Housing and Urban Development
DOGE’s involvement at HUD has ostensibly been focused on fraud and waste rather than IT modernization. At the start, the DOGE staff at the agency focused on cancelling contracts, especially if it could find opportunities to eliminate those focused on DEI or other initiatives to restore equity. There have also been efforts to use highly sensitive HUD databases as a way to get access to extremely private information such as the income and wages of every American, when earlier attempts to retrieve such information at Social Security and the IRS ran into legal opposition. DOGE claims this is needed for the administration’s anti-immigration efforts, but it’s not hard to imagine many other shady scenarios for this data. Around the middle of April, DOGE added a third staffer at the agency who is piloting effort to use a Large Language Model (LLM) to identify housing regulations to repeal.
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Appointed:
2/10/25-7/XX/25 Senior Advisor $167,603 «assuming appointed, LinkedIn reports move to OMB»
Appointed:
2/10/25-7/XX/25 Senior Advisor $167,603 «assuming appointed, LinkedIn reports move to OMB»
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Scott Langmack LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
Appointed:
2/10/25 $162,682
Appointed:
2/10/25 $162,682
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
Appointed:
c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 Special Assistant
Offboarding:
Left govt 12/XX/25 (reported)
Appointed:
c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 Special Assistant
Offboarding:
Left govt 12/XX/25 (reported)
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Christopher Sweet LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
Systems
Financial Assessment of Public Housing
2/26/25 1 users
A database to measure the financial condition of public housing agencies and assess their ability to provide safe and decent housing.
Financial Assessment of Public Housing
2/26/25 1 users
A database to measure the financial condition of public housing agencies and assess their ability to provide safe and decent housing.
| : | 2/26/25- Michael Mirski (read access) |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
HUD Central Accounting and Processing System
2/26/25 2 users with elevated access
Integrated management system for Section 8 programs under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public and Indian Housing
HUD Central Accounting and Processing System
2/26/25 2 users with elevated access
Integrated management system for Section 8 programs under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public and Indian Housing
| : | 2/26/25- Michael Mirski, Scott Langmack (read-write access) |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
HUD Enforcement Management System
2/20/25 1 users
A database for tracking housing discrimination complaints and enforcement actions, including accusations of domestic violence
HUD Enforcement Management System
2/20/25 1 users
A database for tracking housing discrimination complaints and enforcement actions, including accusations of domestic violence
| : | 2/20/25- Michael Mirski |
| Source: | DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence Pro Publica, 2/26/25 |
Integrated Disbursement and Information System
2/26/25 1 users
A database for tracking all HUD programs nationwide, it includes hidden locations of domestic violence shelters
Integrated Disbursement and Information System
2/26/25 1 users
A database for tracking all HUD programs nationwide, it includes hidden locations of domestic violence shelters
| : | 2/26/25- Michael Mirski (read access) |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Line of Credit Control System
2/26/25 2 users with elevated access
Handles disbursement and cash management for the majority of HUD's grant programs
Line of Credit Control System
2/26/25 2 users with elevated access
Handles disbursement and cash management for the majority of HUD's grant programs
| : | 2/26/25- Michael Mirski, Scott Langmack (read-write access) |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder (created by DOGE)
4/XX/25 1 users with elevated access
A custom tool developed by college student Christopher Sweet that uses AI models to analyze regulations at HUD to determine which can be eliminated or reframed. DOGE is planning to use this tool at other agencies as part of a drive to eliminate 50% of all regulations across the federal government.
SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder (created by DOGE)
4/XX/25 1 users with elevated access
A custom tool developed by college student Christopher Sweet that uses AI models to analyze regulations at HUD to determine which can be eliminated or reframed. DOGE is planning to use this tool at other agencies as part of a drive to eliminate 50% of all regulations across the federal government.
| : | 4/XX/25- Christopher Sweet (admin access) |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Source: | A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation Wired Magazine, 8/14/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
Web Access Security Subsystem
2/26/25 1 users with elevated access
System for authorizing access and setting permissions to talk to other systems at HUD
Web Access Security Subsystem
2/26/25 1 users with elevated access
System for authorizing access and setting permissions to talk to other systems at HUD
| : | 2/26/25- Michael Mirski (read-write access) |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Events
1/26/25
Disruption:
Spurred by rumors there would be a funding freeze, HUD grantees drew their funds early at 5x normal rate, accounting for $1.5 billion in grant expenditures in total.
