General Services Administration
Once a relatively obscure agency that provided shared services and procurement services for the government, GSA became an integral part of DOGE’s early-phase plans for taking over parts of the federal bureaucracy precisely for those reasons. From the very first day of the Trump presidency, DOGE established a sizable team at GSA. Some of these were focused on drastic cost-reduction efforts like cancelling government leases or unilaterally dropping the purchasing limit of government purchase cards to curtail micro-purchases by government staff. GSA was also the base for many of DOGE’s wrecking crews that were detailed to other agencies, with agency leadership quickly creating a walled-off enclave protected by security guards exclusively for the use of DOGE staff with “A-level access.”
People
Appointed:
1/20/25-5/23/25 Senior Advisor SGE, NTE 1/19/26, EF-00, excepted, volunteer «Start date and agency inferred from later reporting»
Detailed To:
1/20/25-6/09/25 detailed to DOGE
Detailed To:
1/24/25-5/14/25 [as OPM-04] detailed to OPM Senior Advisor SGE, NTE 7/23/25, EF-00, excepted, volunteer «no MOU to confirm and SF-50 is for GSA, but I think he was detailed from GSA to OPM on this date based on appointment affadavit»
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c.2/04/25 likely detailed to DHS Senior Advisor «Date unverified, but assuming predates sighting at FEMA»
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2/20/25 detailed to Ed.
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3/05/25 likely detailed to HHS Executive Engineer «Date verified in court document, assuming detail from GSA»
Converted to Permanent Position:
5/31/25-6/23/25 converted to permanent position Senior Advisor GS-15, $167,603 - $195,200 «Salary range for GS-15 in DC»
Appointed:
1/20/25-7/21/25 Acting Administrator
Demotion:
7/21/25-9/03/25 demoted to Deputy Administrator «Had been in the Deputy Administrator role since 1/20 but serving as Acting Administrator»
Offboarding:
Left govt 9/03/25 (reported)
| Source: | GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25 |
| Source: | GSA deputy Stephen Ehikian to ‘transition out’ of current role Federal News Network, 9/03/25 |
| Source: | Trump installs new GSA acting administrator, sidelines DOGE leaders Politico, 7/01/25 |
Appointed:
1/20/25 volunteer «verified as detailed from GSA to HHS on 1/21, so assuming onboarded on 1/20»
Detailed To:
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1/24/25-7/31/25 detailed to DOGE
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1/27/25 detailed to USAID
Detailed To:
c.2/04/25 likely detailed to DOE
Detailed To:
2/07/25-3/04/25 detailed to CFPB
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4/14/25 likely detailed to NSF «arrived at agency to do secondary round of grant reviews with other DOGE staff at HHS.»
Detailed To:
c.5/09/25 detailed to DOL «Wired Magazine reported in June was detailed to DOL, but calendar reports meeting about DOL grants on 5/09, so guessing detailed around then.»
Converted to Permanent Position:
5/31/25 converted to permanent position Senior Advisor GS-15, $167,603 - $195,200 «Salary range for GS-15 in DC»
Detailed To:
date unknown likely detailed to DHS «linked to DHS by NYT, no other info»
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | The blinding contempt of the DOGE bros The Washington Post, 2/25/25 |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| Source: | 19-year-old Musk surrogate takes on roles at State Department and DHS The Washington Post, 2/10/25 |
| Source: | How DOGE got into the National Science Foundation FedScoop, 4/22/25 |
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee Wired Magazine, 6/04/25 |
| Source: | The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE The New York Times, 2/27/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees NBC News, 2/13/25 |
Appointed:
1/20/25-5/29/25 volunteer
Offboarding:
Left govt 5/29/25 (reported)
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE Wired Magazine, 5/28/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Source: | J. Doe 4 v. Musk, doc 77-2 Court Document, 3/19/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USAID for Jeremy Lewin Document Cloud, |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
Appointed:
1/XX/25-7/29/25 Senior Advisor $167,603
Offboarding:
Left govt 7/29/25 (reported)
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies GovExec, 7/29/25 |
| Source: | Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” Pro Publica, 2/18/25 |
Appointed:
1/20/25-1/XX/26 volunteer
Detailed To:
1/27/25 detailed to DOGE
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2/20/25 detailed to USADF NTE 7/04/26
Detailed To:
2/28/25-4/04/25 detailed to IAF «agency contact was earlier, but assuming MOU signed when Marocco seized power»
Detailed To:
3/12/25 detailed to USPS NTE 6/15/25
Converted to Permanent Position:
4/10/25 converted to permanent position Senior Advisor GS-14, $142,488 - $185,234 «Salary range for GS-14 in DC»
Detailed To:
4/28/25 likely detailed to DFC
Offboarding:
Left govt 1/XX/26 (self-reported)
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to Education for ED-3 Document Cloud, 4/07/25 |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at SSA for "Employee 10" Document Cloud, 4/09/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement for "Employee 10" from the GSA to SSA Document Cloud, 4/09/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement for Ethan Shaotran from GSA to USADF Document Cloud, 3/21/25 |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USPS for Ethan Shaotran Document Cloud, |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee Wired Magazine, 6/04/25 |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
Appointed:
c.1/22/25-8/06/25 $120,509 «Testifies started working in early January, but formally a few days after inauguration»
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
2/28/25-4/04/25 detailed to IAF «agency contact was earlier, but assuming MOU signed when Marocco seized power»
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c.4/09/25 detailed to Commerce «Senate Democrats note that Cavanaugh has a commerce email address. Guessing date is around detail to MBDA.»
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4/16/25 detailed to AmeriCorps
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5/21/25 likely detailed to MSPB «Email cited mentioned he was from DOGE, but assuming detail from GSA»
Detailed To:
c.7/01/25-8/06/25 detailed to DHS
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed to ODNI
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/06/25 (reported)
Appointed:
1/24/25 Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner $183,100
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25 |
Appointed:
1/24/25-2/19/26 Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service $150,160
Demotion:
2/19/26 demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention
| Source: | GSA’s new leadership mostly comes from tech, finance sectors Federal News Network, 1/20/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Kyle Schutt LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Source: | DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency Wired Magazine, 2/19/25 |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
Appointed:
2/XX/25 «Assuming GSA start because linked there by ProPublica and at time, people were detailed from there»
Detailed To:
2/12/25-6/XX/25 likely detailed to EPA volunteer «Reported 9/25 had left agency, assuming around/near Loving exit»
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE lands at EPA E&E News, 2/12/25 |
| Source: | Inside DOGE’s EPA Team and Its Multimillion-Dollar Mistakes NOTUS, 9/25/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Marisa Kabas The Handbasket, 5/14/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Donald Park LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn post from Justin Aimonetti LinkedIn, 7/30/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | How to Cover DOGE When It’s Family Columbia Journalism Review, 3/25/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
| Source: | SBA Response to American Oversight FOIA Request Document Cloud, 7/15/25 |
Appointed:
2/14/25 GS-12, $167,603 «At badging on 2/14, so inferring start then»
Detailed To:
2/24/25 detailed to DOGE
| Source: | Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Appointed:
2/28/25 $167,603 «Receives GSA badge on 2/28»
Detailed To:
3/03/25-8/XX/25 detailed to DOGE Deputy General Counsel «reported by media as started in February, own LinkedIn says March»
Offboarding:
Left govt 1/XX/26 (self-reported)
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Ashley Boizelle LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Simonpour LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from the GSA to USPS for Alexander Simonpour Document Cloud, 3/12/25 |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
Appointed:
3/03/25-c.9/15/25 Senior Advisor $167,603 «End date is just given as “mid-September”»
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
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c.3/13/25 likely detailed to NEH
Detailed To:
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4/16/25 likely detailed to NLRB
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed to NEA
Offboarding:
Left govt c.9/15/25 (verified)
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator Pro Publica, 3/20/26 |
Appointed:
3/03/25-8/XX/25 Senior Advisor excepted, $167,603
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Matthew Parkhurst-Session OGE-278 disclosure Document Cloud, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Matthew Parkhurst LinkedIn, |
Detailed To:
3/XX/25-8/XX/25 detailed to DOL «From her LinkedIn: “Lead agency actions resulting in over $5 billion in taxpayer savings, re-industrialization workforce initiatives, deregulation, and platform modernization for Federal unemployment and workforce visas” but described elsewhere as from GSA, so assuming detail»
Appointed:
c.3/24/25-8/XX/25 Contract Specialist «Emails from Peace Corps staff shared via FOIA reveal that she was detailed from GSA, this matches common pattern. Signed in once at GSA on 3/24 (may have received badge that date)»
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Bridget Youngs LinkedIn, |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
Appointed:
c.3/17/25 «signs in someone as GSA employee on 3/24, assuming not new employee that day, but in March.»
