Management

Trump administration asks agencies to cull consultants

A memo dated Wednesday asks agencies to review their contracts with 10 of the “highest paid” companies.

Updated Workforce

RIF watch: See which agencies are laying off federal workers

Here are the agencies where we have confirmed layoffs have taken or are about to take place. We will update as we learn more.

Oversight

Multiple groups file lawsuits to get DOGE records

Plaintiffs argue the Musk-led initiative is an agency whose records can be requested for release, while the Trump administration says they’re protected presidential records.

Transition

Trump DOGE order directs agencies to build tech to track government spending

The executive order directs agencies to build centralized tech systems to “record every payment” issued under grants and contracts.

Workforce

Agencies to deliver large-scale RIF plans in two weeks

The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to move swiftly to lay off broad swaths of their workforces.

Transition

The DOGE risk to fighting waste

COMMENTARY | We all want to get rid of waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in the federal government, but this is not the way to do it, argues one observer.