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A White House official confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday that the "acting DOGE Administrator" is Amy Gleason, who previously worked at USDS during President Donald Trump's first term prior to his executive order in January renaming the agency.

Gleason worked as a Digital Services Expert at USDS from October 2018 until December 2021, according to her LinkedIn profile. She also has ties to one of the earliest names associated with DOGE, Brad Smith, who joined Musk's group early and helped with the transition.

Gleason worked for Smith at his Russell Street Ventures until December 2024 before joining the Trump admin in January.

The news was first reported by The Washington Examiner. It is not immediately clear how long Gleason has had the role.

Earlier Tuesday, White House press secretary Karolin Leavitt would not name the DOGE administrator when asked at today's press briefing.

"So, the president tasked Elon Musk to oversee the DOGE effort. There are career officials and there are political appointees who are helping run DOGE on a day-to-day basis. There are also individuals who have onboarded as political appointees at every agency across the board to work alongside President Trump's cabinet to find and identify waste, fraud and abuse. And they are working on that effort every day," she said.

-ABC News' Will Steakin

Asked who the administrator of DOGE is, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Elon Musk oversees DOGE as a special government employee.

But when pressed if Musk is the acting administrator, Leavitt said "no" and suggested that role is being filled by someone else, but would not "reveal the name of that individual from this podium."

"There are career officials at DOGE, there are political appointees at DOGE. I'm not going to reveal the name of that individual from this podium. I'm happy to, follow up and provide that to you. But we've been incredibly transparent about the way the DOGE's working."

-- ABC News' Mary Bruce

When asked about President Donald Trump's decision to replace Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, Leavitt said the president thinks poorly of the general's performance.

"He thinks he's doing a bad job," Leavitt responded. "And it's time for a shakeup at the Pentagon."

Trump nominated Gen. Brown during his first term, to which he called him a "great" leader at the time. Pressed about the president's initial praise, Leavitt responded, "I think replacing him speaks for itself."

With the House budget vote now in peril, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if President Donald Trump is making an effort to whip up votes for Speaker Mike Johnson.

"I'm not aware of any calls that he has made," Leavitt responded.

Leavitt only said Trump "expects Congress to get it done" and is looking at proposals from the House and Senate to advance his agenda.