Detailed To:
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | Scoop: DOGE staffers move into FTC office Axios, 4/04/25 |
Appointed:
3/18/25 Senior Advisor $167,603 «Date guessed based on multiple sources, signed in first/only time on 3/18»
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government 404 Media, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alison Childs LinkedIn, |
Appointed:
3/18/25 $167,603 «Month sourced from LinkedIn, signed in once on 3/18 (badging in after?)»
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government 404 Media, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Bee Elvy LinkedIn, |
Detailed To:
3/22/25? detailed to MCC
Appointed:
4/15/25-7/XX/25 Senior Advisor
Offboarding:
Left govt 4/XX/26 (self-reported)
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Jack Stein LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
| Source: | DOGE expands presence at Wall St regulator, sources say Reuters, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | DOGE to leave top US markets regulator, sources say Reuters, 10/30/25 |
Appointed:
4/XX/25-4/XX/26 Senior Advisor
Detailed To:
Offboarding:
Left govt 4/XX/26 (self-reported)
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Tullman LinkedIn, |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Tullman LinkedIn, |
Appointed:
4/21/25-9/XX/25
Detailed To:
4/28/25 detailed to DFC
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed to NEA «Nate Cavanaugh testified that Marshall Wood was the DOGE lead at NEA»
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed to ODNI «According to sworn testimony by Nate Cavanagh, Marshall Wood was the lead of the DOGE team at ODNI»
Offboarding:
Left govt 9/XX/25 (reported)
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Marshall Wood LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Appointed:
c.4/24/25 Data Engineer
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
Appointed:
c.4/24/25-3/XX/26
Detailed To:
Offboarding:
Left govt 3/XX/26 (self-reported)
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Dave Malcher LinkedIn, |
Appointed:
5/XX/25-6/07/25 «Start date guessed»
Detailed To:
5/XX/25-6/07/25 likely detailed to HHS «ProPublica reports he was working on HHS projects, assuming detail from GSA»
Offboarding:
Left govt 6/07/25 (reported)
| Source: | DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 7/14/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
| Source: | SBA Response to American Oversight FOIA Request Document Cloud, 7/15/25 |
Appointed:
6/XX/25 consultant Scientific Technologist «working for GSA as a contractor from MSI Consulting because a not an American citizen»
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
Appointed:
6/XX/25 «Not many details besides start date “in June.” Because he is a former IT consultant, I’m not sure if he has been hired or is consulting.»
Detailed To:
date unknown likely detailed to Commerce «Linked by ProPublica»
Detailed To:
date unknown likely detailed to OPM «Linked by ProPublica»
Detailed To:
date unknown likely detailed to State «Linked by ProPublica»
Detailed To:
date unknown likely detailed to USDA «Linked by ProPublica»
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
Appointed:
8/XX/25 consultant Senior Technologist «Hired as contractor from MSI Consulting»
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
Appointed:
2/19/26 Deputy FAS Commissioner / Acting Administrator, Technology Transformation Services
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 96 Court Document, 5/16/25 |
Detailed From:
date unknown detailed from DOGE «At the FCC, Jordan Wick asks them to send a meeting invite to a GSA address for him»
| Source: | FCC FOIA Production 3 for Frequency Forward Document Cloud, 12/16/25 |
Events
Appointed:
Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Nicole Hollander, Jeremy Lewin, Luke Farritor, and Stephen Ehikian start at GSA.
| Appointed: | Edward Coristine 1/20/25-5/23/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Immediate Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | Volunteer (SGE) |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for "Employee 4" Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management Wired Magazine, 1/28/25 |
| Note: | Start date and agency inferred from later reporting |
| Appointed: | Ethan Shaotran 1/20/25-1/XX/26 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
| Appointed: | Nicole Hollander 1/20/25-5/29/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE Wired Magazine, 5/28/25 |
| Appointed: | Jeremy Lewin 1/20/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Note: | salary reported by Wired |
| Appointed: | Luke Farritor 1/20/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Note: | verified as detailed from GSA to HHS on 1/21, so assuming onboarded on 1/20 |
| Appointed: | Stephen Ehikian 1/20/25-7/21/25 |
| Position Title: | Acting Administrator |
| Source: | GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Edward Coristine 1/20/25-6/09/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Onboarding:
Stephen Ehikian is sworn in as the Acting Administrator of the GSA. This move allows the administration to avoid a confirmation process for the role.
| Person: | Stephen Ehikian |
| Source: | GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Interagency Coordination:
Future DOGE employee Justin Fox is contacted by Anthony Armstrong and is recruited to work there by him and other DOGE employees who communicate with him over Signal.
| Question: | Fuzz: Exact date not given, but he testifies that Anthony Armstrong reached out just after inauguration |
| Person: | Anthony Armstrong, Ethan Shaotran, Josh Gruenbaum, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fox, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA, OPM |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: HHS Luke Farritor 1/21/25 | |
| Position Title: | Executive Engineer |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
Appointed:
Nate Cavanaugh starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Nate Cavanaugh c.1/22/25-8/06/25 |
| Salary: | $120,509 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Note: | Testifies started working in early January, but formally a few days after inauguration |
Disruption:
Nate Cavanaugh testifies he started working formally for DOGE a few days after the inauguration. He says his first project was a team effort to create an org chart of government agencies. This project evetually became live on the DOGE website. He does not identify who else worked on it.
| Person: | Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Sighting:
A GSA employee reports meeting Kyle Schutt and Ethan Shaotran and also bumping into Edward Coristine. They are described as being giddy and interested and curious and then shifting in tone the following week with DOGE staff “frantically running around trying to do impossible shit with no context and no flexibility and no ability to push back.”
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Kyle Schutt |
| Source: | The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers Wired Magazine, 9/25/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Josh Gruenbaum 1/24/25 |
| Position Title: | Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner |
| Salary: | $183,100 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25 |
| Appointed: | Thomas Shedd 1/24/25-2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service, Technology Transformation Service |
| Salary: | $150,160 |
| Source: | GSA’s new leadership mostly comes from tech, finance sectors Federal News Network, 1/20/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Luke Farritor 1/24/25-7/31/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: OPM Edward Coristine 1/24/25-5/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Immediate Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | Volunteer (SGE) |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for "Employee 4" Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
| Note: | no MOU to confirm and SF-50 is for GSA, but I think he was detailed from GSA to OPM on this date based on appointment affadavit |
Onboarding:
Thomas Shedd is named as the new head of the Technology Transformation Service (TTS), the parent organization of 18F as well as shared services like Login.gov. He reports to Josh Gruenbaum, who is also appointed on this day as the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner.
