Elon Musk — the world’s richest man alive — has been handed his own task force designed to reign in government spending. Here’s what you need to know about DOGE, which President Donald Trump officially created on Monday.

Led by Elon Musk, the green-horn federal advisory agency is the target of at least three lawsuits alleging that DOGE has violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) — a transparency law regulating advisory committees, such as the Space Science Advisory Committee or the United States Commission on Civil Rights.