Listeners, the Washington DOGE Test and the broader Gov Efficiency Standard have become the focus of national debate as the Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE—continues to reshape how federal agencies operate. Launched by the Trump administration with Elon Musk as a key architect, DOGE rolled out in January 2025 promising to overhaul government technology, maximize productivity, and aggressively slash spending and regulatory excess. Imaginatively branded with Musk flair, the DOGE Test is a combination of aggressive performance audits and new benchmarks meant to publicly grade and rank agency efficiency, even as critics call it chaos disguised as streamlining.According to an internal DOGE report uncovered by the Washington Post, the Department’s mission has included mass layoffs, slashing of agency contracts, and even a controversial government-wide “deferred resignation” offer which thousands of employees have taken. While proponents claim these efforts are saving taxpayer dollars and eliminating bureaucratic waste, the numbers tell a different story. Senator Richard Blumenthal's office, following a comprehensive Senate investigation, released a report last week finding DOGE’s actions have generated at least $21.7 billion in government waste in less than six months. Blumenthal’s report argues that, rather than cutting costs, DOGE’s abrupt agency restructurings and canceled projects have led to lost capacity and waste on an unprecedented scale. Blumenthal states, “This report is a searing indictment of DOGE’s false claims. At the very same time that the Trump Administration is cutting health care, nutrition assistance, and emergency services in the name of ‘efficiency’ and ‘savings,’ they have enabled DOGE’s reckless waste.”Meanwhile, CBS News analysis corroborates that the largest DOGE cuts have, so far, not translated into the savings touted by administration officials—raising new questions about the oversight and real costs of the program. Elon Musk, who once predicted DOGE would save $2 trillion, reduced that claim to $1 trillion before publicly splitting from the effort.Listeners, the debate over the Washington DOGE Test reflects larger questions about how we measure government performance, who gets to set those standards, and what true efficiency really means. Is slash-and-burn reform the solution, or does it create more problems than it solves? Stay tuned for more updates, and be sure to subscribe. Thank you for tuning in. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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