Members of teh Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
The team of DOGE workers will begin reviewing the Peace Corps internal systems as part of their ongoing cost-cutting efforts.
As a spokesperson for the Peace Corps stated, “Staff from the Department of Government Efficiency are currently working at Peace Corps headquarters, and the agency is supporting their requests.”
In an internal email, Peace Corps officials told employees to grant DOGE workers access to any of teh agency’s internal systems.
NEW: Members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team arrived at the Peace Corps headquarters on Friday to begin a review of their internal systems, sources said.https://t.co/zF5vyAVLpe
— ABC News (@ABC) April 4, 2025
DOGE: The DOGE team fought for days to gain access to the United States Institute of Peace. Eventually, with help from the FBI and Metro Police DOGE was able to access the agency and discovered massive fraud, waste and abuse-including payments to Taliban and Iraq. pic.twitter.com/VymOebovfY
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Here’s what ABC News reported:
Members of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday to begin a review of the independent agency’s internal systems as part of their governmental cost-cutting efforts, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
When reached for comment, a spokesperson for the Peace Corps told ABC News, “Staff from the Department of Government Efficiency are currently working at Peace Corps headquarters and the agency is supporting their requests.”
A White House official also confirmed to ABC News that DOGE was working at the Peace Corps.
Sources told ABC News that Peace Corps staff have been informed that members of the DOGE team will be on site and working through the weekend, and should be granted access to internal systems.
Agents from U.S. DOGE Service, the Elon Musk-led team tasked with reducing the government’s size, entered the Peace Corps’ headquarters on Friday, according to the federally funded agency.
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— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 4, 2025
Per Fox 5 DC:
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.The Department of Government Efficiency is reportedly at U.S. Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C.
“Staff from the Department of Government Efficiency are currently working at Peace Corps headquarters and the agency is supporting their requests,” the organization said in a statement to Reuters on Friday.
