The lobbyists who have long roamed Congress and federal agencies are taking aim at a new target: a shadowy federal department controlled by Musk. The program, led by Musk, is called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and is designed to advise President-elect Trump on spending cuts and regulatory reform. So far, its members have organized and coordinated in secret meetings several blocks from the White House, and companies and industry groups have begun to look to DOGE instead of traditional congressional committees and federal agencies to push the agenda and protect interests.