Department of Transportation
subagencies: FAA
DOGE became embedded early at the DOT, due to criticism of the FAA in the wake of a deadly air collision outside of National Airport. While Secretary Sean Duffy had been an early advocate of DOGE, recent reports described him as screaming at Elon Musk about the damage caused by DOGE’s rampant firing of probationary workers and pushing the Fork in the Road. An already understaffed cohort of air-traffic controllers has been pushed to the breaking point, and it’s DOGE’s fault. Meanwhile, potential interference to redirect a communications contract to Starlink has astounded ethics experts for its audacity.
Positions
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DOT
2/XX
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appointed Senior Advisor «start date unknown but ProPublica says “early February”» Politico | |
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FAA
2/16-6/02
Left DOGE |
appointed Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator (NTE 2025-02-20) Wash. Post | |
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FAA
2/16-6/02
Left DOGE |
appointed Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator (NTE 2025-02-20) Wash. Post | |
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FAA
2/16-6/02
Left DOGE |
appointed Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator (NTE 2025-02-20) Wash. Post | |
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FAA
2/16-6/02
Left DOGE |
appointed Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator (NTE 2025-02-20) Wash. Post | |
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DOT
c.5/07
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appointed Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Office of the Secretary ProPublica | |
| No Start Date Known | ||
| DOT | Ankur Bansal | |
Events
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2/05
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2/10
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Official:
NOTAM has its name changed from Notice to Air Missions back to its original name of Notice to Airmen
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2/17
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Directory:
Four SpaceX engineers at FAA are granted ethics waivers and designated as Special Government Employees, but must recuse from decisions affecting SpaceX
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2/18
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Disruption:
DOGE staffer Ted Malaska declares that SpaceX is the only company able to complete a communications network contract already awarded to Verizon, threatens to report anybody blocking his work to Musk
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| April 2025 | ||
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4/25
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6/02
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Offboard:
In the wake of Elon Musk’s exit from DOGE, the four SpaceX engineers that have been working secretly in the FAA – Ted Malaska, Sam Smeal, Thomas Kiernan and Brady Glantz – are all immediately removed from the agency. The Post reports that some agency staff went for post-work drinks to celebrate the banishment of the DOGE team.
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