Overview

• the White House says Gebbia will oversee the redesign of about 26,000 federal web portals under a time-limited mandate that ends with the studio’s closure after three years.
• Gebbia said on X that he aims to make government services as user-friendly as the Apple Store and invited people to share portfolios to join the effort.
• Officials and reporting describe the new body as a scaled-down successor to the earlier Department of Government Efficiency previously linked to Elon Musk.
• According to the decree and officials, the studio will focus on improving “usability and aesthetics” and seek savings through unified, standardized design across agencies.
• News reports note Gebbia sits on Tesla’s board and Reuters has reported he previously contributed to a federal retirement process modernization project.