Symbols Used On This Site

In the hopes that it helps to better illustrate some of the themes within this data, this site relies heavily on the use of colorful icons provided by Font Awesome. This page offers some explanation of what these symbols mean.

People Types

To better illustrate some of the specialization within DOGE, I have sorted people into several distinct categories based on their activties. For more explanation, see the intro for the People section.

= Booster, a promoter/recruiter not otherwise involved
= Leader, DOGE's overall leadership
= Enabler, a person in agency leadership who enables the wreckers
= Support, logistical/personnel support for DOGE operations
= Wrecker, raiding parties into other agencies
= Unknown, figures I know very little about

Position Moves

DOGE staff are constantly being moved around to various agencies or within organizations. To better illustrate that, I will use symbols to illustrate the type of action.

or = detailing (an intra-agency position transfer)
= transfer within an agency to a subsidiary agency (_e.g._, HHS to FDA)
= appointment/hiring
= promotion
= demotion
= conversion of temporary/time-limited role to a permanent one
= exit from an organization/government (when known)

Event Types

Events are also roughly categorized by type to better illustrate the type of event it is.

= Access
= Action
= Directory
= Disruption
= Interagency
= Legal
= Official
= Onboard
= Oversight
= Offboard
= Report
= Sighting

Other Symbols

= sources
= external link