Former members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a short-lived agency created to cut government spending, are reportedly working on a new government services website called America.gov. The site, which is expected to launch by the end of September, will use artificial intelligence to help users with tasks like filing taxes and renewing passports. Some officials from the Trump administration believe the platform could become a campaign issue for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections, according to The Washington Sun. The site is being developed by the White House’s National Design Studio, which has previously launched other government-related projects that faced criticism for accessibility issues. One of the features of America.gov is a chatbot interface that would replace the Biden administration’s Direct File program, a free online tool for filing taxes. The Direct File program was launched in March 2024 but was canceled by the Trump administration in November 2025. Merici Vinton, a former deputy of Direct File and now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, said the program was popular with the public but was scrapped by DOGE. She also expressed concerns that using AI in government services might reduce public trust in the technology’s reliability and fairness. The America.gov team includes Edward Coristine, a 20-year-old former DOGE staffer known as "Big Balls." Coristine left college and had a brief work history that included being fired from a cybersecurity internship for allegedly sharing confidential information with a competitor. His father, Charles Coristine, is CEO of the LesserEvil snack company. Access to America.gov may rely on the federal Login.gov system, managed by the General Services Administration (GSA), and another former DOGE official, Sam Corcos, is involved in both Login.gov and the GSA. DOGE, which was created under Musk’s leadership, claimed it could save up to $2 trillion in government spending, but its online "Wall of Receipts" listed only $215 billion in savings before the agency was shut down in July. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that it could not verify 96% of DOGE’s reported savings and noted that some claims, like $110 billion in contract savings, were inflated. A recent GAO report also revealed that efforts to reduce the federal workforce cost taxpayers about $9.5 billion, with a significant portion going to workers who eventually retired or resigned. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, criticized Musk for shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a $40 billion-a-year organization that supports global health and development programs. Gates described the situation as a troubling image of the world’s richest man harming the world’s poorest children. Musk responded by calling Gates a "huge liar," highlighting the contentious nature of the debate over government spending and international aid.