Elon Musk-Led DOGE Sued for Breaching Federal Advisory Committee Act
Just minutes after US President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a lawsuit is scheduled to target the Elon Musk-led organization that advocates for greater governmental efficiency. In November, Trump named billionaire Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an organization tasked with reducing government expenditures and simplifying rules.
According to the Washington Post, the new organization is about to face legal action from the public interest law firm National Security Counselors, which is claiming that it has violated federal transparency requirements. The legal firm alleges that since 1972, DOGE has been in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which mandates that advisory committees to executive branches adhere to specific hiring and disclosure guidelines.
Legal Complaint Calls for Open Access to DOGE Meetings Amid Memecoin Surge
The executive director of National Security Counselors, Kel McClanahan, underlined the necessity for such organizations to adopt a more impartial stance. According to the 30-page complaint obtained by the Washington Post, this strategy would entail taking minutes of the meetings and permitting public participation.
DOGE is not exempted from FACA’s requirements […] All meetings of DOGE, including those conducted through an electronic medium, must be open to the public.
The legal complaint
Since the agency’s acronym is the same as the Dogecoin memecoin ticker symbol, Musk’s political involvement was a positive indication for memecoin investors. According to a Cointelegraph report on Nov. 27, Dogecoin overtook Porsche’s $56 billion market capitalization as a result of Musk’s ongoing support of the DOGE non-governmental organization, which memecoin traders viewed as a catalyst.
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