{"id":23439,"date":"2025-03-06T12:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23439"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:03:20","slug":"entire-government-agency-left-being-run-by-just-one-employee-after-musks-doge-removes-all-other-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23439","title":{"rendered":"Entire government agency left being run by just one employee after Musk’s DOGE removes all other staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An entire government agency has been left in the hands of just one employee thanks to Elon Musk’s task force.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by the billionaire tech mogul and close friend of US\u00a0President<\/a>\u00a0Donald Trump , Musk, has stripped back a government agency to just one member of staff.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday (March 4), DOGE announced the Inter-American Foundation had 48 employees with an average salary of $131,000 per annum, which has now been cut to the ‘statutory minimum’ of one worker.<\/p>\n

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DOGE is headed by Elon Musk (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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The move comes as part of President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>‘s efforts to reduce federal bureaucracy and cut costs, with\u00a0Musk’s<\/a>\u00a0DOGE spearheading the mission.<\/p>\n

The radical change was announced on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, where DOGE wrote in a post: “The Inter-American Foundation, an agency whose primary action was to issue foreign grants ($60M budget), has been reduced to its statutory minimum (1 active employee).”<\/p>\n

What does the Inter-American Foundation do?<\/h2>\n

The Inter-American Foundation is an independent\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0foreign assistance agency, created by Congress in 1969, to invest in development projects across Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

According to its website, the agency invests in ‘locally-led development works’ in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica and Peru to ‘help communities realize opportunities and solve their own problems.’<\/p>\n

It funds sustainable agriculture initiatives, as well as enterprise development, civic engagement and human rights, natural resource management and ‘alternatives to irregular migrations and violence.’<\/p>\n

Since 1972, it has invested more than $945\u00a0million<\/a>\u00a0into more than 5,800 projects and currently has 425 active projects.<\/p>\n

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Alpaca farming in Peru is just one of several grants that have been axed overnight (CRIS BOURONCLE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

What grants have been cut?<\/h2>\n

According to DOGE, several grants have also been axed alongside payroll staff.<\/p>\n

This includes:<\/p>\n