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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

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The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', despite its name, is not a governmental organization. It is a non-governmental organization created by President-elect Donald J. Trump to give advice on reducing the size and wastefulness of the executive branch of the [[United States]] government.<ref name="trump2024-11-12>{{REFdocument
|title=Statement from President Donald J. Trump
|url=https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856502787930050927
}}</ref>
DOGE will be lead by billionaire centibillionaire Elon Musk and the billionaire entreprenour Vivek Ramaswamy.<ref name="trump2024-11-12/>
DOGE is supposed to expire on 4 July 2026, which is the 250th anniversary of the founding of the [[United States]].<ref name="trump2024-11-12/>
==DOGE House subcommittee==James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, announced the formation of a new GOP-controlled "Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE)" subcommittee, in the next Congress. Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia will be the chair person of the new subcommittee.<ref>{{REFnews |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene to head new DOGE House subcommittee with plans to cut 'waste' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-head-new-doge-house-subcommittee/story?id=116138565 |last=Hensley |first= |init=SB |author-link= |publisher=ABC News |website= |date=2023-11-22 |accessdate=2023-11-23 |format= |quote=}}</ref> Greene said, "The goal of DOGE is to bring accountability and GUT useless government agencies."<ref>{{REFnews |title=What We Know About Elon Musk’s ‘Department Of Government Efficiency’—As Marjorie Taylor Greene Enters Fold |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/21/what-we-know-about-elon-musks-department-of-government-efficiency-as-marjorie-taylor-greene-enters-fold/ |last=Saul |first=Derek |init= |publisher=FORBES |website= |date=2024-11-21 |accessdate=2024-11-23 |quote=}}</ref>
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