Elon Musk-led effort to cut government spending seems more limited than its original super ambitious pitch

President Donald Trump 's first-day executive order is " Establishing and Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency " The order is surprising in a sense because, on its face, DOGE seems more limited than its original super ambitious pitch.

This iteration seems more tightly centered on saving money through streamlining and modernizing the government's massive and messy IT infrastructure.

The 11-year-old agency sprang from the high-tech rescue squad salvaging the mess that was Healthcare.gov .

Executive order mandates that in addition to normal duties the USDS director will also head a temporary organization “dedicated to advancing the President’s 18-month DOGE agenda” Order mandates that the agency must provide “full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems”.

The new initiative might help unravel the near intractable train wreck that is government IT.

But at worst, integration will be like a greedy brain worm wreaking havoc on its host.

The new president is taking advantage of the very market-friendly field of the crypto industry.

Trump signed on to what appears to be a classic memecoin scam just before the Crypto Ball .