Establishing and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"

The order renames the United States Digital Service as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and places it in the Executive Office of the President under a new USDS Administrator who reports to the White House Chief of Staff. It also creates a subordinate temporary organization — the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization — that will expire on July 4, 2026. Every federal agency head must establish an internal DOGE Team of at least four employees (typically including an engineer, an HR specialist, and an attorney) within 30 days, in consultation with the USDS Administrator. The USDS Administrator must launch a Software Modernization Initiative to improve government-wide software, networks, and IT systems. Agencies must give USDS full and prompt access to all unclassified records, software, and IT systems, and the order displaces any prior executive orders or regulations that would block that access.

The order explicitly does not impair agencies' statutory authority or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary and legislative functions. Termination of the temporary organization in 2026 does not affect the rest of the order, and USDS is required to adhere to rigorous data protection standards.

All federal executive agency heads and their employees — particularly IT, HR, and legal staff absorbed into or coordinating with DOGE Teams. Federal workers whose agency data, software, and IT systems will be accessible to USDS, and the White House Chief of Staff who oversees the USDS Administrator.

Every federal agency must open its unclassified records and IT systems to USDS review and stand up an embedded DOGE Team within 30 days. Agency data that was previously siloed can now be shared with or accessed by USDS, affecting how government information is controlled and who has visibility into it.

USDS sits in the Executive Office of the President, led by the USDS Administrator who reports to the White House Chief of Staff. Agency heads must build DOGE Teams within 30 days, with members chosen in consultation with the USDS Administrator. DOGE Team Leads coordinate with USDS and advise their agency heads. Agencies must proactively open all unclassified records and IT systems to USDS; a displacement clause removes prior EO barriers. The temporary subunit sunsets July 4, 2026, but that does not dissolve the broader USDS structure or its access authorities.