It was not immediately clear when Gleason was formally named to the position. The White House identified Gleason as the acting DOGE administrator shortly after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt repeatedly declined Tuesday afternoon to reveal who's in charge of DOGE during a briefing with reporters.

This is not a technology problem, this is a process problem,” said Scott Cory, a former chief information officer in one of the Department of Health and Human Services sub-agencies.