The White House has yet to comment after classified information reportedly appeared on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency website — information related to one of the federal government intelligence agencies his SpaceX company does business with.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is not officially an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but is still overseeing its operations as a senior adviser to President Trump, the White House argued in a court filing this week.
Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a White House official told Newsweek on Tuesday.It's not clear when Gleason was named the acting head of DOGE and what the scope of her authority is over Elon Musk,
Elon Musk's SpaceX landed an FAA contract to use Starlink after the billionaire fired hundreds of the agency's employees.
The White House is believed to have made a last-minute decision to pause mass firings at NASA after fears that up to 10 percent of its 18,000 federal staff were to be let go by the end of Tuesday.
The White House said in a court filing Musk has no decision-making authority and can only advise the president and relay directives. It also emphasized that Musk is not an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service or its temporary organization, nor is he the DOGE Service Administrator.
The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three White House officials on Friday after the news agency was barred from some of US President Donald Trump's events. The White House Correspondents' Association has called AP's exclusion from Trump events "outrageous.