Amy Gleason has been named as the acting administrator of DOGE, the ostensible head of the Trump Administration team of Elon Musk advisors and associates

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Trump stands firmly behind the Tesla CEO’s latest directive and defended Musk’s latest email campaign, yet also suggested agency leaders—not Musk—have the last word on whether employees should even bother to respond.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to name the administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency during Tuesday’s press briefing. By all indications, Elon Musk has been leading DOGE and the Trump administration’s mission to shrink the size of the federal government and cut allegedly wasteful or fraudulent spending.