All remaining DOGE staff are in political positions, despite concerns of ‘burrowing in’

While some lawmakers have raised concerns that remaining members of the Department of Government Efficiency have “burrowed in” to their agencies by converting to career roles, all remaining staff affiliated with the cost cutting and modernization entity remain in political appointments. 

The Trump administration faced allegations from congressional Democrats—namely Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., who serves as the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee—that it had converted the DOGE staffers to permanent, career roles. Such a change would have meant the employees would be eligible to remain in their jobs indefinitely, rather than leaving at the end of President Trump’s term. 

“Although Elon Musk has departed, his influence remains, as DOGE and its employees attempt to become a permanent part of the federal government, scattered across agencies where they can continue to sabotage key functions ...