Pentagon Axes DOGE-Inspired Efficiency Emails
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 6:21 pm
The Pentagon has officially ended its quirky, DOGE-inspired email exercise that once demanded employees submit ideas for rooting out waste. What many viewed as an innovative yet eccentric bureaucratic ritual is now history, leaving staff both relieved and amused by the end of this internal efficiency craze.
Bluesky: @mepafford.org
Department of Defense employees were asked to include "one concrete idea to enhance efficiency or root out waste” in their final email submissions on Wednesday.
The requirement — driven by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency — ended Wednesday, and civilians were instructed to identify ways to cut waste.
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