Sam Corcos
Tech Industry Links: Andreessen Horowitz
Sam Corcos is the co-founder of lifestyle business Levels Health (with Casey Means, the nominee for Surgeon General) which sells metabolic tracking devices. It has received funding from Andreessen Horowitz, and that is probably the connection to DOGE. He has been embedded within the IRS since February as was named a CIO at the agency in March, giving him a large amount of power over how the agency allocates its IT resources.
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2/28/25
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Official
Gavin Kliger and Sam Corcos, DOGE representatives embedded at the IRS, on Friday asked IRS lawyers to assist in creating an “omnibus” agreement with other federal agencies that would allow a broad swath of federal officials to cross-reference benefits rolls with taxpayer data.
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3/XX/25
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Disruption
Several days after meeting with lobbyists from the tax software prep industry’s Free File Inc. coalition led by Intuit, Sam Corcos abruptly reverses his prior course and makes the case to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the IRS’ Direct File program for free tax filing should be shut down.
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4/08/25
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Disruption
DOGE engineers kick off a hackathon at IRS with some senior IRS developers and representatives of the company Palantir to create a “Mega API” of IRS data.
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4/10/25
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Disruption
The hackathon to create a “Mega API” at the IRS concludes. DOGE engineers are reportedly confident they will be able to deploy it in 30 days (they do not).
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4/11/25
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Directory
In a legal filing, the government describes the DOGE team at Treasury of consisting of six people, some previously unknown as DOGE associates.
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5/26/25
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Legal
Judge Vargas, ruling in New York v. Donald Trump lifted restrictions on DOGE staff accessing Treasury systems, saying that the government had demonstrated it was following proper procedures.
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6/XX/25
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Report
After several DOGE staffers expressed concerns that he should not have access to government information or continue to direct DOGE staff, Steve Davis reportedly pushes for their firing, calling it an attempted coup. Sam Corcos is named as one DOGE staffer who was given the silent treatment by Davis and allies.
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c.6/05/25
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Disruption
Concerned by Steve Davis’ attempts to stay involved with DOGE despite no longer being employed by the agency and instructions to not interact with him, DOGE staffers Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos, Ryan Shea, and Adam Blake privately questioned Davis about his involvement. They also reportedly contacted DOGE general counsel Austin Raynor about the legality of his continued involvement.
(fuzz: date is not given in article, unclear if at meeting or afterwards)
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6/07/25
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Disruption
Steve Davis removed DOGE staffers that he considered disloyal from shared Signal chats that DOGE had continued to use for coordination. He also used his influence at GSA to have Ryan Shea removed from his position. Other Davis targets – Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos and Adam Blake – were able to remain at their posts but were shut out from DOGE communications
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c.11/15/25
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Disruption
Under the direction of Sam Corcos, the IRS has rolled out coding tests hosted on the site HackerRack to its technical staff to assess their “technical proficiency.” This is likely the precursor to restructuring and layoffs within the agency’s 8500-person IT division. When asked about the purpose of the tests in an all-hands meeting, IRS leadership refused to answer.
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12/16/25
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Official
Acting in his role as CIO for the Treasury, Sam Corcos approves spending up to $1.5 million on up to 3000 licenses for ChatGPT at the agency, with more than $500,000 already obligated.
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