Clark Minor
Tech Industry Links: Palantir
A former head of cloud strategy at Palantir, Clark Minor was named the CIO for Health and Human Services in February. in that position, he is able to grant access for DOGE staff to many systems.
Positions
Appointed:
2/XX/25-2/14/25 Chief Technology Officer $195,200
Promotion:
2/14/25 promoted to Chief Information Officer $195,200 «Salary inferred»
Internal Transfer:
2/24/25 internal xfer «date inferred from system access»
Internal Transfer:
c.2/25/25 internal xfer «mentioned as meeting with FDA staff in late Feb/early March»
Appointed:
8/XX/25 Acting Chief AI Officer
Appointed:
2/XX/25-2/14/25 Chief Technology Officer $195,200
Promotion:
2/14/25 promoted to Chief Information Officer $195,200 «Salary inferred»
Internal Transfer:
2/24/25 internal xfer «date inferred from system access»
Internal Transfer:
c.2/25/25 internal xfer «mentioned as meeting with FDA staff in late Feb/early March»
Appointed:
8/XX/25 Acting Chief AI Officer
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Clark Minor LinkedIn, |
| Source: | HHS IT Office recruits new Chief from Palantir Orange Slices, 2/19/25 |
| Source: | DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System Wired Magazine, 2/24/25 |
| Source: | Jackson v. Kennedy, doc 1 Court Document, 6/03/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Clark Minor LinkedIn, |
Events
2/14/25
Promotion:
Clark Minor promoted to Chief Information Officer at HHS
Promotion:
Clark Minor promoted to Chief Information Officer at HHS
| Promotion: | Clark Minor 2/14/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Information Officer |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | HHS IT Office recruits new Chief from Palantir Orange Slices, 2/19/25 |
| Note: | Salary inferred |
2/24/25
System Access:
Three DOGE staffers – Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley and Clark Minor – are listed as part of the NIH Business System Department. This would grant them access to NIH’s central electronic business system, which includes finance, budget, procurement, a property-management system, and a grant-tracking system
System Access:
Three DOGE staffers – Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley and Clark Minor – are listed as part of the NIH Business System Department. This would grant them access to NIH’s central electronic business system, which includes finance, budget, procurement, a property-management system, and a grant-tracking system
| Person: | Clark Minor, Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley |
| Source: | DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System Wired Magazine, 2/24/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
Identification:
Four DOGE staffers are identified with email addresses linked to NIH. These are Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley, Jeremy Lewin and Clark Minor.
Identification:
Four DOGE staffers are identified with email addresses linked to NIH. These are Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley, Jeremy Lewin and Clark Minor.
| Person: | Clark Minor, Jeremy Lewin, Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley |
| Source: | DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System Wired Magazine, 2/24/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
c.2/25/25
Sighting:
FDA staff conduct a meeting to provide a high-level overview of FDA structures and functions to Clark Minor, the new CIO for HHS.
Sighting:
FDA staff conduct a meeting to provide a high-level overview of FDA structures and functions to Clark Minor, the new CIO for HHS.
| Question: | Fuzz: date is just given as late February and early March for meetings |
| Person: | Clark Minor |
| Source: | Jackson v. Kennedy, doc 1 Court Document, 6/03/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
2/XX/25
Appointed:
Clark Minor starts as Chief Technology Officer at HHS.
Appointed:
Clark Minor starts as Chief Technology Officer at HHS.
| Appointed: | Clark Minor 2/XX/25-2/14/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Technology Officer |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Clark Minor LinkedIn, |
3/XX/25
System Access:
In a response to a Trump EO on tracking grants, the DOGE team is granted approval by HHS CIO Clark Minor to build an API to retrieved data from the Payment Management System system.
System Access:
In a response to a Trump EO on tracking grants, the DOGE team is granted approval by HHS CIO Clark Minor to build an API to retrieved data from the Payment Management System system.
| Person: | Clark Minor |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 82-4 Court Document, 4/29/25 |
| Agency: | HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Fraud, Spending |
8/XX/25
Appointed:
Clark Minor starts as Acting Chief AI Officer at HHS.
Appointed:
Clark Minor starts as Acting Chief AI Officer at HHS.
| Appointed: | Clark Minor 8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Acting Chief AI Officer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Clark Minor LinkedIn, |
9/09/25
Official Action:
All employees at HHS and its subsidiary agencies receive an email informing them that ChatGPT will be rolled out to the entire agency immediately. The rollout is being managed by Clark Minor, and the email states that the deployment is secure enough that agency staff can even include procurement-sensitive data and “non-sensitive” PII into the chats, although sensitive PII, classified informatio and other confidential information should not be shared.
Official Action:
All employees at HHS and its subsidiary agencies receive an email informing them that ChatGPT will be rolled out to the entire agency immediately. The rollout is being managed by Clark Minor, and the email states that the deployment is secure enough that agency staff can even include procurement-sensitive data and “non-sensitive” PII into the chats, although sensitive PII, classified informatio and other confidential information should not be shared.
| Person: | Clark Minor |
| Source: | HHS Asks All Employees to Start Using ChatGPT 404 Media, 9/09/25 |
| Agency: | CDC, CMS, FDA, HHS, NIH |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |