GAO Says White House, 10 Agencies Withheld DOGE Records as 49 of 60 Completed Ethics Training
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Updated · NOTUS · Aug 5
GAO Says White House, 10 Agencies Withheld DOGE Records as 49 of 60 Completed Ethics Training
3 articles · Updated · NOTUS · Aug 5
Summary
GAO said its DOGE oversight review was left with major gaps after the White House, Elon Musk and 10 of 25 agencies failed to fully cooperate, more than a year after the cost-cutting effort began.
Nine agencies provided detailed information on about 60 DOGE employees, but the White House gave no supporting documents or interviews, and Musk did not answer letters sent to Tesla seeking details on his role.
Among the employees agencies did identify, 49 of roughly 60 were reported to have completed ethics training, while only 18 had records-management training; at GSA, just 3 of 21 were marked complete.
GAO also reviewed financial disclosure reports for 38 of the roughly 60 staffers it could examine, while saying the White House withheld copies and some DOGE associates appeared not to have filed at all.
The report adds to long-running ethics, privacy and records concerns around DOGE, whose staffing and chain of command have remained opaque despite repeated congressional oversight requests.