Interior Secretary Grants DOGE Official Broad Powers to Reshape Agency

The order is ‘effective immediately’ and allows the official to take ‘all necessary actions,’ Doug Burgum said.

Interior secretary Doug Burgum at the White House in Washington on April 10, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed Tyler Hassen, who has been affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to take “all necessary actions” to optimize functions and trim back the agency.

A former oil executive who is the Interior Department’s assistant for policy, management, and budget, Hassen was seen alongside DOGE leader Elon Musk and several other DOGE staffers in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier last month.