DOGE Track

Jim Hickey

Executive, age 42
Identified by ProPublica as one of the DOGE crew who have secretly been working at the Department of Defense, Jim Hickey was formerly a director at MITRE and before that a senior advisor for the Air Force

Positions

Appointed:
2/18/25? Senior Advisor «Start date inferred from reports of DOGE meeting 2/18 and Hegseth reporting on 2/20 that many were veterans. LinkedIn says Feb.»
Source: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, 
Source: DOGE meets with Pentagon officials to plan cuts at the biggest U.S. department CBS News, 2/18/25

Events

2/06/25
Interagency Coordination:
A large contingent of DOGE staff from multiple agencies meet at GSA HQ. It is unclear if they are representing their specific agencies or if this is a DOGE all-hands gathering. It is also unclear how many DOGE staffers in GSA are in attendance.
Person: Aram Moghaddassi, Brian Bjelde, Emily Bryant, Jim Hickey, Katrine Trampe, Michael Cole, Michael Grimes, Michael Mirski, Riley Sennott, Scott Coulter, Scott Langmack, Stephen Ehikian, Tarak Makecha, Tom Krause
Source: FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26
Agency: Commerce, DOGE, DOI, DOL, GSA, HUD, NASA, OPM, Treas., USDA
2/18/25?
Appointed:
Jim Hickey starts as Senior Advisor at DOD.
Appointed: Jim Hickey 2/18/25?
Position Title: Senior Advisor, Undersecretary of Defense
Source: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, 
Source: DOGE meets with Pentagon officials to plan cuts at the biggest U.S. department CBS News, 2/18/25
Note: Start date inferred from reports of DOGE meeting 2/18 and Hegseth reporting on 2/20 that many were veterans. LinkedIn says Feb.
2/20/25
Official Action:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth releases a video stating that he met with DOGE about cuts to the agency. He states that many of them are veterans.
Question: Fuzz: The attendees aren’t listed, but I am inferring this is Yinon Weiss, Mike Slagh, Jim Hickey and Patrick George
Person: Jim Hickey, Mike Slagh, Patrick George, Yinon Weiss
Source: Defense Secretary Hegseth working with DOGE to cut the 'BS' FOX News, 2/20/25
Agency: DOD