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Roughly a third of staffers at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have resigned in protest, saying that they will not push through demanded changes that put the country at risk. Government departments on Monday largely told staff to either ignore the DOGE-inspired email or downplayed the risks of not answering it.

The acting administrator of the organization that is pushing for sweeping budget cuts across federal agencies is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.

The White House claimed that a former adviser in the U.S. Digital Service, not Elon Musk, is actually in charge.

Former U.S. Digital Service expert Amy Gleason — not Elon Musk — is DOGE's acting administrator, says White House.