Exactly, who runs the so-called government efficiency department?
You might think that President Trump was Elon Musk, the person he said he would “lead the government's efficiency” before Ramaswamy left it last month.
But when Trump established the cost-cutting agency in an executive order on the first day, the order did not say who it was the “manager.” Section 3(b) of the Order reads, “There is a USDS administrator established in the President's Executive Office reporting to the White House Chief of Staff.” In fact, it's not a cabinet-level department. Last week, White House representatives did not respond to repeated requests to identify their manager.
Then on Monday evening, White House officials said, “Mr. Mask is not a service administrator for the US dogs,” Joshua Fisher official said in the declaration of judge, US district judge Tanya S. Chatkan. A statement has been issued.
Fisher added that Musk is “an employee in the White House office” and “not an employee working in the US.”
Trump often spoke of Musk as a functional leader in Doge's efforts, featuring him at a press conference last week, where Musk answered questions about it.
Despite Musk's attempts to position it as “maximum transparent,” many secrets surround Doge. The White House doesn't want to state who its manager is.
Doge's predecessor, US Digital Services, had the administrator whose role was published, most recently Mina Hsiang.
Musk's efforts, who could possibly become that “manager,” include Steve Davis, Musk's right-hand man who has overseen the day-to-day work of his efforts in Washington, and Brad. Smith, the first Trump administration official to be closely involved in Doge's move. A White House spokesman did not respond to another request for comment Monday evening, in response to Fisher's declaration.
According to the executive order, administrators have several authority. These include helping agent managers select members of the Doge team and launching a “software modernization initiative” to update government technology. The second executive order, released last week, said DOGE administrators will receive monthly employment reports from federal agencies and submit a report to Trump on the implementation of the order within 240 days.
I don't know who the author of that report will be.
