A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiujitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.

The savings from eliminating the cent might seem like small change, but every penny counts in dealing with the U.S. fiscal deficit.

Washington has been awash in speculation as to what exactly this entity will attempt to do in the days following its creation by Trump’s executive order.