The [1]Department of Government Efficiency debuted its website late
Wednesday night. The announcement was made in a post on X.
“DOGE website is live!” read the [2]post, providing a link to access
the information.
DOGE website is live! [3]
https://t.co/0ozFC0dYYD
Initial site:
1. X feed posts
2. Consolidated government org chart – enormous manual effort
consolidating 16,000+ offices
3. Summary of the massive regulatory state, including the
Unconstitutionality Index (ratio of rules written…
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) [4]February 13, 2025
Visitors to the page are greeted with a message atop the page that
reads: “The people voted for major reform.” A statement also declares
[5]DOGE.com “an official website of the United States government.” The
organization is headed by [6]Elon Musk.
The website contains a brief history of X posts by the Department of
Government Efficiency X account until Feb. 7, 2025, at 9:04 p.m. Each
post tracks the discoveries and progress of [7]DOGE and the Trump
administration.
The website’s top right-hand corner has several tabs: Savings,
Workforce, Regulations, Join, and About.
When clicking the “Savings” tab, a message reads, “Receipts coming
soon, no later than Valentine’s Day.” No other information is currently
provided. Clicking on the “Workforce” tab directs people to a chart of
the U.S. government that lists the total number of employees working
for the federal government (2,252,162), subordinate offices (16,436),
and total wages for all government employees ($211.3 billion). It also
provides information about government employees’ average age, salary,
and years of tenure.
Clicking on [8]“Regulations” will show visitors the “number of agency
rules created by unelected bureaucrats for each law passed by Congress
in 2024” along with an “Unconstitutionality Index.” It also lists the
total number of federal regulations by agencies, including the number
of words for each department’s “sections of regulations.” For example,
the Environmental Protection Agency has over 20,000 “sections of
regulations” that contain over 12 million words. There are over 150
government agencies listed on the page.
The DOGE website expects to release more information by Valentine’s
Day, particularly highlighting a description and amount of each cost
reduction it has implemented and a “savings scorecard.” It also
promised to release “receipts where applicable.”
“We will constantly be working to maximize the site’s utility and
transparency,” read the DOGE post on X. “Please let us know what else
you want to see!”
References
1.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/department-of-government-efficiency/
2.
https://x.com/DOGE/status/1889897384122982604?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
3.
https://t.co/0ozFC0dYYD
4.
https://twitter.com/DOGE/status/1889897384122982604?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
5.
https://www.doge.gov/
6.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/elon-musk/
7.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3313825/doge-root-american-values/
8.
https://www.doge.gov/regulations
