Amy Gleason, the acting administrator of the U.S. DOGE Service, isn't a household name. But as Elon Musk’s effort to dramatically reduce the federal government faces legal challenges, the nurse-turned-programmer has been thrust into the spotlight.

Summary

Amy Gleason, a health tech expert who worked on Trump’s pandemic response, is now acting administrator of DOGE, though her authority remains unclear amid disputes over the agency’s true leader.

A federal judge questioned whether Musk’s role violates the Constitution’s appointments clause, forcing the Trump administration to abruptly confirm Gleason’s appointment after weeks of evasion. Yet Trump continues to publicly acknowledge Elon Musk as DOGE’s head.

Gleason, who founded the failed health tech company CareSync and later worked at the US Digital Service, has no prior ties to Musk but joined Trump’s transition team in December 2024.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    8 hours ago

    The placid smile of an idiot who doesn’t yet realize she’s the scapegoat.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      5 hours ago

      She’ll absolutely try and grab a bag on the way out and took on this role willingly. Don’t feel any pity for her.

    • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 hours ago

      worked on Trump’s pandemic response

      Seems like she might be good at keeping shit off of her. That, or she’s failing upwards. I guess we’ll find out!

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Pretty sure they fired every one else and she escaped that by being on vacation.

        Which is sad because most of the people in her former agency (that became DOGE,) were basically career professionals that could have been making a lot more in the private sector.

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    401·
    10 hours ago

    This is just pushing their blatant lie. Everyone knows its elon. Trump even said so in his state of the union and only a complete idiot would believe it’s not elon

    • XelaReko@lemmy.world
      2·
      42 minutes ago

      I agree that Elon is almost certainly running everything into the ground like he usually does, but I can’t ignore the fact that he also likes to take credit for other people’s work. So while it is highly unlikely, it’s not impossible.