After repeatedly refusing to identify the administrator of the new Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump administration on Tuesday pointed to Amy Gleason, a former U.S. Digital Service official, as the operation’s acting administrator.
A White House official granted anonymity to speak openly confirmed to POLITICO that Gleason — who, according to her LinkedIn, served as a digital services expert at U.S. Digital Service during Trump’s first term and most recently worked as chief product officer at Nashville health care firm Russell Street Ventures — is helming the operation.
The White House has avoided naming the DOGE administrator for weeks. Earlier Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dodged multiple questions on the matter, saying: “I’m not going to reveal the name of that individual from this podium.”
Elon Musk, billionaire tech entrepreneur and adviser to President Donald Trump, has played a publicly active but ambiguous part in DOGE’s operations. The nature of his role has been a central question in multiple lawsuits seeking to challenge the constitutionality of DOGE’s actions, including gaining access to Treasury Department systems that control trillions of dollars of payments. But officials have steadfastly insisted Musk is not DOGE administrator, and Justice Department lawyers were unable to say who served in the role when probed by a judge on Monday.
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