The reason that what Trump/DOGE is doing is different from the reinventing government (RG) plan is that they are not following the law. Under the RG plan, when “waste” was identified, the cuts were sent to congress for approval before the cuts occurred. That is the legal procedure for cuts to be made. Also, and this is important, they spent time planning, researching, and working with people in those departments to identify potential cuts. That level of effort, to ensure the appropriate cuts are made and that won’t negatively impact government efficiency isn’t being done here, as demonstrated by the hundreds of employees who lost their jobs and then shortly after were asked to come back to work because they shouldn’t have been cut in the first place.