Noah Peters

Lawyer, age 39

Positions

Appointed:
1/20/25 [as OPM-18] Senior Advisor GS-15, excepted, $167,603 - $195,200 «Salary range for GS-15 in DC»
Source: OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25
Detailed To:
1/24/25 detailed from OPM
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

c.1/16/25
Action:
Noah Peters starts drafting two memos for OPM. One concerns temporary authorities for Schedule C and the other is on how to handle both probationary employees and admininstrative leave. These are to be issued on January 20th.
Question: Fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition
Person: Noah Peters
Source: AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 188-1 Court Document, 4/08/25
Agency: OPM
DOGE Project: Anti-Personnel
Action:
According to his later sworn testimony, Noah Peters meets with Keenan Kmiec to outline his plan on how to use administrative leave to sideline federal employees from being able to do their work and counter or monitor DOGE’s activities at their agencies.
Question: Fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition
Person: Keenan Kmiec, Noah Peters
Source: AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 188-1 Court Document, 4/08/25
Agency: OPM
DOGE Project: Impunity, Anti-Personnel
Action:
Noah Peters receives a formal job offer to work at OPM. He describes it in a court disposition as being very general and vague.
Question: Fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition
Person: Noah Peters
Source: AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 188-1 Court Document, 4/08/25
Agency: OPM
1/17/25
Action:
Noah Peters recalls that he met with Amanda Scales and Brian Bjelde on this day to plan for their upcoming first day at OPM.
Person: Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Noah Peters
Source: AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 188-1 Court Document, 4/08/25
Agency: OPM
1/20/25
Appointed:
Noah Peters starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.
Appointed: Noah Peters 1/20/25
Position Title: Senior Advisor, Office of the Director
Salary: $167,603 - $195,200
Source: OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25
Note: Salary range for GS-15 in DC
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff start working at OPM and are listed as part of the Office of the Director.
1/24/25
Detailed To:
Noah Peters detailed from OPM to DOGE
:
Noah Peters is granted basic access to USA Performance at OPM.
System Access: USA Performance
: unknown, 1/24/25 Noah Peters
Note: System tracking job performance of federal employees
DOGE Project: Anti-Personnel
1/28/25
Identification:
Wired Magazine provides an early listing of which Musk-affiliated DOGE staff now have positions at OPM.
Question: Fuzz: didn’t name Coristine or Bobba bc of their ages, but later confirmed as them
Person: Akash Bobba, Amanda Scales, Edward Coristine, Joanna Wischer, Noah Peters, Riccardo Biasini
Source: Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management Wired Magazine, 1/28/25
Agency: OPM
2/03/25
:
Noah Peters is granted basic access to STAMP at OPM.
System Access: STAMP
: unknown, 2/03/25 Noah Peters
Note: This is a system at OPM that I do not have information about yet
2/12/25
2/13/25
Interagency Coordination:
Representing DOGE and OPM, Noah Peters finalizes mass layoffs at the USDA just before Secretary Rollins is to be sworn in that evening. When asked later by Congress about the layoffs, she deflects and says it happened before she started.
3/26/25
Identification:
Politico publishes a list of 10 lawyers that it says are linked to DOGE.
4/11/25
Legal:
The plaintiffs in AFGE, AFL-CIO, et. al vs. OPM file a motion asking for the testimony of Noah Peters to be disregarded because they argue it is misleading and possibly fabricated in certain parts.
Person: Noah Peters
Source: AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 197 Court Document, 4/11/25
Agency: OPM
DOGE Project: Impunity
4/16/25
Interagency Coordination:
Noah Peters at OPM denies the CFPB request made by Adam Martinez as well as Jeremy Lewin and Gavin Kliger to conduct an “emergency” RIF at the CFPB which would only give employees 30 days before their termination.
Person: Gavin Kliger, Jeremy Lewin, Noah Peters
Source: NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 131-1 Court Document, 4/26/25
Agency: CFPB, OPM, USAID
DOGE Project: Elimination, Anti-Personnel
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.
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

Open Questions

  • Why isn't Noah Peters listed in a FOIA of job starts at various agencies?