The news, first reported by Semafor, is the first time the White House has confirmed who is overseeing the team of government cost-cutters. The White House previously said Musk was not officially leading DOGE, leaving the role of the team’s administrator ambiguous. Musk is a White House employee and a senior advisor to the president.

Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.

Long a mystery who was technically in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, the White House identified low-profile executive Amy Gleason.

More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they refused to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.

The officials wrote in a letter that they "will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE's actions."

The White House said federal agencies have discretion over key policy, as records showed Elon Musk’s team pushing for still more enormous changes.

Multiple federal agencies are pushing back against Musk's demand that workers justify their recent performance to keep their jobs.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a Florida version of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), following the federal government’s steps to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse” but on the state level.

Over the course of a year, Florida’s version of DOGE intends to sunset dozens of state boards and commissions, cut hundreds of jobs, and probe university finances and managerial practices. “This is the DOGE-ing of our state university system,