Oversight staff detail how DOGE gained control over federal agencies, focusing their probe on three of DOGE’s primary targets: the General Services Administration (GSA), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and the Social Security Administration (SSA). “A clear pattern emerged across agencies—officials who questioned DOGE were pushed out, and DOGE-affiliated personnel were installed in key positions such as Chief Information Officer,” the report finds. “At one point, GSA officials said they did not have the key to open a locked room that had windows covered with black paper, trash bags, and tape,” the report says, describing HSGAC staffers’ attempts to inspect the agency’s offices. Many DOGE members were detailed to several agencies simultaneously, in a move that several experts have noted is unprecedented. “None of the agencies could answer simple questions about organizational charts and employee roles.”