DOGE website says it will cut several mine safety offices, IRS branches in Kentucky

March 04, 2025

Nineteen Kentucky offices are now listed on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website as part of the agency’s nationwide budget cuts, although their exact locations appear to be concealed.

That’s fifteen more Kentucky offices than were originally reported on the website on Thursday, Feb. 28, symbolizing an expansion of Elon Musk and DOGE’s influence on the federal government’s operations in the Commonwealth.

The DOGE website lists the following locations, square footage and financial amounts, but leaves out the offices’ exact location:

LEXINGTON-FAYETTE, KY 9,600 $557,432 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING AND REGULATION ENFORCEMENT

LONDON, KY 8,364 $256,031 OFFICE OF U.S. ATTORNEYS

BARBOURVILLE, KY 17,709 $370,008 MINE SAFETY HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

PADUCAH, KY 2,591 $77,216 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE NATIONAL OFFICE

BEAVER DAM, KY 2,814 $169,089 MINE SAFETY HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

HAZARD, KY 8,836 $294,613 MINE SAFETY HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

PRESTONSBURG, KY 7,378 $453,865 MINE SAFETY HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

MADISONVILLE, KY 22,362 $657,114 MINE SAFETY HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

OWENSBORO, KY 4,958 $253,390 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE NATIONAL OFFICE

HARLAN, KY 7,342 $382,777 MINE SAFETY HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

BOWLING GREEN, KY 7,564 $846,766 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE NATIONAL OFFICE

HOPKINSVILLE, KY 2,646 $50,300 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE NATIONAL OFFICE

LOUISVILLE, KY 3,938 $0 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

LOUISVILLE, KY 2,184 $111,530 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

LOUISVILLE, KY 2,463 $189,470 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IG)