Reports

Publications from the We the Doers team.
Report cover, with a We the Doers logo and the title of the report. Former Civil Servants Speak: How to Achieve Real Government Reform in a post-DOGE World. January 20, 2026.
As the one-year anniversary of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) approached, We the Doers, a new organization of reform-minded former civil servants, convened a panel to answer a single question: “What would it actually take to deliver the federal government the American people deserve – in an efficient, cost-effective manner?” This group’s recommendations, drawn from a combined 88 years of federal leadership experience and described in detail in this report, were far-reaching and innovative:...