Veterans Administration

Positions

Position	Date	Person	Notes
VA c.2/04	c.2/04	Justin Fulcher	appointed [reported in early Feb but named later] Military News
VA 3/17-5/09	3/17-5/09	Sahil Lavingia	appointed Senior Advisor (Office of the Chief of Staff) (volunteer) [fired for talking to media, dates from his blog] personal blog Left Govt (Fired) 5/09
VA 3/25	3/25	Christopher Roussos	unknown Wired
VA 3/25	3/25	Cary Volpert	unknown Wired

Agency	Date	Event
VA	2/04 VA	Access: A representative from DOGE was given access to contracting systems as well as information on VA operations and information technology systems. Military.com
VA	2/10 VA	Disruption: A day after a conservative activist flagged it on X, DOGE posts it has removed gender identity options from a VA form NYT
VA	2/14 VA	Directory: Bloomberg publishes some background information on Justin Fulcher, the DOGE staffer working quietly at the VA Justin Fulcher Live Mint
VA	2/18 VA	Oversight: Senate Democrats send letter to VA Secretary demanding information about DOGE's activities there FedScoop
March 2025
VA	3/25 VA	Directory: Tech staffers and contractors noticed a new DOGE staffer, Sahil Lavingia, was pushing code to a repo in the VA's Github instance. He also appeared to be using an AI tool to write code. Justin Fulcher, Jon Koval, Sahil Lavingia, Payton Rehling, Cary Volpert Christopher Roussos Wired
May 2025
VA	5/08 VA	Report: Fast Company runs an interview with Sahil Lavingia, who is promptly fired by DOGE the following day. Fast Company