| Source: | GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Kyle Schutt 1/27/25-6/20/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Ethan Shaotran 1/27/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: USAID Edward Coristine 1/27/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the CIO |
| Source: | 19-year-old Musk surrogate takes on roles at State Department and DHS The Washington Post, 2/10/25 |
| Note: | Date at USAID reported by NYT |
| GSA Detailed To: USAID Luke Farritor 1/27/25 | |
| Source: | The blinding contempt of the DOGE bros The Washington Post, 2/25/25 |
| GSA Detailed To: USAID Jeremy Lewin 1/27/25-3/18/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor / Director for Strategy & Programs |
| Source: | J. Doe 4 v. Musk, doc 77-2 Court Document, 3/19/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USAID for Jeremy Lewin Document Cloud, |
Action:
Riley Sennott and Brooks Morgan arrive to a meeting/work at GSA before they are officially hired in DOGE. They are signed in and possibly meet with Derek Geissler and Adam Ramada
| Person: | Adam Ramada, Brooks Morgan, Derek Geissler, Riley Sennott |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Disruption:
GSA regional managers receive instructions from HQ that “lease terminations are the clear priority at this time.”
| Person: | Nicole Hollander |
| Source: | Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration The Associated Press, 2/04/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Report:
A team of high-ranking GSA employees meets with Nicole Hollander to discuss building special “resting rooms” for DOGE and other A-suite staff.
| Person: | Nicole Hollander |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
Action:
| Person: | Jordan Wick, Nate Cavanaugh, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Sighting:
Joe Gebbia arrives at GSA for a meeting with unnamed staff. This is likely to interview for a position at DOGE.
| Person: | Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Interagency Coordination:
Elon Musk reportedly visits GSA to meet with staff, several of whom are identified from their appearances in the internal directory for the agency. These include Steve Davis, Nicole Hollander, Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Luke Farritor.
| Person: | Elon Musk, Luke Farritor, Nicole Hollander, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Musk visits and asserts growing influence at GSA NextGov, 1/30/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA |
Identification:
Wired reports that DOGE staff are attempting to get elevated access to GSA systems and making changes to office arrangements to create a special reserved floor for their staff with a security guard checking names.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Nicole Hollander, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Frank Schuler 1/XX/25-7/29/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies GovExec, 7/29/25 |
| Source: | Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” Pro Publica, 2/18/25 |
| Appointed: | Derek Geissler 1/XX/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
Interagency Coordination:
Ethan Shaotran at GSA hosts Brooks Morgan and Conor Fennessy from Education in a Saturday co-working session. It’s unclear if they are there to work together or they are simply interested in using DOGE’s space in the GSA to work.
| Person: | Brooks Morgan, Conor Fennessy, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | Ed., GSA |
Interagency Coordination:
Aram Moghaddassi, Marko Elez and Riley Sennott arrive at GSA to work with unspecified GSA staff on a Sunday. They are signed in by Thomas Shedd and Luke Farritor. Riley Sennott is still not an official employee of GSA at the time of the meeting.
| Person: | Aram Moghaddassi, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez, Riley Sennott, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | DOL, GSA, Treas. |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: SBA Edward Coristine 2/03/25 | |
| Position Title: | DOGE Advisor |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| Note: | guessing detail date from system access request |
| GSA? Detailed To: SBA Donald Park 2/03/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, DOGE |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| Note: | guessing detail start from system access |
Sighting:
Jordan Wick, Nate Cavanaugh and Frederik Lohner are signed in at GSA. Nate Cavanaugh should have been officially hired already, and Jordan Wich is detailed to GSA at some point, so it’s unclear why they signed in.
| Person: | Jordan Wick, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: DHS Edward Coristine c.2/04/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | 19-year-old Musk surrogate takes on roles at State Department and DHS The Washington Post, 2/10/25 |
| Note: | Date unverified, but assuming predates sighting at FEMA |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: DOE Luke Farritor c.2/04/25 |
Sighting:
| Person: | Nate Cavanaugh, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| Person: | Aram Moghaddassi, Brian Bjelde, Emily Bryant, Jim Hickey, Katrine Trampe, Michael Cole, Michael Grimes, Michael Mirski, Riley Sennott, Scott Coulter, Scott Langmack, Stephen Ehikian, Tarak Makecha, Tom Krause |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | Commerce, DOGE, DOI, DOL, GSA, HUD, NASA, OPM, Treas., USDA |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: CFPB Jeremy Lewin 2/07/25 | |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| GSA Detailed To: CFPB Luke Farritor 2/07/25-3/04/25 | |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
Sighting:
Luke Farritor hosts a contingent of other DOGE staffers – Marko Elez, Aram Moghaddassi and Riley Sennott – to work at GSA on a Saturday. Notably, this is a day after Marko Elez had resigned his position (but was secretly hired at DOGE) and Riley Sennott had not formally started his role at GSA yet.
| Person: | Aram Moghaddassi, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez, Riley Sennott |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Sighting:
DOGE members Baris Akis, Katrine Trampe, Jordan Wick and Riley Sennott are signed in to work at GSA headquarters on a Sunday. It’s unclear if they are there for a meeting or just to use the DOGE working space inside of GSA. They are hosted at the building by Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Ethan Shaotran.
| Person: | Baris Akis, Jordan Wick, Katrine Trampe, Riley Sennott, Stephen Ehikian, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Justin Aimonetti 2/10/25-7/30/25 |
| Salary: | $167,503 |
| Source: | Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn post from Justin Aimonetti LinkedIn, 7/30/25 |
| Note: | start date derived from GSA visitor logs |
| Appointed: | Riley Sennott 2/10/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | How to Cover DOGE When It’s Family Columbia Journalism Review, 3/25/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Note: | start inferred from signing in visitor in GSA logs |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: State Edward Coristine 2/10/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Bureau of Diplomatic Technology |
| Source: | 19-year-old Musk surrogate takes on roles at State Department and DHS The Washington Post, 2/10/25 |
| GSA? Detailed To: State Luke Farritor 2/10/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Bureau of Diplomatic Technology |
| Source: | 19-year-old Musk surrogate takes on roles at State Department and DHS The Washington Post, 2/10/25 |
| Note: | info reported by news source |
Disruption:
Unnamed DOGE staff using non-governmental Google accounts conduct “touch-base” interviews with dozens of US Digital Corps fellows, under the direction of Thomas Shedd.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | DOGE ‘touch-base’ sessions with GSA staff preceded probationary terminations, source says FedScoop, 2/13/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: Ed. Ethan Shaotran 2/12/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to Education for ED-3 Document Cloud, 4/07/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: EPA Erica Jehling 2/12/25-6/XX/25 | |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE lands at EPA E&E News, 2/12/25 |
| Source: | Inside DOGE’s EPA Team and Its Multimillion-Dollar Mistakes NOTUS, 9/25/25 |
| Note: | Reported 9/25 had left agency, assuming around/near Loving exit |
Disruption:
GSA technical staff describe also being subjected to 15-minute interviews where they felt they were asked to justify their jobs.
| Source: | ‘Anxiety provoking’: Government workers describe their DOGE interviews Politico, 2/12/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Dozens of probationary workers within the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) are fired, with many of the cuts focused on the US Digital Corps and Presidential Innovation Fellows programs
| Source: | GSA to cut at least 100 employees, feds inside the agency say NextGov, 2/12/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOL Derek Geissler c.2/13/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees NBC News, 2/13/25 |
Appointed:
Joshua Hanley starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Joshua Hanley 2/14/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Note: | At badging on 2/14, so inferring start then |
Appointed:
Kyle Schutt starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Kyle Schutt c.2/18/25-6/XX/25 |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Kyle Schutt LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
Sighting:
ProPublica reports that Frank Schuler has appeared in the GSA directory.
