Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., put OMB Director Russell Vought on the spot during a Senate Banking Committee hearing over minimal documentation around DOGE savings claims.
Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The agency’s acting director and OMB head struggled to get a word in as House Financial Services Committee Democrats hammered him on DOGE, website deletions and more.
Demonstrators hold signs as they protest against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the CFPB headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
A source with the Senate Banking Committee Democrats said the acting CFPB director hasn’t responded to a June 22 letter about the disappearance of 15 years of…
President Donald Trump laughs with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, Commecre Secretary Howard Lutnick, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and OMB Director Russell Vought during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Russell Vought told Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez that the White House is “working on technology, including AI” to use “in conjunction” with agency policy officials.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on June 30, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The OMB director essentially acknowledged DOGE’s phase-out and told House lawmakers he could provide an “assessment” of the Elon Musk group’s work if needed.
Protesters gather outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and supporters are protesting against Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids who have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
A coalition of lawmakers said the Trump administration’s plans to require insurers to hand over federal worker data could put those employees in jeopardy.
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, formerly the Old Executive Office Building and originally the State, War, and Navy Building, is part of the White House compound and houses agencies within the Executive Office of the President, including the Office of the Vice President, Office of Management and Budget, and National Security Council, in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
An organizational flag flies outside of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2025 as demonstrators gather to protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)
The administration’s first Presidential Management Agenda focuses on achieving political goals like defunding DEI as well as implementing technology and eliminating data silos.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talk before the start of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 24, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
In a letter shared first with FedScoop, Sen. Warren and colleagues demand answers about an OIG report that found the agency’s cyber program to be ineffective due…