The Trump administration has disbanded the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a controversial crew of federal cost-cutters previously led by Elon Musk, regardless of months left of the unit’s mandate.

Reuters first reported this weekend that DOGE had damaged up, ending the months-long effort by Musk and his associates — many recruited from his varied private-sector corporations — to cut back alleged fraud and waste and minimize workers throughout the federal authorities. DOGE was created by an executive order signed by President Trump in January. The initiative was anticipated to run for shut to 2 years.

As of early November, DOGE “doesn’t exist,” based on Scott Kupor, the director of the U.S. Workplace of Personnel Administration, which serves because the federal authorities’s human assets division.

In a tweet on Sunday, Kupor said that DOGE “might not have centralized management” anymore beneath the U.S. Digital Service, however “the rules of DOGE stay alive and effectively: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making effectivity a first-class citizen.”

Amy Gleason, who was named because the “official” acting administrator of DOGE earlier this yr, posted on LinkedIn quickly after Kupor’s remarks, that includes a Doge meme with the phrases, “I’m alive.”

Whereas lively, DOGE claimed to have saved the federal authorities billions of {dollars} in wasted taxpayer {dollars}. However critics, together with lawmakers, say DOGE dismantled federal packages and authorities departments with little to indicate when it comes to quantifiable financial savings.

DOGE’s cuts have also been blamed for countless deaths the world over following the shutdown of the U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement, or USAID, which offered humanitarian assist and catastrophe reduction. DOGE additionally accessed federal databases containing highly sensitive personal information belonging to hundreds of thousands of People, and was accused of security lapses that put that knowledge in danger from malicious adversaries.

Musk departed DOGE earlier this yr after a public falling out with President Trump.

According to Politico, a number of DOGE staffers are stated to be fearful that they may face future federal prices with out protections from Musk, who may need been capable of safe presidential pardons for them if vital.

A number of DOGE staffers are actually working for different U.S. federal authorities departments, based on Reuters, whereas different distinguished DOGE staffers have stated they not work for the federal government. Edward Coristine, whose nickname “Huge Balls” went viral, stated in a post on X in June that he’s “formally out” of DOGE.