Musk visits OPM following workforce assignments for DOGE

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Musk visits OPM following workforce assignments for DOGE
Amanda Scales, a former employee of Elon Musk’s AI company, was recently tapped to be the chief of staff at OPM.

January 27, 2025 05:49 PM ET

Billionaire Elon Musk paid a visit to the Office of Personnel Management’s building on Friday, people familiar have confirmed to Nextgov/FCW. ... Musk is leading President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, originally aimed at slashing federal headcount, costs and regulations.

His official title and capacity remain unclear, although those answers — and how exactly the DOGE is structured — will have ramifications for ethics and transparency requirements. The White House has not responded to a request for comment on Musk’s official role or the setup of the DOGE, and OPM did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

Last week, the White House set up the DOGE within what was formerly the U.S. Digital Service with a mandate to “implement the President’s DOGE agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” Since then, the DOGE has been re-interviewing current USDS employees.

Still, despite the apparent tech focus of the order creating the DOGE team, working with the government’s HR agency could prove to be useful for the DOGE if its original focus on the federal workforce remains a priority. In a November op-ed with his former co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk promised “mass head-count reductions across the federal bureaucracy.”

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Does Elon Musk go to work every day? There that is the question that needs to be answered