WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency.” Despite its name, this ministry is not a government agency.
The acronym “DOGE” is a reference to Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency, Dogecoin. playing cards stated in a statement Musk and Ramaswamy will work together from outside the government to provide “advice and guidance” to the White House and work with the Office of Management and Budget to “drive major structural reforms and create unprecedented government startups.” “It creates a home-like approach.” He added that the measure would be a shock to the government system.
It is not clear how the organization will operate. This could be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which sets out how external bodies that advise the government should operate and be accountable to the public.
Federal employees are generally required to disclose their assets and entanglements and divest significant holdings related to their jobs to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy are not official federal employees, so they do not face these requirements or ethical restrictions.
musk Posted in: “Government Efficiency Agency. Goods will be (fire emoji),” he then added. “A threat to democracy? No, a threat to bureaucracy!!!”
Musk has been a constant presence at Mar-a-Lago since Trump won the presidential election.
The president-elect has often said he would. Give masks a formal role It would oversee a group similar to the Blue Ribbon Commission, which recommends ways to cut spending and make the federal government more efficient. At one point, Mr. Musk suggested that more than $2 trillion could be saved, nearly a third of total annual government spending.
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President Trump has made it clear that Musk likely won’t serve in a full-time role given his other commitments.
“I don’t think we can hire him full time, because he’s a little busy with rocket launches and other activities,” President Trump said at a rally in Michigan in September. “He said the waste in this country is insane, and he’s going to get Elon Musk to be a cost cutter.”
Mr. Ramaswamy has suspended his election campaign. He endorsed Trump in January.
Trump said in a statement that they will “pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, cut excessive regulation, eliminate wasteful spending, and reorganize federal agencies.”
