Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is terminating several IT services contracts worth a total of $4.2 billion as part of a broader directive to curb the Defense Department’s (DoD) spending on IT services. […]

The Department of the Navy (DON) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jane Rathbun said today that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is currently collaborating with the Navy to improve the effectiveness of its commercial software acquisition practices. […]

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., called out President Trump’s recent cybersecurity executive order (EO) today, asserting that it leaves states vulnerable to future cyberattacks. […]

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is asking 24 Federal agencies to explain how and whether the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and DOGE-affiliated individuals have accessed and used data in Federal IT systems. […]

Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) scored a temporary win last week, with a Federal appeals court sparing them from revealing their spending-cut plans and authority – at least for now. […]

A Federal judge in Maryland ruled on Monday that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the departments of Treasury and Education are barred from sharing personally identifiable information (PII) with the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon is canceling more than $580 million in contracts and grants, including a delayed and overbudget human resources (HR) software project. […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) late Thursday to expand access to unclassified data at Federal agencies and promote inter-agency data sharing. […]

A Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of Americans’ sensitive data at the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Thursday. […]

Senate Democrats are asking officials at the IRS for details after the agency denied access to private taxpayer information following requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).   […]

Two prominent House Democrats said today they are using a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in their continuing battle to drill down into how the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) is operating across Federal government agencies.   […]

A Federal judge in Baltimore is set to consider whether to block the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to personal data of and about millions of Americans that is held by the Social Security Administration (SSA). […]

House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., is demanding answers from Federal agencies regarding their use of AI technologies – particularly in connection with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) activities – and whether they are complying with Federal security laws. […]

In a decision late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to release records and answer questions about the scope of their authority and their plans to reduce Federal spending. […]

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is in the process of making sweeping cuts across the Federal government workforce and program landscape, but its impact on the Department of Defense (DoD) – particularly on cybersecurity efforts – remains unclear. […]

As a former senior Social Security Administration (SSA) official is claiming that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut cybersecurity and privacy corners when accessing sensitive data at the agency, a Federal judge is requiring DOGE to take steps to release its internal documents that will shed more light on how the White House department operates. […]

The inspector general (IG) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said his office is taking a look into the impact that the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is having on cybersecurity and data privacy practices at OPM.   […]

A Federal judge on Friday rejected a request to block the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems. […]

House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats are looking to find out more about top White House advisor Elon Musk and his potential conflicts of interest while guiding the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) actions to root out what the Trump administration has called widespread government waste and corruption.  […]

A group of Democratic lawmakers joined members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and community activists on Tuesday in rallying to evict Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). […]

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is claiming millions of dollars of spending cuts across two large Federal agencies in information technology (IT) and modernization spending – including in one instance that involves return of funding that had been provided by the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF).  […]

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a press conference on Tuesday that “more than one million” Federal workers responded to an email asking to name five things they “got done” in the previous week. […]

Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee clashed on Tuesday over the impacts of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), mounting Federal worker firings, and defense spending levels, with one Republican member predicting that the current turmoil at Federal agencies may be the “tip of the iceberg.” […]

A Federal judge on Friday issued an order that extends the court’s prohibition on the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing U.S. Treasury Department payment systems. […]

House Oversight and Reform Committee ranking member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., is pressing the Trump administration to declare who actually runs the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after the White House said that Elon Musk – who is intimately associated with the effort – doesn’t work under the new agency.   […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is gearing up to cut $50 billion over the next five years from its current budget lines in order to shift funding to “higher priority defense projects” that would align with President Donald Trump’s “achieve peace through strength” mandate. […]

Democratic members of the Senate Appropriations Committee have asked the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for more information on what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is doing at the agency after reports that DOGE has been granted access to veterans’ personal records.  […]

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Labor, promised at a Senate nomination hearing on Feb. 19 to take a “deeper look” into how the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is approaching the agency and impacting its workforce. […]

The Federal government and industry may see more innovation in emerging technologies with friendlier policies from the Trump administration, but misguided leadership could end up stifling progress, said Consumer Technology Association CEO Gary Shapiro.   […]

A Federal judge late Tuesday denied a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from sniffing around data systems at seven Federal agencies. […]