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President-elect of the United States, Donald Trumpinstructed a billionaire businessman, Elon MuskCreation US Government Efficiency Paneland while the Republican has said little about how the group will work, Musk has previously set an ambitious goal cut spending by $2 trillion.

Under the name Department of State Efficiency (abbreviation DOGE in English), “will pave “a path for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, dramatically reduce excess regulation, reduce wasteful spending and restructure federal agencies,” Trump said in a statement.

In this context, this is how a new DOGE commission, headed by Musk and a former Republican presidential candidate, could work. Vivek Ramaswamy.

What does Musk want to cut?

The world’s richest man said at a Trump rally in October that the federal budget could be cut by “at least” $2 trillion.. Discretionary spending, including defense spending, is estimated at $1.9 trillion of the total. Federal spending for fiscal year 2024 will be $6.75 trillion.According to the Congressional Budget Office, Musk’s goals are expected to be very difficult to achieve.

Musk, whose companies include an electric vehicle maker Tesla and commercial space company SpaceXhas deep knowledge National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Pentagonorganizations with which it has extensive contracts for rockets, satellites and other space operations.

What did Musk and Trump say about the panel?

Trump said in a statement Tuesday that the commission “will provide consultations and recommendations from outside the government“to reduce administration, cut regulations, cut costs and restructure federal agencies.

Trump wants abolish the Department of Education leave control of education to the states and destroy what he calls “deep state”career federal employees who, he says, are secretly pursuing their own agenda.

Trump and Musk suggested that the commission could radical cutsbut in general large budget measures are the responsibility of Congress. They can accept the recommendations of external panels, such as the proposed performance commission, or ignore them.

What’s the precedent?

Former President Ronald Reagan announced in February 1982 this will form a group of private sector experts who will recommend ways to eliminate inefficiency and waste. He issued a decree creating Presidential Private Sector Study on Cost Control in the Federal Governmentknown as the Grace Commission after its chairman J. Peter Grace, former CEO of W.R. Grace and Co.

The commission published a report in January 1984, which contained some 2,500 recommendations and various working groups also submitted reports.. “Most of the recommendations, especially those that required legislation by Congress, were never implemented,” the Reagan Library said.

In March 2017Trump signed an executive order aimed at increasing the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of federal agencies and “eliminate or reorganize unnecessary federal agencies”. Trump also tried and failed to close at least 19 agencies during his first term.

What experience does Musk have with cutting costs?

When Musk bought a social media app Twitter, laid off about 3,700 employeeshalf of its staff because advertisers have cut costs. Hundreds more employees subsequently quit. Later he renamed the social network “X“, but its value has plummeted under Musk’s control.

Musk has had much more success in space. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Significantly reduced startup costs due to reusabilitycreated new markets for satellite communications and gave rise to the rapidly growing Starlink constellation that disrupted the established satellite communications industry, helped shape modern military strategies, and established SpaceX as a major defense contractor.

What are the rules for such a committee?

The committee will likely act under Federal Advisory Committees Act (Federal Advisory Committee Act), a 1972 law that ensures that commissions provide prompt, objective, and open-to-the-public recommendations. It also imposes spending control and record-keeping requirements that apply to the nearly 1,000 committees, with about 60,000 members, that advise the president and executive branch at any given time.

According to EFE