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> In the US, lately, he has been heading up a “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) initiative — not an actual government department, of course, since that has to be created by Congress

US Digital Service was renamed

So an existing agency was renamed by the executive

Congress not needed

Yeah, very poor source

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I mean it's right? He cannot create it, and the way he went about it might not be legal either. It was very odd.

The EO renamed USDS, to DOGE, but USDS still exists, and then created an organization under USDS called DOGE. But that the DOGE organization doesn't report to USDS, but to a new USDS administrator just for DOGE.

Source: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14...

It just renamed the D to be another acronym that starts with D, so not even a real rename. Mentions where the administrator will work, which is within the purview of the Executive - any agency can be administered directly except independent ones. And says they are still doing IT work, which is within Congress’ mandate.

What’s written on paper there is all compliant.

Everyone should read it for themselves before turning that specific verbaige into an amateurish partisan thing. Anything you don’t like here has to be taken up with Congress because they delegated all that authority eons ago.

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