| Question: | Fuzz: Exact date is not provided in the article |
| Person: | Frank Schuler |
| Source: | Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” Pro Publica, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Sighting:
| Question: | Fuzz: Exact date is not provided in the article |
| Person: | Frank Schuler, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” Pro Publica, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: SSA Ethan Shaotran 2/18/25 | |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at SSA for "Employee 10" Document Cloud, 4/09/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement for "Employee 10" from the GSA to SSA Document Cloud, 4/09/25 |
Disruption:
A GSA employee reportedly resigned rather than give unrestricted admin access for the SMS emergency notification service Notify.gov to Thomas Shedd.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public 404 Media, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
Disruption:
Thomas Shedd has allegedly requested admin access to 19 different systems within TTS at GSA. It is unusual for agency leadership to have such access, especially for systems that contain sensitive information.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Doge Has 'God Mode' Access to Government Data The Atlantic, 2/19/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DHS Kyle Schutt c.2/19/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency Wired Magazine, 2/19/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: Ed. Edward Coristine 2/20/25 | |
| Source: | Directory of DOGE staff at the Department of Education Document Cloud, 4/07/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USADF Ethan Shaotran 2/20/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement for Ethan Shaotran from GSA to USADF Document Cloud, 3/21/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: HHS Jeremy Lewin 2/21/25 | |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: USADF Nate Cavanaugh 2/21/25 | |
| Source: | Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-3 Court Document, 3/06/25 |
| Note: | verified via court filing |
Interagency Coordination:
Ethan Shaotran and Nate Cavanaugh return to the IAF with Jacob Altik, who presented himself as representing the EOP. Altik confirms that DOGE plans to reduce IAF to what he considers the statutory minimum (a board and president, a location in DC, some grants) and DOGE will be conducting a Reduction in Force of all employees and terminating all grants. The demand approval from the board and threaten the board will be fired otherwise.
| Person: | Ethan Shaotran, Jacob Altik, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA, IAF |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel, Spending |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Justin Aimonetti 2/24/25-7/26/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Joshua Hanley 2/24/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Action:
GSA reportedly spending $25,000 to install a washer and dryer near a makeshift sleeping area occupied by DOGE.
| Source: | Inside DOGE's 'exceedingly odd' office, IKEA beds, dressers, play area and more The Times of India, 3/07/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is just given as “Late February” |
| Source: | Federal workers required to report their daily location, email says The Washington Post, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Without issuaing any warning, GSA puts a $1 spending limit on all government purchase cards following an executive order by Trump. This predictably creates a large amount of chaos by destroying the ability of agencies to do micro-purchases allowed by law.
| Source: | DOGE’s $1 spending card limit touches everything from military research to trash pickup The Washington Post, 3/09/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Interagency Coordination:
DOGE staffers at the Department of the Interior meet with Nicole Hollander from GSA about leases to be cancelled.
| Person: | Katrine Trampe, Nicole Hollander, Tyler Hassen |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | DOI, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Appointed:
Ashley Boizelle starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Ashley Boizelle 2/28/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
| Note: | Receives GSA badge on 2/28 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: IAF Nate Cavanaugh 2/28/25-4/04/25 | |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Note: | agency contact was earlier, but assuming MOU signed when Marocco seized power |
| GSA Detailed To: IAF Ethan Shaotran 2/28/25-4/04/25 | |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Note: | agency contact was earlier, but assuming MOU signed when Marocco seized power |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Erica Jehling 2/XX/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Note: | Assuming GSA start because linked there by ProPublica and at time, people were detailed from there |
| Appointed: | Donald Park 2/XX/25 |
| Note: | assuming hired at GSA |
Disruption:
Hours after the staff is hit with the RIF email, the DNS entry for 18F.gsa.gov is removed
| Source: | 18F 18F, |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination |
Disruption:
TTS administrator Thomas Shedd eliminates 90 members of 18F with a firing email sent at 1:00 AM in the morning and immediately locks them out of their machines.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | GSA eliminates 18F NextGov, 3/01/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
| Person: | Derek Geissler, Greg Hogan, Katrine Trampe, Riccardo Biasini, Tyler Hassen |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | DOI, GSA, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Spending |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Justin Fox 3/03/25-c.9/15/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | End date is just given as "mid-September" |
| Appointed: | Matthew Parkhurst 3/03/25-8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Matthew Parkhurst-Session OGE-278 disclosure Document Cloud, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Matthew Parkhurst LinkedIn, |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Nicholas Gallagher 3/03/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Ashley Boizelle 3/03/25-8/XX/25 | |
| Position Title: | Deputy General Counsel |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Ashley Boizelle LinkedIn, |
| Note: | reported by media as started in February, own LinkedIn says March |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: NLRB Justin Aimonetti 3/03/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Sighting:
Adam Hoffman visits GSA for a meeting (likely a job interview). He is signed in to the agency by Edward Coristine.
| Person: | Adam Hoffman, Edward Coristine |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USIP Justin Aimonetti 3/04/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | Inferring from Cavanaugh start |
| GSA? Detailed To: USIP Nate Cavanaugh 3/04/25-3/24/25 | |
| Source: | Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-2 Court Document, 3/06/25 |
| Note: | verified via court filing |
| GSA Detailed To: USIP Justin Fox 3/04/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | Inferring from Nate Cavanaugh start |
Offboarding:
Luke Farritor ends detailed position at CFPB
| GSA Detailed To: CFPB Luke Farritor 2/07/25-3/04/25 | |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
Identification:
Wired reports that some DOGE staff (Kyle Schutt, Nate Cavanaugh) are being paid as full-time GSA employees, but other staff are listed as volunteers for that agency.
| Person: | Derek Geissler, Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Kyle Schutt, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, Nicole Hollander |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: IAF Justin Fox c.3/04/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | start inferred from DOGE at IAF, but after start at GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: HHS Edward Coristine 3/05/25 | |
| Position Title: | Executive Engineer |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| Note: | Date verified in court document, assuming detail from GSA |
Disruption:
TTS Commissioner Thomas Shedd says in a statement that he expects the Technology Transformation Service will be 50% smaller within weeks.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | DOGE’s Plans to Replace Humans With AI Are Already Under Way The Atlantic, 3/10/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USPS Alexander Simonpour 3/07/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from the GSA to USPS for Alexander Simonpour Document Cloud, 3/12/25 |
Report:
DOGE rolls out a custom GSAi custom chatbot in a trial for 1500 workers.
| Source: | DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers Wired Magazine, 3/07/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USPS Ethan Shaotran 3/12/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USPS for Ethan Shaotran Document Cloud, |
Oversight:
46 former GSA executives write an open letter decrying the damage that DOGE has done to the agency.
| Source: | Letter to the editor: 46 former GSA executives say cuts to cause ‘irreversible damage’ Federal News Network, 3/13/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NEH Nate Cavanaugh c.3/13/25 | |
| Source: | The Intercept Media, Inc. v. United States Department of Government Efficiency, doc 1 Court Document, 3/24/25 |
| Note: | Verified via court filing |
| GSA? Detailed To: NEH Justin Fox c.3/13/25 | |
| Source: | The Intercept Media, Inc. v. United States Department of Government Efficiency, doc 1 Court Document, 3/24/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: HHS Kyle Schutt 3/14/25 | |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NASA Alexander Simonpour 3/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Advisor |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NASA Riley Sennott c.3/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
Appointed:
Emily Bryant starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Emily Bryant c.3/17/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Note: | signs in someone as GSA employee on 3/24, assuming not new employee that day, but in March. |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Alison Childs 3/18/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Technology Transformation Services |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government 404 Media, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alison Childs LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Date guessed based on multiple sources, signed in first/only time on 3/18 |
| Appointed: | Bee Elvy 3/18/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government 404 Media, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Bee Elvy LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Month sourced from LinkedIn, signed in once on 3/18 (badging in after?) |
Interagency Coordination:
A senior policy strategist at the White House relays a “Stephen request” (meaning Stephen Miller) that “POTUS wants to see more action against universities.” Included in the initial coordination is GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum. He becomes involved with figuring out grants from multiple agencies to cut for both University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State University, because they had allowed trans athletes to participate in sports. This is very much not his area of responsibility at the GSA, but he is on the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism which stripped funding from Columbia Univesity.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | Trump Wanted ‘More Action Against Universities.’ His Staff Scrambled to Punish Penn. NOTUS, 7/07/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, OMB |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Interagency Coordination:
During a discussion on how to strip grants from the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State, GSA FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum sends an email to coordinate grant freezes from DOD, DHS and the EPA. He includes DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Adam Hoffman and Kathryn Armstrong Loving as the recipients of these requests.
