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. (fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition)

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. (fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition)

Noah Peters receives a formal job offer to work at OPM. He describes it in a court disposition as being very general and vague. (fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition)

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

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

Wired Magazine provides an early listing of which Musk-affiliated DOGE staff now have positions at OPM. (fuzz: didn’t name Coristine or Bobba bc of their ages, but later confirmed as them)

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.