Chris Young
Positions
Detailed To:
2/05/25-6/06/25 detailed from OPM «Detail is listed as ending on 6/13, but assumed ended on 6/6 when left OPM»
Offboarding:
Left govt 6/06/25 (verified)
Detailed To:
2/05/25-6/06/25 detailed from OPM «Detail is listed as ending on 6/13, but assumed ended on 6/6 when left OPM»
Offboarding:
Left govt 6/06/25 (verified)
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Detailed To:
2/07/25-6/06/25 detailed from OPM «Identified as OPM-14; govt testified on 6/27 no longer a govt employee, inferring date from end of OPM service»
Offboarding:
Left govt 6/06/25 (verified)
Detailed To:
2/07/25-6/06/25 detailed from OPM «Identified as OPM-14; govt testified on 6/27 no longer a govt employee, inferring date from end of OPM service»
Offboarding:
Left govt 6/06/25 (verified)
Appointed:
1/30/25-6/06/25 [as OPM-14] Expert ED-00, excepted, volunteer «Start date guessed from system access»
Offboarding:
Left govt 6/06/25 (verified)
Appointed:
1/30/25-6/06/25 [as OPM-14] Expert ED-00, excepted, volunteer «Start date guessed from system access»
Offboarding:
Left govt 6/06/25 (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 |
Events
1/30/25
Appointed:
Chris Young starts as Expert at OPM.
Appointed:
Chris Young starts as Expert at OPM.
| Appointed: | Chris Young 1/30/25-6/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| 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 Chris Young 2/05/25-6/06/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Note: | Detail is listed as ending on 6/13, but assumed ended on 6/6 when left OPM |
2/06/25
Onboarding:
A DOGE team consisting of Luke Farritor, Jeremy Lewin, Nikhil Rajpal, Gavin Kliger and Chris Young enters the CFPB headquarters and is given equipment and onboarded with a quick session on privacy policies in force at the CFPB.
Onboarding:
A DOGE team consisting of Luke Farritor, Jeremy Lewin, Nikhil Rajpal, Gavin Kliger and Chris Young enters the CFPB headquarters and is given equipment and onboarded with a quick session on privacy policies in force at the CFPB.
| Person: | Chris Young, Gavin Kliger, Jeremy Lewin, Luke Farritor, Nikhil Rajpal |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
2/07/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| OPM Detailed To: CFPB Chris Young 2/07/25-6/06/25 | |
| Note: | Identified as OPM-14; govt testified on 6/27 no longer a govt employee, inferring date from end of OPM service |
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| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25 Chris Young |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/12/25
Disruption:
Adam Martinez, CFPB COO, includes DOGE representatives Jordan Wick and Chris Young in emails hiring OPM for consulting on Reduction-in-Force (RIF) planning for the CFPB. CFPB agrees to pay OPM $171,925 for these services.
Disruption:
Adam Martinez, CFPB COO, includes DOGE representatives Jordan Wick and Chris Young in emails hiring OPM for consulting on Reduction-in-Force (RIF) planning for the CFPB. CFPB agrees to pay OPM $171,925 for these services.
| Person: | Chris Young, Jordan Wick |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 87 Court Document, 3/28/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
2/20/25
Sighting:
Chris Young meets with USADF leadership at their HQ to “introduce DOGE to the agency” and informs them that 2 engineers would be assigned to the agency.
Sighting:
Chris Young meets with USADF leadership at their HQ to “introduce DOGE to the agency” and informs them that 2 engineers would be assigned to the agency.
| Person: | Chris Young |
| Source: | Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-3 Court Document, 3/06/25 |
| Agency: | USADF |
4/12/25
Interagency Coordination:
Emailing this time from his CFPB account, Jeremy Lewin shares the documentation for the upcoming CFPB RIF with DOGE staff posted at several agencies (Zach Terrell and Alexandra Beynon). He also includes DOGE staff at CFPB: Gavin Kliger, Chris Young and Jordan Wick. It’s unclear if they are representing their individual agencies or are just taking part as DOGE members in the conversation.
Interagency Coordination:
Emailing this time from his CFPB account, Jeremy Lewin shares the documentation for the upcoming CFPB RIF with DOGE staff posted at several agencies (Zach Terrell and Alexandra Beynon). He also includes DOGE staff at CFPB: Gavin Kliger, Chris Young and Jordan Wick. It’s unclear if they are representing their individual agencies or are just taking part as DOGE members in the conversation.
| Person: | Alexandra Beynon, Chris Young, Gavin Kliger, Jeremy Lewin, Jordan Wick, Zach Terrell |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 137-1 Court Document, 4/28/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB, Ed., HHS |
6/06/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| OPM Detailed To: DOGE Chris Young 2/05/25-6/06/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Note: | Detail is listed as ending on 6/13, but assumed ended on 6/6 when left OPM |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Chris Young 1/30/25-6/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| 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 |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| OPM Detailed To: CFPB Chris Young 2/07/25-6/06/25 | |
| Note: | Identified as OPM-14; govt testified on 6/27 no longer a govt employee, inferring date from end of OPM service |
6/24/25
Identification:
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.
Identification:
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.
| Person: | Anthony Armstrong, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Chris Young, Christina Hanna, Christopher Stanley, Jacob Altik, Justin Monroe, Stephen Duarte |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 138 Court Document, 6/27/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |