DOGE ‘Starved’ Internal Watchdogs of Personnel, Democrats Say

The internal watchdog at the Treasury lost nearly a third of its staff thanks to efforts to cut the federal workforce led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

DOGE’s deferred resignation program—which offered federal workers months of paid leave in exchange for resigning at the end of last September—coupled with layoffs caused the offices of inspector general at various agencies including the Treasury and the departments of Education and Health and Human Services to lose hundreds of staff members, according to the report.OIGs are charged with identifying ...