| Person: | Adam Hoffman, Josh Gruenbaum, Kathryn Armstrong Loving, Kyle Schutt |
| Source: | Trump Wanted ‘More Action Against Universities.’ His Staff Scrambled to Punish Penn. NOTUS, 7/07/25 |
| Agency: | DHS, DOD, EPA, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Report:
GSA hosts a deep-background media briefing to demo its GSAi tool with invitations sent to reporters from Bloomberg, The Atlantic, and Fox among other media organizations.
| Source: | ‘We Don’t Want an AI Demo, We Want Answers’: Federal Workers Grill Trump Appointee During All-Hands Wired Magazine, 3/20/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: IMLS Justin Fox 3/20/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | start inferred from IMLS appearance |
Identification:
Wired Magazine list DOGE staff stationed within GSA, all of whom were listed on GSA payroll on March 20, the same day Stephen Ehikian claimed there were no DOGE staff in the agency.
| Person: | Ashley Boizelle, Edward Coristine, Jeremy Lewin, Justin Aimonetti, Kyle Schutt, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, Nicole Hollander, Riley Sennott, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Report:
Stephen Ehikian claims during an all-hands meeting that there is nobody from DOGE working at the agency. This is met with widespread ridicule by staff who know about the secured DOGE floor.
| Person: | Stephen Ehikian |
| Source: | DOGE officials across government appear on GSA’s shortlist of vetted personnel Federal News Network, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
Report:
DOGE expands the GSAi chatbot rollout to more than 13,000 GSA employees who are underwhelmed by its capabilities and concerned about it being a priority for the agency compared to other pressing technical needs.
| Source: | ‘We Don’t Want an AI Demo, We Want Answers’: Federal Workers Grill Trump Appointee During All-Hands Wired Magazine, 3/20/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: MCC Nate Cavanaugh 3/22/25? | |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Note: | Linked to MCC by NPR, start date guessed from disruption there |
| GSA? Detailed To: MCC Justin Fox 3/22/25? | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Note: | Linked to MCC by NPR, start date guessed from disruption there |
| GSA Detailed To: MCC Jack Stein 3/22/25? | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Appointed:
Bridget Youngs starts as Contract Specialist at GSA.
| Appointed: | Bridget Youngs c.3/24/25-8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Contract Specialist |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Note: | Emails from Peace Corps staff shared via FOIA reveal that she was detailed from GSA, this matches common pattern. Signed in once at GSA on 3/24 (may have received badge that date) |
Interagency Coordination:
Kathryn Armstrong Loving and Erica Jehling continue to work directly with Josh Gruenbaum from the GSA on more grants to cancel at the EPA.
| Person: | Erica Jehling, Josh Gruenbaum, Kathryn Armstrong Loving |
| Source: | The Sustainability Institute v. Trump, doc 109-1 Court Document, 4/21/25 |
| Agency: | EPA, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Interagency Coordination:
Nate Cavanaugh contacts the administrator of the GSA to propose transferring the USIP building to them, arguing that USIP won’t need a building because the statute doesn’t mandate it should have one or the staffing to fill it.
| Person: | Nate Cavanaugh, Stephen Ehikian |
| Source: | USIP v. Jackson, doc 15-3 Court Document, 3/31/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, USIP |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: FTC Emily Bryant c.3/28/25 | |
| Source: | Scoop: DOGE staffers move into FTC office Axios, 4/04/25 |
| Note: | limited info, 2025-04-04 report stated she started "last week" |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: WWICS Justin Fox 3/31/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Note: | Linked to WWICS by NPR, date is first DOGE sighting at agency |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: IMLS Nate Cavanaugh 3/31/25 | |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Marisa Kabas Bluesky, 3/31/25 |
| Note: | Based on initial reports |
Appointed:
Alexander Simonpour starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Alexander Simonpour 3/XX/25-8/XX/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Simonpour LinkedIn, |
| Note: | he was detailed to USPS from GSA, so assuming appointed at GSA but info unknown. Dates from LinkedIn |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOL Bridget Youngs 3/XX/25-8/XX/25 | |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Bridget Youngs LinkedIn, |
| Note: | From her LinkedIn: "Lead agency actions resulting in over $5 billion in taxpayer savings, re-industrialization workforce initiatives, deregulation, and platform modernization for Federal unemployment and workforce visas" but described elsewhere as from GSA, so assuming detail |
Interagency Coordination:
A human resources division chief at the Peace Corps reports receiving two phone calls in quick succession. The first was from a Senior Advisor at OPM who also claimed to be a liasion for the White House, reporting that a DOGE representative would be detailed from USAID. The second was from a woman detailed to DOGE from GSA, who stated she was originally going to be detailed to USAID but will now be in a leadership position short term. She is not identified but is likely Bridget Youngs.
| Person: | Bridget Youngs |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, OMB, Peace |
Interagency Coordination:
Tarak Makecha, a DOGE representative at DOJ is forwarded a list at 6pm of DOJ contracts to terminate for the Acacia Center, a nonprofit in DOGE’s crosshairs that day and a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the DOJ. He coordinates with Josh Gruenbaum at the GSA, who is leading a multi-agency effort to eliminate grants.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum, Tarak Makecha |
| Source: | On DOGE, Directives, and DOJ Lawfare Media, 4/27/25 |
| Agency: | DOJ, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Offboarding:
Nate Cavanaugh ends detailed position at IAF
| GSA Detailed To: IAF Nate Cavanaugh 2/28/25-4/04/25 | |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Note: | agency contact was earlier, but assuming MOU signed when Marocco seized power |
Offboarding:
Ethan Shaotran ends detailed position at IAF
| GSA Detailed To: IAF Ethan Shaotran 2/28/25-4/04/25 | |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Note: | agency contact was earlier, but assuming MOU signed when Marocco seized power |
Identification:
A partial copy of the GSA’s A-Suite access list includes multiple DOGE personnel who are listed as based in GSA.
| Person: | Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis |
| Source: | DOGE officials across government appear on GSA’s shortlist of vetted personnel Federal News Network, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: Commerce Nate Cavanaugh c.4/09/25 | |
| Source: | Letter from the Senate Commerce Committee to Keith Sonderling about MBDA The Senate Commerce Committee, 4/30/25 |
| Note: | Senate Democrats note that Cavanaugh has a commerce email address. Guessing date is around detail to MBDA. |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: MBDA Nate Cavanaugh c.4/09/25 | |
| Source: | State of Rhode Island v. Trump, doc 35-4 Court Document, 4/11/25 |
| Note: | inferred from disruptions at MBDA starting |
Appointed:
Jonathan Mendelson starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Jonathan Mendelson 4/09/25 |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
Converted to Permanent Position:
Ethan Shaotran converted to permanent paid position as Senior Advisor at GSA
| Converted to Permanent Position: | Ethan Shaotran 4/10/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $142,488 - $185,234 |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee Wired Magazine, 6/04/25 |
| Note: | Salary range for GS-14 in DC |
Report:
Ethan Shaotran is converted to a regular position at the GSA at the GS-14 level, which would mean an annual salary of $142,488 - $185,234 in Washington, DC. This is a relatively senior position for any government worker that would not normally be granted to someone with his limited work experience.
| Person: | Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee Wired Magazine, 6/04/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Sighting:
Baris Akis spends several days working within GSA HQ, despite not being a formal DOGE employee. He is signed into GSA by Emily Bryant and Alexandra Beynon.
| Person: | Alexandra Beynon, Baris Akis, Emily Bryant |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NSF Luke Farritor 4/14/25 | |
| Source: | How DOGE got into the National Science Foundation FedScoop, 4/22/25 |
| Note: | arrived at agency to do secondary round of grant reviews with other DOGE staff at HHS. |
Appointed:
Jack Stein starts as Senior Advisor at GSA.
| Appointed: | Jack Stein 4/15/25-7/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Jack Stein LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: AmeriCorps Nate Cavanaugh 4/16/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NLRB Nate Cavanaugh 4/16/25 | |
| Source: | Labor Board’s DOGE Detailees Connected to Agency Take Downs Bloomberg Law, 4/21/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | Spotted by media |
| GSA? Detailed To: NLRB Justin Fox 4/16/25 | |
| Source: | Labor Board’s DOGE Detailees Connected to Agency Take Downs Bloomberg Law, 4/21/25 |
Appointed:
Marshall Wood starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Marshall Wood 4/21/25-9/XX/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Marshall Wood LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Source: | USE IT Act and Occupancy Data General Services Administration, 6/27/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, OMB |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Raj Jegannathan c.4/24/25 |
| Position Title: | Data Engineer |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
| Appointed: | Dave Malcher c.4/24/25-3/XX/26 |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: VA Dave Malcher c.4/25/25-3/XX/26 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Dave Malcher LinkedIn, |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: DFC Nate Cavanaugh 4/28/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
| Note: | Spotted by media |
| GSA? Detailed To: DFC Jonathan Mendelson 4/28/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
| GSA? Detailed To: DFC Ethan Shaotran 4/28/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
| GSA Detailed To: DFC Marshall Wood 4/28/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
Interagency Coordination:
Nate Cavanaugh sends an email to the two remaining members of the CPB board requesting a meeting. He describes a DOGE team at GSA and cc’s several other members of DOGE
| Person: | Jonathan Mendelson, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fox, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | CPB v. Trump, doc 12-1 Court Document, 5/09/25 |
| Agency: | CPB, DOGE, GSA |
Interagency Coordination:
As part of a DOGE-driven effort to find ways to punish Harvard by pulling its grants from the federal govenment, Josh Gruenbaum emails Alexander Simonpour to ask if there are grants that can be revoked by NASA. The next day, Simonpour relayed the request to other NASA staffers and then followed up on May 8th stating that the White House had imposed a 5pm deadline for the information.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Appointed:
Alexander Tullman starts as Senior Advisor at GSA.
| Appointed: | Alexander Tullman 4/XX/25-4/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Tullman LinkedIn, |
Sighting:
A contractor at GSA states that he came across a list of staff at GSA who had not yet completed all of their mandatory security training. This included prominent DOGE staff that had been at the agency for several months like Thomas Shedd, Josh Gruenbaum, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor and Steve Davis.
| Question: | Fuzz: only month is given in report |
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Josh Gruenbaum, Luke Farritor, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers Wired Magazine, 9/25/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: SEC Jonathan Mendelson c.5/02/25-10/31/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Chairman of the SEC |
| Source: | DOGE expands presence at Wall St regulator, sources say Reuters, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | DOGE to leave top US markets regulator, sources say Reuters, 10/30/25 |
| Note: | title sourced from ProPublica, reportedly not seen at agency for last few months of official station |
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Interagency Coordination:
Jeremy Lichtman emails USDA officials to inform them that GSA (likely Josh Gruenbaum) had directed them to review several agency grants for termination. These terminations were reportedly “awaiting final greenlight from the White House.”
| Person: | Jeremy Lichtman, Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOL Luke Farritor c.5/09/25 | |
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Note: | Wired Magazine reported in June was detailed to DOL, but calendar reports meeting about DOL grants on 5/09, so guessing detailed around then. |
Disruption:
In a retaliation against the university coordinated by GSA, grants for Harvard University from DOD, HUD, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education are all terminated. There were 200 grants from DOD alone. The stated reasons varied but included that they no longer effectuated the administration’s priorities or directly accusing Harvard of fostering antisemitism on campus.
Identification:
In an overview of how DOGE has tried to assign teams outside of the executive branch, NPR lists six DOGE staffers at GSA who are involved with those efforts.
| Person: | Jack Stein, Jonathan Mendelson, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fox, Marshall Wood, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: EXIM Donald Park 5/14/25 | |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Marisa Kabas The Handbasket, 5/14/25 |
| GSA? Detailed To: EXIM Nate Cavanaugh 5/14/25 | |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Marisa Kabas The Handbasket, 5/14/25 |
| Note: | Reported by media |
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position as Senior Advisor at OPM
| GSA Detailed To: OPM Edward Coristine 1/24/25-5/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Immediate Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | Volunteer (SGE) |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for "Employee 4" Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
| Note: | no MOU to confirm and SF-50 is for GSA, but I think he was detailed from GSA to OPM on this date based on appointment affadavit |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: MSPB Nate Cavanaugh 5/21/25 | |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Marisa Kabas The Handbasket, 5/16/25 |
| Note: | Email cited mentioned he was from DOGE, but assuming detail from GSA |
Disruption:
Ethan Shaotran sends a Survey of Surveys email to federal agencies asking them to report information on data-collection surveys. This is redundant to the existing survey oversight already conducted by OMB, and there are concerns about what the data will be used for.
| Person: | Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | DOGE created a 'survey of surveys' for a push to cut some government data collection National Public Radio, 5/23/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination |
Legal:
Former 18F employees file a class-action appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board stating that GSA did not provide a valid reason for eliminating the agency and the firings were acts of retaliation because of their perceived political affiliations.
| Source: | Former 18F employees file appeal of DOGE firings FedScoop, 5/28/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Nicole Hollander 1/20/25-5/29/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE Wired Magazine, 5/28/25 |
Offboarding:
Steve Davis and Nicole Hollander reportedly resign their positions and depart from the GSA and government service in the wake of Elon Musk leaving DOGE.
| Source: | Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE Wired Magazine, 5/28/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Converted to Permanent Position:
Edward Coristine converted to permanent paid position as Senior Advisor at GSA
| Converted to Permanent Position: | Edward Coristine 5/31/25-6/23/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 - $195,200 |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government Wired Magazine, 6/24/25 |
| Note: | Salary range for GS-15 in DC |
Converted to Permanent Position:
Luke Farritor converted to permanent paid position as Senior Advisor at GSA
| Converted to Permanent Position: | Luke Farritor 5/31/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 - $195,200 |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee Wired Magazine, 6/04/25 |
| Note: | Salary range for GS-15 in DC |
Report:
Edward Coristine and Luke Farritor’s roles are both converted into regular positions at the GSA at the GS-15 level, which would mean an annual salary of $167,603 - $195,200 in Washington, DC. This is the maximum level possible for a general government worker, and it often takes years or decades to reach. It would not normally be granted to staff with such limited work experience.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee Wired Magazine, 6/04/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Nicholas Gallagher 5/XX/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Note: | Named in ProPublica roundup, start date guessed |
| : | Micaela Lopez Ballefin 5/XX/25 |
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
| Appointed: | Ryan Shea 5/XX/25-6/07/25 |
| Source: | DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 7/14/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed |
Interagency Coordination:
Steve Davis walked into DOGE’s weekly meeting at the GSA, asserting he was still in charge even though he was no longer a government employee. The acting director of the GSA, Stephen Ehikian, reportedly responded “Steve Davis remains in charge until he says he’s not” to DOGE members confused by this turn of events.
| Person: | Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis |
| Source: | Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind Politico, 11/21/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA |
Disruption:
Concerned by people questioning his continued authority, Steve Davis reportedly taps Anthony Armstrong, Josh Gruenbaum and Stephen Ehikian to assess the loyalty of DOGE staffers and assert they are the leadership of DOGE now, acting under the authority of JD Vance and Susie Wiles in the White House. This is a bluff, and staffers in the White House counter that their authority is only within GSA itself.
| Person: | Anthony Armstrong, Josh Gruenbaum, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis |
| Source: | DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 7/14/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA |
Action:
Despite having left DOGE a week prior, Steve Davis reportedly holds a meeting with DOGE staff hosted on the sixth floor of the GSA headquarters. At the meeting, he reportedly proposes a “DOGE 2.0” which would be more collaborative with agency heads.
