Department of Defense

DOGE staff will reportedly be hired directly to the Department of Defense and not be detailed from elsewhere

Unidentified DOGE team has a kickoff meeting with DoD staff at the Pentagon

DoD agencies are ordered to provide lists of probationary employees to DOGE

Defense Secretary Hegseth releases a video stating that he met with DOGE about cuts to the agency and many of them are veterans

A Forbes article identifies Justin Fulcher as one of the DOGE staff at the Pentagon and questions details about his background

Elon Musk visits the NSA to meet with its top administrator, General Timothy Haugh

During a discussion on how to strip grants from the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State, GSA FAS Commissioner sends an email to coordinate grant freezes from DOD, DHS and the EPA. He includes DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Adam Hoffman and Kathryn Armstrong Loving as the recipients.

Elon Musk arrives at the Pentagon for a meeting with leadership, reportedly to discuss DOGE

Federal staff at the DOD are sent an email offering them another chance for a deferred resignation if they enroll within the next week or so

The head and deputy leader of the NSA are both relieved of their command

DOGE staff are reportedly examining Navy’s enterprise software licenses under the direction of the DOD CIO

A DOGE engineer has apparently removed the ability of government agencies to post new grants to grants.gov and requiring them to all be sent to a new email address created this week for reviews

All 14 current members of the Pentagon’s pre-existing Defense Digital Service team announce a mass resignation after being sidelined and frustrated with DOGE efforts at the agency

Pentagon staff are told they now no longer have to submit the Five Things email, but they are now tasked with a mandatory exercise to submit one thing that improves efficiency or reduces waste

The Department of Defense announced that it would immediately stop ingesting and sharing data from 3 microwave-imaging satellites with NOAA and the National Hurricane Center. This imaging is used to prevent “sunrise surprises” by allowing forecasters to monitor hurricanes at night. This is expected to degrade the quality of hurricane forecasts.

The head of acquisition for the Department of Defense orders that all new contract and task orders for IT consulting, management services, and advisory and assistance support must be approved by the DOGE team embedded within the DOD before they will be granted.