As Elon Musk prepares to launch the new Department of Government Efficiency, government watchdog groups are concerned about its purported scope and level of transparency.

Efforts to shrink the federal government’s sprawling real-estate footprint that began in the Obama era have gained new urgency since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The incoming ...

Americans see the federal government as rife with corruption, inefficiency and red tape — but they’re less sure about whether ...