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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 governmentwide 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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 20, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02005 

Filed 1–28–25; 11:15 am] 

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