Thomas Shedd
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
Appointed:
1/24/25-2/19/26 Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service $150,160
Demotion:
2/19/26 demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention
Appointed:
1/24/25-2/19/26 Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service $150,160
Demotion:
2/19/26 demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention
| Source: | GSA’s new leadership mostly comes from tech, finance sectors Federal News Network, 1/20/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
Appointed:
3/14/25-8/01/25 Chief Information Officer
Appointed:
3/14/25-8/01/25 Chief Information Officer
| Source: | TTS director tapped to serve as Labor CIO NextGov, 3/18/25 |
| Source: | Thomas Shedd departs as Labor CIO NextGov, 8/04/25 |
Events
1/24/25
Appointed:
Thomas Shedd starts as Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service at GSA.
Appointed:
Thomas Shedd starts as Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service at GSA.
| Appointed: | Thomas Shedd 1/24/25-2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service, Technology Transformation Service |
| Salary: | $150,160 |
| Source: | GSA’s new leadership mostly comes from tech, finance sectors Federal News Network, 1/20/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
1/30/25
Action:
Action:
| Person: | Jordan Wick, Nate Cavanaugh, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
Interagency Coordination:
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.
Interagency Coordination:
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.
| Person: | Elon Musk, Luke Farritor, Nicole Hollander, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Musk visits and asserts growing influence at GSA NextGov, 1/30/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA |
1/31/25
Identification:
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.
Identification:
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.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Nicole Hollander, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
2/02/25
Interagency Coordination:
Aram Moghaddassi, Marko Elez and Riley Sennott arrive at GSA to work with unspecified GSA staff on a Sunday. They are signed in by Thomas Shedd and Luke Farritor. Riley Sennott is still not an official employee of GSA at the time of the meeting.
Interagency Coordination:
Aram Moghaddassi, Marko Elez and Riley Sennott arrive at GSA to work with unspecified GSA staff on a Sunday. They are signed in by Thomas Shedd and Luke Farritor. Riley Sennott is still not an official employee of GSA at the time of the meeting.
| Person: | Aram Moghaddassi, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez, Riley Sennott, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | DOL, GSA, Treas. |
2/06/25
Sighting:
Sighting:
| Person: | Nate Cavanaugh, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
2/09/25
Sighting:
DOGE members Baris Akis, Katrine Trampe, Jordan Wick and Riley Sennott are signed in to work at GSA headquarters on a Sunday. It’s unclear if they are there for a meeting or just to use the DOGE working space inside of GSA. They are hosted at the building by Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Ethan Shaotran.
Sighting:
DOGE members Baris Akis, Katrine Trampe, Jordan Wick and Riley Sennott are signed in to work at GSA headquarters on a Sunday. It’s unclear if they are there for a meeting or just to use the DOGE working space inside of GSA. They are hosted at the building by Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Ethan Shaotran.
| Person: | Baris Akis, Jordan Wick, Katrine Trampe, Riley Sennott, Stephen Ehikian, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
2/10/25
Disruption:
Unnamed DOGE staff using non-governmental Google accounts conduct “touch-base” interviews with dozens of US Digital Corps fellows, under the direction of Thomas Shedd.
Disruption:
Unnamed DOGE staff using non-governmental Google accounts conduct “touch-base” interviews with dozens of US Digital Corps fellows, under the direction of Thomas Shedd.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | DOGE ‘touch-base’ sessions with GSA staff preceded probationary terminations, source says FedScoop, 2/13/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/18/25
Disruption:
A GSA employee reportedly resigned rather than give unrestricted admin access for the SMS emergency notification service Notify.gov to Thomas Shedd.
Disruption:
A GSA employee reportedly resigned rather than give unrestricted admin access for the SMS emergency notification service Notify.gov to Thomas Shedd.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public 404 Media, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
2/19/25
Disruption:
Thomas Shedd has allegedly requested admin access to 19 different systems within TTS at GSA. It is unusual for agency leadership to have such access, especially for systems that contain sensitive information.