Disruption:
Spurred by rumors there would be a funding freeze, HUD grantees drew their funds early at 5x normal rate, accounting for $1.5 billion in grant expenditures in total.
| Source: | Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’ Wired Magazine, 3/13/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
2/06/25
| 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 |
2/10/25
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Scott Langmack 2/10/25-7/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Scott Langmack LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| Note: | assuming appointed, LinkedIn reports move to OMB |
| Appointed: | Michael Mirski 2/10/25 |
| Salary: | $162,682 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
Sighting:
Multiple employees at HUD receive an email from new DOGE staffer Scott Langmack asking them to list every contract at HUD and whether it is critical to HUD’s mission and/or has DEI components.
Sighting:
Multiple employees at HUD receive an email from new DOGE staffer Scott Langmack asking them to list every contract at HUD and whether it is critical to HUD’s mission and/or has DEI components.
| Person: | Scott Langmack |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
2/13/25
| Source: | HUD Secretary Scott Turner Launches DOGE Task Force to Eliminate Waste, Fraud and Abuse Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2/20/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
2/20/25
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| System Access: | HEMS: HUD Enforcement Management System |
| : | unknown, 2/20/25 Michael Mirski |
| Note: | A database for tracking housing discrimination complaints and enforcement actions, including accusations of domestic violence |
2/26/25
:
Michael Mirski is granted basic access to 2 systems at HUD.
:
Michael Mirski is granted basic access to 2 systems at HUD.
| System Access: | FASS-PH: Financial Assessment of Public Housing |
| : | read, 2/26/25 Michael Mirski |
| Note: | A database to measure the financial condition of public housing agencies and assess their ability to provide safe and decent housing. |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
| System Access: | IDIS: Integrated Disbursement and Information System |
| : | read, 2/26/25 Michael Mirski |
| Note: | A database for tracking all HUD programs nationwide, it includes hidden locations of domestic violence shelters |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
:
Michael Mirski is granted elevated access to 3 systems at HUD.
:
Michael Mirski is granted elevated access to 3 systems at HUD.
| System Access: | HUDCAPS: HUD Central Accounting and Processing System |
| : | read-write, 2/26/25 Michael Mirski |
| Note: | Integrated management system for Section 8 programs under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public and Indian Housing |
| System Access: | LOCCS: Line of Credit Control System |
| : | read-write, 2/26/25 Michael Mirski |
| Note: | Handles disbursement and cash management for the majority of HUD's grant programs |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
| System Access: | WASS: Web Access Security Subsystem |
| : | read-write, 2/26/25 Michael Mirski |
| Note: | System for authorizing access and setting permissions to talk to other systems at HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
Scott Langmack is granted elevated access to 2 systems at HUD.
:
Scott Langmack is granted elevated access to 2 systems at HUD.
| System Access: | HUDCAPS: HUD Central Accounting and Processing System |
| : | read-write, 2/26/25 Scott Langmack |
| Note: | Integrated management system for Section 8 programs under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public and Indian Housing |
| System Access: | LOCCS: Line of Credit Control System |
| : | read-write, 2/26/25 Scott Langmack |
| Note: | Handles disbursement and cash management for the majority of HUD's grant programs |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Sighting:
There is reportedly a 6-person DOGE team working at HUD, with 4 of the staff identified as existing HUD employees and Michael Mirski and Scott Langmack as the representatives from DOGE.
Sighting:
There is reportedly a 6-person DOGE team working at HUD, with 4 of the staff identified as existing HUD employees and Michael Mirski and Scott Langmack as the representatives from DOGE.
| Person: | Michael Mirski, Scott Langmack |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
System Access:
Wired reports that DOGE staff were given read-only access to some systems and read-write access to payment systems within HUD, as well as the centralized authorization system that would allow the team to grant or revoke access to other systems.
System Access:
Wired reports that DOGE staff were given read-only access to some systems and read-write access to payment systems within HUD, as well as the centralized authorization system that would allow the team to grant or revoke access to other systems.
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Spending |
4/01/25
| Source: | Bluesky post by Dave Levitan Bluesky, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.4/10/25
Appointed:
Christopher Sweet starts as Special Assistant at HUD.
Appointed:
Christopher Sweet starts as Special Assistant at HUD.
| Appointed: | Christopher Sweet c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Special Assistant |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Christopher Sweet LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
Onboarding:
Scott Langmack sends a message to HUD staff announcing that “I’d like to share with you that Chris Sweet has joined the HUD DOGE team with the title of special assistant, although a better title might be ‘AI computer programming quant analyst.’”
