Cuts made by the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed up by Elon Musk, have reached Seminole.

According to documents sent to the Producer by Broydrick and Associates, a Washington, D.C. based firm that represents the property owner, the lease on the building that houses the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) will be terminated effective Aug. 31. The facility is located at 600 N. Milt Phillips. The termination notice, dated Feb. 25, was signed by Eduardo Vidal, National Lease Contracting Officer for the General Services Administration.

The building housed 11 employees and 17 firefighters, according to supporting documents sent by Broydrick. Only two employees reportedly remained in the building as of Feb. 27 and firefighters remain on duty.

A source, whose request for anonymity was honored by the Producer, said the Department of Interior (DOI), which includes BIA, has been targeted by DOGE for a workforce reduction.

“As you are aware, DOGE is working in conjunction with the executive orders signed by the Executive Office of the United States. A nearly ten percent in reduction of force in the Department of Interior is underway,” the source said. “This affects many agencies and programs under the DOI including the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This mostly affects probational employees but also can affect others who have longer tenure. Many leases under contract are being considered to be discontinued which can affect satellite sites of larger agencies.”

DOGE was established on Jan. 20, 2025, by an executive order renaming the United States Digital Service (USDS) to the United States DOGE Service. Thirty days after its inception, DOGE reported it had saved $55 billion in federal spending, but that figure has been disputed by independent analysts.

On Feb. 19, OK Energy Today reported that leases on two Oklahoma office buildings had been terminated by DOGE. Those offices included the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service office in Broken Bow and the BIA office in Carnegie.

BIA provides services directly or through contracts, grants, or compacts to 567 federally recognized tribes with a service population of about 1.9 million American Indian and Alaska Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Modoc Nation, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Quapaw Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation, Shawnee Tribe, Wyandotte Nation, Alabama- Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Osage Nation, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.