Senate minority staff estimated $16.8 million to reinstate wrongly dismissed staff
Reversals forced agencies to pay for correcting indiscriminate personnel actions.
Entities and roles
- Russell VoughtTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB director
- Elon MuskTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE work
- Office of Personnel Managementpersonnel office behind dismissal guidance later reversed
- Donald J. Trumppresident authorizing the administration action
Relationships in this file
- Elon Muskrequired agencies to reinstate workers after defective dismissalsOffice of Personnel Management
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE workElon Musk
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought
Money trail
payment$16.8 million to reinstate wrongly dismissed staff$16.82 million - Estimated source
- Federal agencies
- Estimated recipient
- Reinstated employees and remediation work
- Financially affected
- Agency operations and taxpayers
Claims and evidence
- estimateestimate
PSI minority staff estimated $16,824,145.80 in reinstatement-related costs after agencies reversed DOGE-era probationary dismissals.
- U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Minority Staff: The $21.7 Billion Blunder: Analyzing the Waste Generated by DOGEPassages and source records documenting: Senate minority staff estimated $16.8 million to reinstate wrongly dismissed staff
- factdocumented
Elon Musk was the Trump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE work.
- The White House: President Trump participates in a press conference with departing DOGE adviser Elon MuskAppointment or biography record identifying Elon Musk as Trump-appointed senior adviser who led DOGE work
- factdocumented
Russell Vought was the Trump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB director.
- United States Senate: Roll Call Vote 37: Confirmation of Russell VoughtAppointment or biography record identifying Russell Vought as Trump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB director