The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government, originating in 1980. The department began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after t
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, Department Headquarters
A construction project to repair and update the building façade at the Department of Education headquarters in 2002 installed structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from falling debris. ED redesigned these protective structures to promote the No Child Left Behind Act. The structures were temporary and were removed in 2008. Source: U.S. Department of Education
The Department of Government Efficiency was a United States federal initiative launched by the second Trump administration. It was first suggested to Donald Trump by Elon Musk in 2024, established by
United States Department of Education
…established in 1979. In 2025, the department's budget was about four percent of the total US federal spending. During Donald Trump's second term, the Department of Government Efficiency announced it would shrink the Department of Education's workforce by half, and Trump signed an executive order on March 20, 2025 aimed at closing the…
Elon Musk and Donald Trump in 2025
DOGE affiliates worked at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Musk swings the "Chainsaw for Bureaucracy" at CPAC 2025.
Columbia University's Armstrong Hall, where GISS was located; Tom's Restaurant below.