As it stands, FOIA Advisor has identified four pending lawsuits that involve a fight over whether the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, or “DOGE,” is an “agency,” as defined at 5 U.S.C. § 552(f)(1). In one of those lawsuits—American Oversight v. U.S. DOGE—the requester has moved for a preservation order. The government filed its opposition to that motion on Thursday evening. DOGE’s argument focuses on its claimed status as a non-agency component of the Executive Office of the President, which would make it subject to the Presidential Records Act. It also highlighted existing efforts to preserve records pursuant to an official records retention policy and a litigation hold. Notably, DOGE filed a copy of its records retention policy, which appears to have gone into force at the beginning of the week—March 25, 2025.