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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8441-8442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02005]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14158 of January 20, 2025

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

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose. This Executive Order establishes 
                the Department of Government Efficiency to implement 
                the President's DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal 
                technology and software to maximize governmental 
                efficiency and productivity.

                Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this order:

                    (a) ``Agency'' has the meaning given to it in 
                section 551 of title 5, United States Code, except that 
                such term does not include the Executive Office of the 
                President or any components thereof.
                    (b) ``Agency Head'' means the highest-ranking 
                official of an agency, such as the Secretary, 
                Administrator, Chairman, or Director, unless otherwise 
                specified in this order.

                Sec. 3. DOGE Structure. (a) Reorganization and Renaming 
                of the United States Digital Service. The United States 
                Digital Service is hereby publicly renamed as the 
                United States DOGE Service (USDS) and shall be 
                established in the Executive Office of the President.

                    (b) Establishment of a Temporary Organization. 
                There shall be a USDS Administrator established in the 
                Executive Office of the President who shall report to 
                the White House Chief of Staff. There is further 
                established within USDS, in accordance with section 
                3161 of title 5, United States Code, a temporary 
                organization known as ``the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary 
                Organization''. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary 
                Organization shall be headed by the USDS Administrator 
                and shall be dedicated to advancing the President's 18-
                month DOGE agenda. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary 
                Organization shall terminate on July 4, 2026. The 
                termination of the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary 
                Organization shall not be interpreted to imply the 
                termination, attenuation, or amendment of any other 
                authority or provision of this order.
                    (c) DOGE Teams. In consultation with USDS, each 
                Agency Head shall establish within their respective 
                Agencies a DOGE Team of at least four employees, which 
                may include Special Government Employees, hired or 
                assigned within thirty days of the date of this Order. 
                Agency Heads shall select the DOGE Team members in 
                consultation with the USDS Administrator. Each DOGE 
                Team will typically include one DOGE Team Lead, one 
                engineer, one human resources specialist, and one 
                attorney. Agency Heads shall ensure that DOGE Team 
                Leads coordinate their work with USDS and advise their 
                respective Agency Heads on implementing the President's 
                DOGE Agenda.

                Sec. 4. Modernizing Federal Technology and Software to 
                Maximize Efficiency and Productivity. (a) The USDS 
                Administrator shall commence a Software Modernization 
                Initiative to improve the quality and efficiency of 
                government-wide software, network infrastructure, and 
                information technology (IT) systems. Among other 
                things, the USDS Administrator shall work with Agency 
                Heads to promote inter-operability between agency 
                networks and systems, ensure data integrity, and 
                facilitate responsible data collection and 
                synchronization.

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                    (b) Agency Heads shall take all necessary steps, in 
                coordination with the USDS Administrator and to the 
                maximum extent consistent with law, to ensure USDS has 
                full and prompt access to all unclassified agency 
                records, software systems, and IT systems. USDS shall 
                adhere to rigorous data protection standards.
                    (c) This Executive Order displaces all prior 
                executive orders and regulations, insofar as they are 
                subject to direct presidential amendment, that might 
                serve as a barrier to providing USDS access to agency 
                records and systems as described above.

                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 20, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02005
Filed 1-28-25; 11:15 am]
Billing code 3395-F4-P
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