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.

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

Twenty-one federal employees who previously worked for the U.S. Digital Service before it was renamed the U.S. DOGE Service have resigned in protest over DOGE's actions.

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.

DOGE's attempt to trim jobs may be new for the federal workforce, but one expert said the strategy was ripped from the private sector’s playbook.

MT Snyder, a National Labor Relations Board employee and federal union organizer, told CNN that she was "infuriated" to receive an email from Elon Musk's DOGE asking what she accomplished last week. "This is clearly an attempt from Elon Musk to harass and bully and intimidate the federal workforce,

The weekend demand that federal employees justify their jobs — or lose them by refusing to reply — increased resistance to DOGE among Trump supporters.