald Trump on Monday established a “Department of Government Efficiency,” declared a national energy emergency and reinstated a policy to make it easier to fire federal employees. Trump’s moves to overhaul the federal government and boost fossil fuel production came as the president signed a flurry of executive orders Monday inside the Oval Office.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk 's project to dismantle federal programs and regulations to his liking, has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it violates federal transparency rules just moments after President Donald Trump was sworn into office.

Elon Musk's DOGE is taking aim at the U.S. penny, pointing out that it costs more to manufacture than it's worth.