DOGE’s push to shrink the federal workforce cost the Trump administration $6.7 billion for employees not to work | Fortune

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DOGE’s push to shrink the federal workforce cost the Trump administration $6.7 billion for employees not to work | Fortune

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DOGE’s push to shrink the federal workforce cost the Trump administration $6.7 billion for employees not to work fortune.com/2026/09/23/d... Elon Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ initiative was responsible for most of a 435% increase in administrative leave between 2023 and 2035, a Government Accountability Office report found.