Musk’s efficiency panel will issue reports

US President-Elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that a government efficiency panel headed up by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk will issue reports in its work to streamline the US government.

“They will be coming out with individual reports and a big one at the end,” Trump said in a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, providing the first new detail on the panel’s output since it was announced earlier this week.

Trump on Tuesday said the panel would “provide advice and guidance from outside of government,” on slimming down the government, cutting regulations, reducing spending and restructuring federal agencies.

Trump, for example, wants to sharply cut the “deep state” – career federal employees he says are clandestinely pursuing their own agendas.

Meanwhile, Trump said on Thursday he has selected Robert F Kennedy Jr, an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States’ top health agency.

In a post on X, Kennedy vowed to work to end chronic disease, clean up corruption and provide Americans with the data they need to make informed decisions, vowing to Trump he would work to “Make America Healthy Again.”

Trump also said that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a wealthy former software company executive, will be his pick for interior secretary.

“He’s going to head the Department of Interior, and it’s going to be fantastic,” a tuxedo-wearing Trump said at a gala at his Mar-a-Lago Florida retreat.

Burgum, 68, has portrayed himself as a traditional, business-minded conservative. He ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination before quitting and becoming a loyal Trump supporter, appearing at fundraisers and advocating for Trump on television. The interior secretary will oversee policies guiding the use of 500 million acres of federal and tribal land, a fifth of the nation’s surface area.

Since his victory, Trump has chosen several loyalists with little experience for key cabinet positions, stunning some allies and making clear that he is serious about reshaping America’s institutions.