- Trump has started announcing who will work at the Department of Government Efficiency.
- As of early January, Trump appointed William McGinley as counsel and said Katie Miller would join.
- Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, DOGE co-heads, have also encouraged everyday Americans to apply.
President-elect Donald Trump has started to announce who will staff the Department of Government Efficiency, the cost-cutting commission helmed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. In addition to significantly paring back the federal budget, DOGE says it aims to roll back regulations and reform government agencies.
Musk and Ramaswamy have dropped details on how DOGE will work, promising to staff the advisory board with “a lean team of small-government crusaders.” DOGE’s account on X has said it is hiring for a small number of full-time, salaried roles in engineering, HR, IT, and finance, though Musk previously said that employees will be unpaid.
Various Silicon Valley leaders, including investor Marc Andreessen and Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick, have reportedly been involved with planning for the commission.
Musk previously said he wants to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. In 2024, federal spending totaled $6.75 trillion, nine-tenths of which went to federal programs.
Representatives for Musk and Ramaswamy did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
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