Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee that he envisions “some of the consulting work” DOGE has done to continue in the Executive Office of the President. But he also sees DOGE members becoming “far more institutionalized at the actual agency.”
“Many DOGE employees and [full-time equivalents] are at the agencies, working almost as in-house consultants as a part of the agency’s leadership,” Vought said. “And I think, you know, the leadership of DOGE is now much more decentralized.”
With longtime Musk disciple Steve Davis departing his role as de facto DOGE chief, Vought said the White House is now “in the midst of … establishing the leadership on an ongoing basis.” But the embedded agency approach appears here to stay; Wired reported Wednesday that some core DOGE members have been converted from special government employees to full-time staffers.
“You go to any diner in the country, in every town in the country, and you present these examples [of cuts], and it will be outrageous. And I think that’s what DOGE brought to us,” he said. “Many of us have been in these salt mines for many years, and … I can’t explain why this town needs that dose of reality, but it unfortunately does, and I’m thankful this administration is giving it.”
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