What DOGE taught us about AI and federal workers
A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) abruptly shutdown the U.S. aid agency earlier this week leaving thousands unemployed and putting U.S. foreign diplomacy and aid programs in limbo. Kayla Bartkowski / Staff / Getty Images
ByKristen Cordell and Adrian Brown
May 29, 2026 05:06 PM ET
COMMENTARY | Mass layoffs have left thousands of federal workers unemployed and struggling to find their footing as AI accelerates disruption across the public sector.
Last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development lost 97% of its staff in a matter of weeks. An article published in The New York Timeslast month found the majority of these former employees were still out of work a year later — not between jobs, but out of...
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