The Department of Government Efficiency gave one small example of a larger problem the plagues the federal government: red tape.
In a post on X, DOGE highlighted how the webpage for the Internal Revenue Service randomly placed the “log in” button in the middle of the screen, rather than in the top right corner where it is typically located.
When they asked an IRS employee how long it would take to fix, the answer was shocking. At minimum, the update could be deployed by July 21…more than a hundred days from now.
Instead, the IRS engineer worked with DOGE staffers to “delete the red tape” and it ended up taking a little over an hour.
On the http://IRS.gov website, the "log in" button was not in the top right on the navbar like it is on most websites. It was weirdly placed in the middle of the page below the fold.
An IRS engineer explained that the *soonest* this change could get deployed is July 21st... 103 days from now.
This engineer worked with the DOGE team to delete the red tape and accomplished the task in 71 minutes.
See before/after pictures below. There are great people at the IRS, who are simply being strangled by bureaucracy.
On the https://t.co/Wq5JeTE5LR website, the "log in" button was not in the top right on the navbar like it is on most websites. It was weirdly placed in the middle of the page below the fold.
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 9, 2025
An IRS engineer explained that the *soonest* this change could get deployed is July… pic.twitter.com/9mOgoi0RQ3
DOGE has also been working with federal employees at the old limestone mine in Pennsylvania where, for decades, federal employee retirements have been processed with paper by hand. DOGE is helping them digitize the process, which has already seen promising results.
The retirement process for every federal employee involves a paper application, filing cabinets, and a mainframe in a mine.
— U.S. Office of Personnel Management (@USOPM) February 27, 2025
Until today.
See the story behind the first digital retirement: pic.twitter.com/0WRz5HLiwp
Editor's Note: DOGE is finding billions of dollars in wasteful spending, and the Democrats are losing their minds as they realize their gravy train and woke projects are coming to an end.
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