Bridget Youngs
Exited govt: 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
Not much is reported about Bridget Youngs’ actions for DOGE. Like many of Nate Cavanaugh’s wrecking crew, she comes from a background in finance and investment, and is young (graduating from college in 2017). She left DOGE in August to found a company manufacturing electrical transformers.
Positions
Detailed To:
3/XX/25-8/XX/25 detailed from GSA «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:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
Detailed To:
3/XX/25-8/XX/25 detailed from GSA «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:
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, |
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)
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: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
Detailed To:
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
Detailed To:
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
| Source: | Doge eyes cuts to Peace Corps with in-person visit and records access The Guardian, 4/04/25 |
Events
c.3/24/25
Appointed:
Bridget Youngs starts as Contract Specialist at GSA.
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) |
3/XX/25
Detailed To:
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 |
4/03/25
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.
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 |
4/04/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| DOL Detailed To: Peace Bridget Youngs 4/04/25 | |
| Source: | Doge eyes cuts to Peace Corps with in-person visit and records access The Guardian, 4/04/25 |
| Note: | unknown who this is and if sent to other agencies |
Onboarding:
In a heavily redacted email, a DOGE member (likely Bridget Youngs) reports that they will likely be the only person on-site, but requests that 4 names total should be granted physical access to the building
Onboarding:
In a heavily redacted email, a DOGE member (likely Bridget Youngs) reports that they will likely be the only person on-site, but requests that 4 names total should be granted physical access to the building
| Person: | Bridget Youngs |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Agency: | Peace |
Sighting:
DOGE staffer Bridget Youngs visits the Peace Corps, planning to work over the weeked to review records and access IT systems.
Sighting:
DOGE staffer Bridget Youngs visits the Peace Corps, planning to work over the weeked to review records and access IT systems.
| Person: | Bridget Youngs |
| Source: | FOIA response from the Peace Corps to Jason Leopold BusinessWeek, 11/14/25 |
| Source: | Doge eyes cuts to Peace Corps with in-person visit and records access The Guardian, 4/04/25 |
| Agency: | Peace |
5/07/25
Disruption:
DOGE staff at the Department of Labor terminate more than two dozen grants to increase the representation of women in trades like construction, manufacturing and IT, as well as to combat gender-based violence and discrimination. DOGE later brags about it on its X account.
Disruption:
DOGE staff at the Department of Labor terminate more than two dozen grants to increase the representation of women in trades like construction, manufacturing and IT, as well as to combat gender-based violence and discrimination. DOGE later brags about it on its X account.
| Question: | Fuzz: She’s not named, but I am linking Bridget Youngs since she claims she was reviewing grants at DOL |
| Person: | Bridget Youngs |
| Source: | DOGE Killed Dozens of Grants That Supported Women Workers Mother Jones, 5/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOL |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI |
8/XX/25
Offboarding:
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:
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) |
Open Questions
- She was named as showing up at the Peace Corps once. Has she been involved in any other DOGE visits to other independent agencies?
- Did Bridget Youngs start at DOL and get detailed from there? Or did she start at GSA like many others in Nate Cavanaugh's orbit and then get detailed to DOL?