DOGE Track

Thomas Shedd

Coder, age 28
Tech Industry Links: Tesla

When he was named the Deputy Administrator of FAS (under Josh Gruenbaum) and the head of GSA’s innovative Technology Transformation Service (which includes 18F and login.gov), the press releases touted his most recent experience, 8 years of being a software developer at Tesla. It turns out that was his only experience, and he hasn’t ever been a senior executive or worked within government before. Instead, his main skills seem to be a loyalty to Musk and a willingness to destroy the parts of the agency in his care if asked. To this end, he has eliminated 18F and tried to gain admin access to services like Notify.gov or Login.gov, that would give him unprecedented control over government services. He also has been a big booster of replacing staff with AI. Since March, he has also been serving as the CIO at the Department of Labor, an arrangement that largely seems to exist so he can grant access for sensitive systems to DOGE staff.

Positions

Position Notes
GSA
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GSA 1/24/25-2/19/26 Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service ($150,160)
GSA 2/19/26 demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention
DOL
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DOL 3/14/25-8/01/25 Chief Information Officer
resigned from agency 8/01/25

Events

Date Event
1/30/25
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Elon Musk reportedly visits GSA to meet with staff, several of whom are identified from their appearances in the internal directory for the agency. These include Steve Davis, Nicole Hollander, Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Luke Farritor.
 Elon Musk, Luke Farritor, Nicole Hollander, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd
1/31/25
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Wired reports that DOGE staff are attempting to get elevated access to GSA systems and making changes to office arrangements to create a special reserved floor for their staff with a security guard checking names.
 Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Nicole Hollander, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd
2/10/25
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Unnamed DOGE staff using non-governmental Google accounts conduct dozens of “touch-base” interviews with dozens of US Digital Corps fellows, under the direction of Thomas Shedd.
2/18/25
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A GSA employee reportedly resigned rather than give unrestricted admin access for the SMS emergency notification service Notify.gov to Thomas Shedd.
2/19/25
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Thomas Shedd has allegedly requested admin access to 19 different systems within TTS at GSA
3/01/25
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TTS administrator Thomas Shedd eliminates 90 members of 18F with a 1am firing email and locks them out of their machines
3/06/25
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TTS Commissioner Thomas Shedd says in a statement that he expects the Technology Transformation Service will be 50% smaller within weeks.
3/20/25
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Wired Magazine list DOGE staff stationed within GSA, all of whom were listed on GSA payroll on March 20, the same day Stephen Ehikian claimed there were no DOGE staff in the agency.
 Ashley Boizelle, Edward Coristine, Jeremy Lewin, Justin Aimonetti, Kyle Schutt, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, Nicole Hollander, Riley Sennott, Thomas Shedd
4/XX/25
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A contractor at GSA states that he came across a list of staff at GSA who had not yet completed all of their mandatory security training. This included prominent DOGE staff that had been at the agency for several months like Thomas Shedd, Josh Gruenbaum, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor and Steve Davis. (fuzz: only month is given in report)
4/17/25
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In his new role as CIO for the Department of Labor, Thomas Shedd announces goals to reduce the department by 30% through resignations and layoffs. He also claims that DOGE is not “tracking” staff at the agency, and that all changes will be determined by focusing on results.
5/09/25
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A glimpse of Luke Farritor’s visible calendar in a Fox News DOGE profile includes a Microsoft Teams meeting with Thomas Shedd (the acting CIO and fellow GSA employee) as well as another DOL staffer to discuss grants to the agency.
6/06/25
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Wired reports that Thomas Shedd is in need of in-house developers and is looking to revamp and restart the Presidential Innovation Fellows program months after it was eliminated due to the hiring freeze and mass layoffs initiated by Thomas Shedd.
7/07/25
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Thomas Shedd announces that after a review of 7200 websites in the federal government, GSA is recommending that 332 of those should be eliminated. These cuts are not evenly distributed (the SBA will eliminate half of its websites). This initiative dates back to 2023 OMB guidance for the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, so this is not a DOGE-created project, but some of the websites and pages are for programs targeted by DOGE.
8/01/25
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Thomas Shedd ends his role as the temporary CIO at the Department of Labor. It is unclear who will be filling the role next.
2/19/26
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Federal CIO Chief Greg Barbaccia is named as the new Acting Director for the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) at GSA, replacing Thomas Shedd in the role. Shedd has seemingly been demoted to a new role of Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention. Greg Barbaccia is still serving in the role of CIO for USAID as well.