Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will

appoint Airbnb ( ABNB ) co-founder Joe Gebbia to lead a team charged with

remaking the government's digital services, according to two

officials familiar with the matter, as part of his goal to

transform federal agencies in the name of efficiency.

Trump signed an executive order creating a National Design

Studio to improve the "usability and aesthetics" of federal

digital services. Trump named Gebbia the chief design officer.

He will report to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles,

according to the order.

Trump since taking office has remodeled federal agencies.

Gebbia, who joined the administration earlier this year, is

poised to help lead the next phase of that effort as chief

design officer.

Billionaire and former Trump adviser Elon Musk led the

administration's initial project, called DOGE, to remake

government in the name of efficiency. The initiative involved

slashing jobs, shuttering departments and clawing back funding

to achieve Trump's political objectives.

Former President Joe Biden in 2021 set a similar goal to

make government websites easier to use. The Trump administration

halted a few projects to accomplish that, including the IRS's

free tool to file taxes directly to the agency. Former IRS

Commissioner Billy Long said in July the agency would wipe out

that program. Long left the agency in August.

Trump's National Design Studio will close in three years,

according to the order. The studio will advise agencies on how

to reduce duplicative design costs and use standardized design

on sites where people interact with the government, according to

the order.