Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined their plans for the Ministry of Government Effectiveness (DOGE). Despite being labeled an “outside government” group by President-elect Donald Trump, both say DOGE will work closely with Congress and the executive branch.

The group aims to significantly reduce federal spending and regulations, with Musk pointing to a goal of 2 trillion dollars in cost reduction. Ramaswamy, a former presidential candidate and billionaire entrepreneur, said he wait “some agencies need to be abolished altogether.”

In a notice article for the Wall Street Journal (NWSA), the duo said Wednesday that they would “serve as outside volunteers, not as federal officials or employees,” a distinction intended to allow businesspeople to maintain their financial interests. Musk is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla (TSLA), who received billions of dollars in government contracts, and the executive branch owns several other companies also regulated by federal agencies.

Musk and Ramaswamy wrote that they were working with the Trump transition team to hire a team of “small government crusaders.” Last week, DOGE started accepting applications sent via direct messages to social media site X, seeking to hire people willing to work more than 80 hours per week.

“This team will work within the new administration in close collaboration with the White House Office of Management and Budget,” they wrote. It is still unclear exactly how they will officially establish DOGE.

In addition to working with the federal agency that manages the president’s budget, DOGE could have influence in the House of Representatives. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is expected to launch a subcommittee chaired by controversial Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who will work with DOGE, Fox News reports.

“I am excited to chair this new subcommittee designed to work hand-in-hand with President Trump, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and the entire DOGE team,” Greene told Fox. “We will identify and investigate the waste, corruption and absolutely wasteful elements of our federal government.”

As for the source of these cuts, DOGE is considering staff reductions, federal spending “used in ways that Congress never intended” and regulations deemed unnecessary by the duo. In the opinion piece, DOGE leaders named a few targets.

Musk and Ramaswamy said they would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The group was founded by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 and supported the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio, which Musk and other preservatives often criticize. DOGE leaders also hope to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit that provides reproductive and sexual health services. A lot Much of the nonprofit’s funding comes from government reimbursements and grants.

DOGE will also work with legal experts from government agencies to apply recent decisions and hand Trump a list of regulations they would like him to freeze by executive order. The group will focus on how agencies order goods and services, writing that large-scale audits would “result in significant savings,” highlighting the Pentagon’s initiative. last failed audit.

Regarding federal employees, Musk and Ramaswamy plan to work with government agencies to identify the minimum number of employees needed by departments to “perform their constitutionally authorized and statutorily mandated functions.” They recommend that Trump offer incentives for early retirement or voluntary buyouts.

“Not only would fewer employees be required to enforce fewer regulations, but the agency would produce fewer regulations once its scope of authority was properly limited,” they write. “Employees whose positions are eliminated deserve to be treated with respect, and DOGE’s goal is to help support their transition to the private sector.”

Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.suggested significant cuts to the ministry, including issuing massive layoffs. The president-elect has promised dismantling the Department of Education, a long-standing conservative goal. This department employs 4,400 people, according to its website.

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