#Musk's division sued#

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) has been hit with three lawsuits since President Trump took office, alleging violations of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972. The suits allege that DOGE failed to meet transparency requirements for public meetings, balanced perspectives, and record-keeping, and accuse its membership of lacking diversity and balance, being dominated by tech executives. Left-leaning legal group Democracy Forward calls DOGE a “shadow agency” run by “unelected billionaires” that may be making decisions affecting millions of Americans without transparency or oversight. National Security Counselors focuses on DOGE’s formation and operating procedures, arguing it did not comply with advisory committee laws. Public Citizen, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the American Federation of Government Employees argue DOGE’s members fail to represent the interests of ordinary Americans. While Musk previously stated that all DOGE actions would be publicly available online to ensure transparency, the lawsuits claim that much communication was conducted on the encrypted app Signal, lacking public accessibility. Litigation attorney McClanahan argues that DOGE may make short-sighted decisions due to a lack of federal worker perspectives, emphasizing that “government work is different from corporate operations.” Musk, Trump, and their respective representatives have not yet responded to the lawsuits.