Austin Raynor
Exited govt: 12/22/25 (verified)
Austin Raynor is another one of the conservative lawyers who have been part of DOGE’s operations at OPM. He previously has clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and has served as a senior lawyer at the Pacific Foundation, a libertarian organization. As a lawyer in DOGE’s team at OPM, he probably has worked closely with Noah Peters and Keenan Kmiec.
Positions
Appointed:
1/30/25-12/22/25 [as OPM-10] Senior Advisor NTE 7/22/25, excepted, $195,200 «Start date guessed from system access»
Offboarding:
Left govt 12/22/25 (verified)
Appointed:
1/30/25-12/22/25 [as OPM-10] Senior Advisor NTE 7/22/25, excepted, $195,200 «Start date guessed from system access»
Offboarding:
Left govt 12/22/25 (verified)
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| 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 |
Events
1/30/25
Appointed:
Austin Raynor starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.
Appointed:
Austin Raynor starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.
| Appointed: | Austin Raynor 1/30/25-12/22/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed from system access |
Onboarding:
Onboarding:
| Person: | Austin Raynor, Chris Young |
| Source: | Here Are the Job Titles and Salary Ranges of Some DOGE Staffers Bloomberg, 5/02/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
2/05/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| OPM Detailed To: DOGE Austin Raynor 2/05/25-12/19/25 | |
| 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 |
2/07/25
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| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25 Austin Raynor |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/12/25
Identification:
In a FOIA request, Democracy Forward names DOGE staff known to be at OPM at that time.
Identification:
In a FOIA request, Democracy Forward names DOGE staff known to be at OPM at that time.
| Person: | Akash Bobba, Amanda Scales, Anthony Armstrong, Austin Raynor, Brian Bjelde, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Charles Ezell, Christina Hanna, Edward Coristine, Gavin Kliger, Greg Hogan, Jacob Altik, Joanna Wischer, Justin Monroe, Nikhil Rajpal, Noah Peters, Riccardo Biasini, Stephanie Holmes, Stephen Duarte |
| Source: | Complaint for Injunctive Relief Democracy Forward, 3/03/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
3/26/25
Identification:
Politico publishes a list of 10 lawyers that it says are linked to DOGE.
Identification:
Politico publishes a list of 10 lawyers that it says are linked to DOGE.
| Person: | Ashley Boizelle, Austin Raynor, Daniel Abrahamson, Jacob Altik, James Burnham, Jeremy Lewin, Joshua Fox, Joshua Hanley, Justin Aimonetti, Keenan Kmiec, Noah Peters |
| Source: | DOGE assembles a legal army Politico, 3/26/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
c.6/05/25
Disruption:
Concerned by Steve Davis’ attempts to stay involved with DOGE despite no longer being employed by the agency and instructions to not interact with him, DOGE staffers Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos, Ryan Shea, and Adam Blake privately questioned Davis about his involvement. They also reportedly contacted DOGE general counsel Austin Raynor about the legality of his continued involvement.
Disruption:
Concerned by Steve Davis’ attempts to stay involved with DOGE despite no longer being employed by the agency and instructions to not interact with him, DOGE staffers Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos, Ryan Shea, and Adam Blake privately questioned Davis about his involvement. They also reportedly contacted DOGE general counsel Austin Raynor about the legality of his continued involvement.
| Question: | Fuzz: date is not given in article, unclear if at meeting or afterwards |
| Person: | Adam Blake, Austin Raynor, Ryan Shea, Sam Corcos, Steve Davis, Yinon Weiss |
| Source: | DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 7/14/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
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 |
12/05/25
Identification:
A legal filing from the government states that only 5 DOGE staffers – OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-03 (Akash Bobba), OPM-05 (Gavin Kliger), OPM-10 (Austin Raynor) and OPM-18 (Noah Peters) – are still working at the agency. OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini) is reporting directly to Scott Kupor.
Identification:
A legal filing from the government states that only 5 DOGE staffers – OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-03 (Akash Bobba), OPM-05 (Gavin Kliger), OPM-10 (Austin Raynor) and OPM-18 (Noah Peters) – are still working at the agency. OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini) is reporting directly to Scott Kupor.
| Person: | Akash Bobba, Austin Raynor, Gavin Kliger, Noah Peters, Riccardo Biasini |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 163 Court Document, 12/05/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 164 Court Document, 12/05/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
12/19/25
Offboarding:
Austin Raynor ends detailed position at DOGE
Offboarding:
Austin Raynor ends detailed position at DOGE
| OPM Detailed To: DOGE Austin Raynor 2/05/25-12/19/25 | |
| 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 |
12/22/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Austin Raynor 1/30/25-12/22/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed from system access |