| Person: | Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis |
| Source: | DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 7/14/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA |
Report:
Wired reports that TTS Administrator Thomas Shedd is in urgent need of in-house developers and is looking to revamp and restart the Presidential Innovation Fellows program months after it was eliminated due to the hiring freeze and mass layoffs that were initiated by TTS Administrator Thomas Shedd.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | DOGE Is on a Recruiting Spree Wired Magazine, 6/06/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination |
| GSA? Detailed To: HHS Ryan Shea 5/XX/25-6/07/25 | |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Note: | ProPublica reports he was working on HHS projects, assuming detail from GSA |
| Appointed: | Ryan Shea 5/XX/25-6/07/25 |
| Source: | DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 7/14/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed |
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position at DOGE
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Edward Coristine 1/20/25-6/09/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Offboarding:
Kyle Schutt ends detailed position at DOGE
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Kyle Schutt 1/27/25-6/20/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine leaves role as Senior Advisor at GSA
| Converted to Permanent Position: | Edward Coristine 5/31/25-6/23/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 - $195,200 |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government Wired Magazine, 6/24/25 |
| Note: | Salary range for GS-15 in DC |
Offboarding:
Less than a month after he was officially hired at GSA, Edward Coristine reportedly resigns his position and is removed from the building directory.
| Person: | Edward Coristine |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government Wired Magazine, 6/24/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Disruption:
In a surprise move, the Republican governor of Virginia, the head of public buildings service at GSA and the Commissioner for HUD announce that they will be kicking out the National Science Foundation (NSF) from its Virginia headquarters and moving HUD to that location. There are no details provided on where NSF is expected to relocate to.
| Source: | HUD to move into the National Science Foundation headquarters, no current plan on where to relocate NSF employees GovExec, 6/25/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, HUD, NSF |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination |
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Brian Burroughs 6/XX/25 |
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Note: | Not many details besides start date "in June." Because he is a former IT consultant, I'm not sure if he has been hired or is consulting. |
| : | Yat Choi 6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Scientific Technologist |
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
| Note: | working for GSA as a contractor from MSI Consulting because a not an American citizen |
Offboarding:
Erica Jehling ends detailed position at EPA
| GSA? Detailed To: EPA Erica Jehling 2/12/25-6/XX/25 | |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE lands at EPA E&E News, 2/12/25 |
| Source: | Inside DOGE’s EPA Team and Its Multimillion-Dollar Mistakes NOTUS, 9/25/25 |
| Note: | Reported 9/25 had left agency, assuming around/near Loving exit |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Kyle Schutt c.2/18/25-6/XX/25 |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Kyle Schutt LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DHS Nate Cavanaugh c.7/01/25-8/06/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Action:
Thomas Shedd announces that after a review of 7200 websites in the federal government, GSA is recommending that 332 of those should be eliminated. These cuts are not evenly distributed (the SBA will eliminate half of its websites). This initiative dates back to 2023 OMB guidance for the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, so this is not a DOGE-created project, but some of the websites and pages are for programs targeted by DOGE.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Agencies plan to decommission hundreds of .gov websites following GSA review Federal News Network, 7/07/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Report:
In a sign of DOGE’s apparent waning influence at the agency, the guard who used to be posted outside of the sixth-floor A suite is gone as well as the signs in the elevator listing that only authorized access was allowed for that floor.
| Source: | Core DOGE team unravels amid wave of exits Politico, 7/10/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Report:
In an interview with the Financial Times about his reported squeeze of government contractors, Josh Gruenbaum denies he has made unreasonable demands of many companies while going easy on Trump allies during his reviews of all government contracts overseen by the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | Trump official vows Doge-inspired squeeze on government contractors The Financial Times, 7/22/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Demotion:
Stephen Ehikian demoted to Deputy Administrator at GSA
| Demotion: | Stephen Ehikian 7/21/25-9/03/25 |
| Position Title: | Deputy Administrator |
| Source: | GSA deputy Stephen Ehikian to ‘transition out’ of current role Federal News Network, 9/03/25 |
| Source: | Trump installs new GSA acting administrator, sidelines DOGE leaders Politico, 7/01/25 |
| Note: | Had been in the Deputy Administrator role since 1/20 but serving as Acting Administrator |
Offboarding:
In a move that is seen as reprisal for GSA leadership’s support of Steve Davis attempt to continue running DOGE after he left, the Trump White House names Mike Rigas as the new acting administrator of GSA. This demotes Stephen Ehikian to his role as Deputy Administrator of GSA only.
| Person: | Stephen Ehikian |
| Source: | Trump installs new GSA acting administrator, sidelines DOGE leaders Politico, 7/01/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff are listed in the invite for a new meeting for political appointees at the agency which will be held once every two weeks.
| Question: | Fuzz: Jeremy Lewin is a Deputy Undersecretary at State, but still a GSA employee? |
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Dave Malcher, Ethan Shaotran, Frank Schuler, Jeremy Lewin, Justin Fox, Luke Farritor, Marshall Wood, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | State Department deputy Michael Rigas tapped as acting GSA head NextGov, 7/21/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Offboarding:
Justin Aimonetti ends detailed position at DOGE
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Justin Aimonetti 2/24/25-7/26/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Frank Schuler 1/XX/25-7/29/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies GovExec, 7/29/25 |
| Source: | Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” Pro Publica, 2/18/25 |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Justin Aimonetti 2/10/25-7/30/25 |
| Salary: | $167,503 |
| Source: | Leaked List Shows DOGE is Lawyering Up The Intercept, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn post from Justin Aimonetti LinkedIn, 7/30/25 |
| Note: | start date derived from GSA visitor logs |
Offboarding:
Luke Farritor ends detailed position at DOGE
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Luke Farritor 1/24/25-7/31/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Report:
After removing Stephen Ehikian as the acting director of GSA, the White House has reportedly detailed nine other staffers to the agency to speed a “de-Muskification” of the agency. This is possibly also related to the GSA supporting Steve Davis over the White House in his attempt to keep running DOGE even after he had left. A source describes Josh Gruenbaum as still in the good graces of the White House.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum, Stephen Ehikian |
| Source: | White House conducts de-Muskification at GSA Politico, 7/31/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: HHS Alexander Tullman 7/XX/25-1/XX/26 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Tullman LinkedIn, |
Offboarding:
Jack Stein leaves role as Senior Advisor at GSA
| Appointed: | Jack Stein 4/15/25-7/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Jack Stein LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Nate Cavanaugh c.1/22/25-8/06/25 |
| Salary: | $120,509 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Note: | Testifies started working in early January, but formally a few days after inauguration |
Offboarding:
| GSA Detailed To: DHS Nate Cavanaugh c.7/01/25-8/06/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Website:
GSA launches a new website usai.gov to promote new partnerships between the agency and three different AI companies. The goal is to make it easier for agencies to embed AI internally. The site features large bold fonts, big images and an email contact form, and it also is 4 pages in total. This is the project that Bee Elvy and Alison Childs were reportedly working on.
| Person: | Alison Childs, Bee Elvy |
| Source: | usai.gov General Services Administration, |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Disruption:
Analysis by economists at Yale reveals that DOGE’s widespread lease cancellations have had an effect on the normally stable $12 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities. In the DC area alone, researchers estimate losses of $575 million to the commercial real-estate sector over the next ten years.
| Source: | DOGE’s Lease Cancellations Are Already Hitting the Commercial Real Estate Market Yale Insights, 8/22/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Identification:
A report from Politico identifies three foreign nationals who are working for DOGE within the GSA. Normally, they would not be eligible for government positions but have been hired as contractors. Two are from AirBnb and one worked for X.com in prior capacities.
