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EO on Implementing the DOGE Workforce Optimization Initiative

Economic Policy Institute

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    Economic Policy Institute reports that the order exposed a civilian workforce of more than two million people—and the services they deliver—to reduction plans; its July 2025 update states that the Supreme Court lifted a broad injunction while expressly leaving the legality of particular agency reductions unresolved.

    Impact scope and July 8, 2025 Supreme Court update

    DOGE mass-layoff plan reached more than two million workers while merits remained undecided · Broad injunction lifted July 8, 2025; specific layoffs still required separate legal compliance.