DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn’t add up

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access.

Trump's cost-cutting chief said Saturday that failure to respond to the demand would be taken as a resignation. Agencies like the FBI and Pentagon told workers not to comply.

Special government employees, or SGEs, are typically hired on a temporary basis as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees.