Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative sought last week to gain access to the government’s central publishing operation, a congressional offshoot that provides public access to federal documents.
The Government Publishing Office is the fourth legislative branch agency that President Donald Trump’s administration has recently attempted to access. DOGE made an inquiry about placing a cost-cutting team at GPO, and leadership of the legislative branch agency declined, according to two people on Capitol Hill with oversight responsibility for the agency.
The GPO prints official documents and provides digital access to publications across the legislative, executive and judicial branches. While it services all three branches of government, the GPO is overseen by Congress and funded alongside other congressional support agencies.
A GPO spokesperson declined to comment.
