US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission

An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) provides significant insight into the evolving working protocols between DOGE and federal agencies. Notably, the agreement, obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a slightly different number,” over an 18-month period. The agreement also includes a section titled “scope of work” that details how DOGE will operate with the DOL. Together, these aspects of the agreement give the clearest look yet at how DOGE's relationships with government agencies may be structured. The USDS is the renamed US Digital Service, an Obama-era agency originally set up to attract private sector tech workers to the federal government. It has been refitted as Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) home in the federal government. The agreement is backdated to start on January 20, the day President Donald Trump was ... Read full article.