A lawsuit was filed against President Donald Trump‘s Department of Government Efficiency shortly after he was sworn into office.
Plaintiffs argued in the 30-page lawsuit that the Elon Musk-led advisory committee is in violation of federal transparency rules outlined in the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Under this law, federal advisory committees, which the plaintiffs argued DOGE is, are required to hold public meetings and many other requirements the group has appeared not to take action on.
National Security Counselors, the public interest law firm behind the lawsuit, is arguing that DOGE is failing to adhere to certain hiring practices — it has already hired dozens of employees — and other rules of disclosure. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Public Citizen, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the American Federation of Government Employees.
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