Disruption:
Thomas Shedd has allegedly requested admin access to 19 different systems within TTS at GSA. It is unusual for agency leadership to have such access, especially for systems that contain sensitive information.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Doge Has 'God Mode' Access to Government Data The Atlantic, 2/19/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
3/01/25
Disruption:
TTS administrator Thomas Shedd eliminates 90 members of 18F with a firing email sent at 1:00 AM in the morning and immediately locks them out of their machines.
Disruption:
TTS administrator Thomas Shedd eliminates 90 members of 18F with a firing email sent at 1:00 AM in the morning and immediately locks them out of their machines.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | GSA eliminates 18F NextGov, 3/01/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
3/06/25
Disruption:
TTS Commissioner Thomas Shedd says in a statement that he expects the Technology Transformation Service will be 50% smaller within weeks.
Disruption:
TTS Commissioner Thomas Shedd says in a statement that he expects the Technology Transformation Service will be 50% smaller within weeks.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | DOGE’s Plans to Replace Humans With AI Are Already Under Way The Atlantic, 3/10/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/14/25
Appointed:
Thomas Shedd starts as Chief Information Officer at DOL.
Appointed:
Thomas Shedd starts as Chief Information Officer at DOL.
| Appointed: | Thomas Shedd 3/14/25-8/01/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Information Officer |
| Source: | TTS director tapped to serve as Labor CIO NextGov, 3/18/25 |
| Source: | Thomas Shedd departs as Labor CIO NextGov, 8/04/25 |
3/20/25
Identification:
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.
Identification:
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.
| Person: | Ashley Boizelle, Edward Coristine, Jeremy Lewin, Justin Aimonetti, Kyle Schutt, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, Nicole Hollander, Riley Sennott, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
4/17/25
Disruption:
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.
Disruption:
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.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | New DOGE CIO looks to reduce Labor IT office by 30%, agency source says FedScoop, 4/17/25 |
| Agency: | DOL |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/XX/25
Sighting:
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.
Sighting:
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.
| Question: | Fuzz: only month is given in report |
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Josh Gruenbaum, Luke Farritor, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers Wired Magazine, 9/25/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
5/09/25
Action:
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.
Action:
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.
| Person: | Luke Farritor, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | DOGE-pilled Bloomberg, 7/29/25 |
| Agency: | DOL |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
6/06/25
Report:
Wired reports that TTS Administrator Thomas Shedd is in urgent 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 that were initiated by TTS Administrator Thomas Shedd.
Report:
Wired reports that TTS Administrator Thomas Shedd is in urgent 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 that were initiated by TTS Administrator Thomas Shedd.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | DOGE Is on a Recruiting Spree Wired Magazine, 6/06/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination |
7/07/25
Action:
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.
Action:
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.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Agencies plan to decommission hundreds of .gov websites following GSA review Federal News Network, 7/07/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
8/01/25
Offboarding:
Thomas Shedd leaves role as Chief Information Officer at DOL
Offboarding:
Thomas Shedd leaves role as Chief Information Officer at DOL
| Appointed: | Thomas Shedd 3/14/25-8/01/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Information Officer |
| Source: | TTS director tapped to serve as Labor CIO NextGov, 3/18/25 |
| Source: | Thomas Shedd departs as Labor CIO NextGov, 8/04/25 |
Offboarding:
Thomas Shedd ends his role as the temporary CIO at the Department of Labor. It is unclear who will be filling the role next.
Offboarding:
Thomas Shedd ends his role as the temporary CIO at the Department of Labor. It is unclear who will be filling the role next.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Thomas Shedd departs as Labor CIO NextGov, 8/04/25 |
| Agency: | DOL |
2/19/26
Demotion:
Thomas Shedd demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention at GSA
Demotion:
Thomas Shedd demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention at GSA
| Demotion: | Thomas Shedd 2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention |
Onboarding:
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.
Onboarding:
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.
| Person: | Greg Barbaccia, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
| Agency: | GSA, OMB |