How Do You Run a Government? Ask Scott Kupor

The much-maligned Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officially shut down on July 4, marking the end of a turbulent year for the federal workforce. The Elon Musk brainchild was always supposed to be in place only until the semi-quincentennial, according to the executive order that remade the U.S. Digital Service into a federal hound dog to sniff out waste, fraud, and abuse.