The Trump administration’s campaign to dramatically reshape the federal bureaucracy has entered a new stage. Elon Musk is back full-time in the private sector, but U.S. DOGE Service leaders still hold key positions across Executive agencies. So what now? What good has been done, how far-reaching is the damage, and what are the tentative lessons from both?
On Wednesday, July 9th, we hosted a discussion to assess how things currently stand and gather insights into what we can expect next. We focused on three of our core pillars from our state capacity agenda: workforce, proceduralism, and digital infrastructure.