| Person: | Andrew Vilcsak, Micaela Lopez Ballefin, Yat Choi |
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Appointed:
Andrew Vilcsak starts as Senior Technologist at GSA.
| : | Andrew Vilcsak 8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Technologist |
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
| Note: | Hired as contractor from MSI Consulting |
Offboarding:
| GSA Detailed To: DOL Bridget Youngs 3/XX/25-8/XX/25 | |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Bridget Youngs LinkedIn, |
| Note: | From her LinkedIn: "Lead agency actions resulting in over $5 billion in taxpayer savings, re-industrialization workforce initiatives, deregulation, and platform modernization for Federal unemployment and workforce visas" but described elsewhere as from GSA, so assuming detail |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Alexander Simonpour 3/XX/25-8/XX/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Simonpour LinkedIn, |
| Note: | he was detailed to USPS from GSA, so assuming appointed at GSA but info unknown. Dates from LinkedIn |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Matthew Parkhurst 3/03/25-8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Matthew Parkhurst-Session OGE-278 disclosure Document Cloud, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Matthew Parkhurst LinkedIn, |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Bridget Youngs c.3/24/25-8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Contract Specialist |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Note: | Emails from Peace Corps staff shared via FOIA reveal that she was detailed from GSA, this matches common pattern. Signed in once at GSA on 3/24 (may have received badge that date) |
Offboarding:
| Demotion: | Stephen Ehikian 7/21/25-9/03/25 |
| Position Title: | Deputy Administrator |
| Source: | GSA deputy Stephen Ehikian to ‘transition out’ of current role Federal News Network, 9/03/25 |
| Source: | Trump installs new GSA acting administrator, sidelines DOGE leaders Politico, 7/01/25 |
| Note: | Had been in the Deputy Administrator role since 1/20 but serving as Acting Administrator |
Offboarding:
Stephen Ehikian sends an email to GSA staff announcing that he is “transitioning out” of the Deputy Administrator role after an AI startup announces that he is its new CEO. It’s unclear when his actual last date at the agency will be or how he can be working for a private entity and the GSA during this transition.
| Person: | Stephen Ehikian |
| Source: | GSA deputy Stephen Ehikian to ‘transition out’ of current role Federal News Network, 9/03/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Justin Fox 3/03/25-c.9/15/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | End date is just given as "mid-September" |
Interagency Coordination:
A GSA-created “ICE surge team” that was formed to rapidly lease office space for ICE to operate in various cities is reportedly struggling due to the effects of DOGE cuts – despite overwhelming work, the team is only half the size it should be due to DOGE staffing cuts and is often forced to rent back space at elevated rates from landlords who were harmed by DOGE’s lease-cancellation efforts.
| Source: | Trump administration rushes to rent space for immigration officers conducting raids National Public Radio, 9/18/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, ICE |
| DOGE Project: | Immigration, Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
GSA sends out an offer of reinstatement to hundreds of employees who managed government offices and leases and were fired by DOGE. The employees are only given until the end of the week to make their decision. This underscores recent reports that the agency is critically understaffed and unable to handle rising demand for government office space due to ICE’s expansion.
| Source: | Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE The Associated Press, 9/23/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Oversight:
Oversight:
The GSA Inspector General has included several DOGE-related projects in its list of priority audits for fiscal year 2026. These include the mass termination of leases and the destruction of 18F
| Source: | Agency watchdog will see if DOGE-led projects improved efficiency Federal News Network, 9/25/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Marshall Wood 4/21/25-9/XX/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Marshall Wood LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
Oversight:
Ethan Shaotran files an ethics financial disclosure form that reveals he had very recently sold Palantir stock worth somewhere in the range of $500,000 to $1 million. The timing is unusual, since if he were expected to divest from this stock, the deadline for that would’ve been 90 days from when he was made a fulltime employee of GSA in April 2025.
| Person: | Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | Periodic Transaction Report (OGE 278-T) for Ethan Shaotran Document Cloud, 3/16/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Offboarding:
Jonathan Mendelson ends detailed position as Senior Advisor at SEC
| GSA? Detailed To: SEC Jonathan Mendelson c.5/02/25-10/31/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Chairman of the SEC |
| Source: | DOGE expands presence at Wall St regulator, sources say Reuters, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | DOGE to leave top US markets regulator, sources say Reuters, 10/30/25 |
| Note: | title sourced from ProPublica, reportedly not seen at agency for last few months of official station |
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NRC Nicholas Gallagher 10/XX/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator Pro Publica, 3/20/26 |
| Note: | Reportedly sent to keep an eye on new rules being developed by NRC |
Report:
Data from the General Accounting Office confirms that DOGE at GSA has carried out 260 lease terminations for government offices this year, saving about $112 million in leasing costs. This means that the agency finalized about 30% of the 900 or so leases it had initially targeted.
| Source: | GSA terminated hundreds of federal office leases, but far less than DOGE targets Federal News Network, 12/11/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Action:
After GSA officials raised concerns that the xAI Grok model was a safety risk because it was too syncophantic and susceptible to manipulation, Josh Gruenbaum defends the inclusion of the company’s models into the government’s USAi site. Susie Wiles is satisfied by his explanation, but usage of the model by government agencies has been low, except in some cases where security testers have needed to simulate a bad actor.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | Government Agencies Raise Alarm About Use of Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot The Wall Street Journal, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Ethan Shaotran 1/20/25-1/XX/26 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
Offboarding:
Alexander Tullman ends detailed position as Senior Advisor at HHS
| GSA Detailed To: HHS Alexander Tullman 7/XX/25-1/XX/26 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Tullman LinkedIn, |
Legal:
Ruling in American Council of Learned Societies/Authors Guild v. NEH, Judge Colleen McMahon rejects an argument by the government that a spreadsheet listing all of the DOGE staff and their positions and detailing arrangement must remain sealed for their personal safety. She orders them and a series of text messages made by DOGE staffers Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox must be entered into the record by February 17th.
| Person: | Justin Fox, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 120 Court Document, 2/13/26 |
| Agency: | GSA, NEH |
Appointed:
Greg Barbaccia starts as Deputy FAS Commissioner / Acting Administrator, Technology Transformation Services at GSA.
| Appointed: | Greg Barbaccia 2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Deputy FAS Commissioner / Acting Administrator, Technology Transformation Services |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
Demotion:
Thomas Shedd demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention at GSA
| Demotion: | Thomas Shedd 2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention |
Onboarding:
Federal CIO Chief Greg Barbaccia is named as the new Acting Director for the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) at GSA, replacing Thomas Shedd in the role. Shedd has seemingly been demoted to a new role of Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention. Greg Barbaccia is still serving in the role of CIO for USAID as well.
| Person: | Greg Barbaccia, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
| Agency: | GSA, OMB |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Dave Malcher c.4/24/25-3/XX/26 |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
Offboarding:
| GSA Detailed To: VA Dave Malcher c.4/25/25-3/XX/26 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Dave Malcher LinkedIn, |
Disruption:
GSA has announced it is hiring approximately 400 positions in the Public Building Service division that handled facilities acquisition and maintenance. The division had been hit doubly hard by DOGE’s efforts to remove personnel as well as cancel government leases, losing hundreds of employees in March 2025.
| Source: | A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees Wired Magazine, 4/03/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
Disruption:
GSA announced plans to sell the headquarters of OPM and immediate plans where GSA will temporarily relocate into OPM’s building while renovations at GSA HQ proceed and then OPM will be permanently relocated to the GSA building. The consolidation is approved by both the GSA administrator and OPM head Scott Kupor. Both agencies have increasing control over hiring and IT operations for the Executive Branch and were both sites of DOGE’s away teams of wreckers. The move and sale would happen in December 2028.
| Source: | GSA to sell OPM's 500,000-square-foot HQ near National Mall Washington Business Journal, 4/20/26 |
| Agency: | GSA, OPM |
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Alexander Tullman 4/XX/25-4/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Tullman LinkedIn, |