Noah Peters

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.

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.

Noah Peters receives a formal job offer to work at OPM. He describes it in a court disposition as being very general and vague.

Noah Peters recalls that he met with Amanda Scales and Brian Bjelde on this day to plan for their upcoming first day at OPM.

Noah Peters starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.

Multiple DOGE staff start working at OPM and are listed as part of the Office of the Director.

Noah Peters detailed from OPM to DOGE

Noah Peters is granted basic access to USA Performance at OPM.

Wired Magazine provides an early listing of which Musk-affiliated DOGE staff now have positions at OPM.

Noah Peters is granted basic access to STAMP at OPM.

In a FOIA request, Democracy Forward names DOGE staff known to be at OPM at that time.

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.

Politico publishes a list of 10 lawyers that it says are linked to DOGE.

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.

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.

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.

Noah Peters writes an op-ed defending a proposed regulation that would move the appeals process for reductions in force (RIFs) from the MSPB to OPM. He is described as a Senior Advisor at the agency.

In a sworn deposition on this date, Noah Peters testifies that a previous document stating that he had been detailed to DOGE was false, and he has only ever worked for OPM. He also testifies that he has never had and never used a DOGE-affiliated email address. His name and an EOP email were included in a leaked but unverified list of DOGE employees on March 3, 2025.

The government reports in a legal filing that Riccardo Biasini’s appointment at OPM has been terminated, marking the end of DOGE’s presence at the agency. Noah Peters still remains at the agency, but the government claims that earlier filings that he was detailed to DOGE were an error and that he should be considered only as an OPM employee.