Onboarding:
Scott Langmack sends a message to HUD staff announcing that “I’d like to share with you that Chris Sweet has joined the HUD DOGE team with the title of special assistant, although a better title might be ‘AI computer programming quant analyst.’”
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Scott Langmack |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
4/11/25
Disruption:
Luke Farritor uses his admin access to lock out all government officials at multiple agencies from using grants.gov to issue new grants. Instead, all grants must now be sent to a new email address which will be reviewed by DOGE staffers before grants can be posted.
Disruption:
Luke Farritor uses his admin access to lock out all government officials at multiple agencies from using grants.gov to issue new grants. Instead, all grants must now be sent to a new email address which will be reviewed by DOGE staffers before grants can be posted.
c.4/15/25
System Access:
Christopher Sweet is reported to be using an AI model to analyze HUD regulations and suggest revisions. These are presented to HUD staff for review in a large spreadsheet. It is not clear how the AI system is making these determinations.
System Access:
Christopher Sweet is reported to be using an AI model to analyze HUD regulations and suggest revisions. These are presented to HUD staff for review in a large spreadsheet. It is not clear how the AI system is making these determinations.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
4/15/25
Disruption:
Michael Mirski is named as leading a DOGE effort at HUD to identify and target households that include undocumented immigrants. These could then be referred to the surveillance system that is being built by DOGE at DHS for immigration enforcement.
Disruption:
Michael Mirski is named as leading a DOGE effort at HUD to identify and target households that include undocumented immigrants. These could then be referred to the surveillance system that is being built by DOGE at DHS for immigration enforcement.
| Person: | Michael Mirski |
| Source: | Controversial OPM email server operates 'entirely' on government computers, agency says The Washington Post, 4/15/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Immigration |
c.4/20/25
Interagency Coordination:
In a meeting between HUD and DOGE, Jacob Altik says they are planning to use Christopher Sweet’s AI model analyzing regulations at HUD to review the entire Code of Federal regulations for regulations to review.
Interagency Coordination:
In a meeting between HUD and DOGE, Jacob Altik says they are planning to use Christopher Sweet’s AI model analyzing regulations at HUD to review the entire Code of Federal regulations for regulations to review.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Jacob Altik |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
4/XX/25
:
:
| System Access: | SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder |
| : | admin, 4/XX/25 Christopher Sweet |
| Note: | A custom tool developed by college student Christopher Sweet that uses AI models to analyze regulations at HUD to determine which can be eliminated or reframed. DOGE is planning to use this tool at other agencies as part of a drive to eliminate 50% of all regulations across the federal government. |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
5/12/25
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.
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.
6/25/25
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.
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 |
6/26/25
Official Action:
In an email to agency partners, the operators of grants.gov declare that the revised mechanism added in April that routed all Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) through a DOGE email address has been reversed. Instead, agencies are to return to using the tool like that did previously. This doesn’t necessarily mean that DOGE or political appointees will not be reviewing grants, but they have no longer locked other users out of the system.
Official Action:
In an email to agency partners, the operators of grants.gov declare that the revised mechanism added in April that routed all Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) through a DOGE email address has been reversed. Instead, agencies are to return to using the tool like that did previously. This doesn’t necessarily mean that DOGE or political appointees will not be reviewing grants, but they have no longer locked other users out of the system.
c.7/01/25
Action:
Christopher Sweet participates in a meeting at HUD to discuss more permanent hosting options for the AI deregulation tool which had been running internally. This could be the precursor to providing it as a service to other agencies.
Action:
Christopher Sweet participates in a meeting at HUD to discuss more permanent hosting options for the AI deregulation tool which had been running internally. This could be the precursor to providing it as a service to other agencies.
| Question: | Fuzz: Meeting reported as in week of 2025-06-30 |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
7/01/25
Action:
DOGE gives a presentation of a “DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool” that will use AI to target roughly 50% of federal regulations for elimination, on the argument that they aren’t meeting statutory requirements. The goal is to slash these regulations by January 20, 2026. In their presentation, DOGE claims the tool has already made determinations on 1083 decisions at HUD (using Christopher Sweet’s work) and has also been used for 100% of deregulatory actions at the CFPB. It also states that DOGE lawyers James Burnham, Austin Raynor, Jacob Altik and Ashley Boizelle have vetted and endorsed the tool.
