
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question
Zoë Schiffer, Kate Knibbs
created: April 24, 2025, 5:27 p.m. | updated: April 29, 2025, 5:21 a.m.
“D-O-G-E?” he asked, according to a video obtained by WIRED and sources with firsthand knowledge of the meeting.
“You’re talking about DOGE?” Then he clarified: “There is no DOGE team inside of GSA.
That is where Ehikian and the DOGE team work, according to current staff members.
The ambiguity around who is and is not DOGE starts with the fact that there are in fact two DOGEs: the repurposed US Digital Service, now known as the US DOGE Service, and a temporary organization within the US DOGE Service called, naturally, the US DOGE Service Temporary Organization, which is tasked with carrying out the DOGE agenda.
All appear to be carrying out Trump's DOGE agenda, although they do not work for DOGE directly.
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