President Donald Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” came under legal attack within minutes of its official creation Monday, as various public interest groups filed multiple lawsuits accusing the advisory panel of violating federal rules on transparency and other practices.
Suits filed by groups such as the American Federation of Teachers, Public Citizen and National Security Counselors, call for Trump’s panel — nicknamed DOGE — to cease its operations until it complies with a 1972 law designed to ensure that advisory panels operate in a transparent and unbiased manner.
Another suit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, seeks to obtain all records from the Office of Management and Budget related to DOGE. The public should have access to those records particularly given “the threats to numerous environmental protections” through administrative rollbacks of Biden-era regulations, the group’s complaint argues.