Action:
DOGE gives a presentation of a “DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool” that will use AI to target roughly 50% of federal regulations for elimination, on the argument that they aren’t meeting statutory requirements. The goal is to slash these regulations by January 20, 2026. In their presentation, DOGE claims the tool has already made determinations on 1083 decisions at HUD (using Christopher Sweet’s work) and has also been used for 100% of deregulatory actions at the CFPB. It also states that DOGE lawyers James Burnham, Austin Raynor, Jacob Altik and Ashley Boizelle have vetted and endorsed the tool.
| Person: | Ashley Boizelle, Austin Raynor, Christopher Sweet, Jacob Altik, James Burnham |
| Source: | DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations The Washington Post, 7/26/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB, DOGE, HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
7/XX/25
Offboarding:
Scott Langmack leaves role as Senior Advisor at HUD
Offboarding:
Scott Langmack leaves role as Senior Advisor at HUD
| Appointed: | Scott Langmack 2/10/25-7/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Scott Langmack LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| Note: | assuming appointed, LinkedIn reports move to OMB |
c.8/03/25
Interagency Coordination:
SEC leadership meets with DOGE representatives Jonathan Mendelson and Christopher Sweet to discuss using Sweet’s AI tool to identify regulations to cut or modify at the agency. It’s unclear if Sweet is detailed to the agency or just demonstrating the tool to SEC staff. Reportedly, agency staff then used the tool to identify thousands of regulations to cut. The list will then be reviewed by agency leadership and lawyers.
Interagency Coordination:
SEC leadership meets with DOGE representatives Jonathan Mendelson and Christopher Sweet to discuss using Sweet’s AI tool to identify regulations to cut or modify at the agency. It’s unclear if Sweet is detailed to the agency or just demonstrating the tool to SEC staff. Reportedly, agency staff then used the tool to identify thousands of regulations to cut. The list will then be reviewed by agency leadership and lawyers.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date given is “a short time after” the AI task force is created |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Jonathan Mendelson |
| Source: | DOGE Is Using AI to Target SEC Regulations for Cutting The Information, 9/01/25 |
| Agency: | HUD, SEC |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation |
8/13/25
Interagency Coordination:
In a call hosted by the US CIO, DOGE team lead Scott Langmack shares info on an AI tool named SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder developed by Christoper Sweet to review agency regulations for elimination. This is the same tool highlighted by DOGE in a presentation to the White House earlier in the month. Agency representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are on the call. Steve Davis also was on the call despite having left DOGE and asked if the tool could be open-sourced.
Interagency Coordination:
In a call hosted by the US CIO, DOGE team lead Scott Langmack shares info on an AI tool named SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder developed by Christoper Sweet to review agency regulations for elimination. This is the same tool highlighted by DOGE in a presentation to the White House earlier in the month. Agency representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are on the call. Steve Davis also was on the call despite having left DOGE and asked if the tool could be open-sourced.
| Person: | Christopher Sweet, Scott Langmack, Steve Davis |
| Source: | A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation Wired Magazine, 8/14/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, EOP, EPA, FDIC, HUD, State |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
12/XX/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Christopher Sweet c.4/10/25-12/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Special Assistant |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Christopher Sweet LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
3/17/26
Official Action:
Continuing on a Trump Administration plan to consolidate and centralize HR for all federal agencies within OPM, Scott Kupor announces a new “Federal HR 2.0” pilot program with several agencies. Under the new shared services model, OPM will take over roles like performance management, onboarding, payroll, workforce planning, recruitment and hiring from agency staff. This is presented as a move for greater efficiency, but it would also give OPM the centralized power to fire staff and eliminate departments that DOGE wanted. The pilot for this new program will start in Fiscal Year 2027 (October).
Official Action:
Continuing on a Trump Administration plan to consolidate and centralize HR for all federal agencies within OPM, Scott Kupor announces a new “Federal HR 2.0” pilot program with several agencies. Under the new shared services model, OPM will take over roles like performance management, onboarding, payroll, workforce planning, recruitment and hiring from agency staff. This is presented as a move for greater efficiency, but it would also give OPM the centralized power to fire staff and eliminate departments that DOGE wanted. The pilot for this new program will start in Fiscal Year 2027 (October).
| Person: | Scott Kupor |
| Source: | Modernizing HR Services by Establishing the OPM HR Shared Service Center Office of Personnel Management, 3/17/26 |
| Agency: | CFPB, FHFA, HUD, OPM, VA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |