DOGE Track

Tom Krause

Executive, age 47
Exited govt: 6/06/25 (reported)

Tom Krause is the CEO of Cloud Software Group, which sells the Citrix tool used for remote desktops in enterprise environments. He has been involved with DOGE’s attempts to control all payments flowing through the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) department in the US Treasury. Due to ethics concerns, he onboarded as a volunteer part-time consultant, but in mid-February he was converted to a Schedule C appointment on the GS-15 payscale, which could mean he is being paid up to $195,200 a year.

Positions

Position Notes
Treas.
Sources
Treas. 1/23/25-2/12/25 consultant Senior Advisor for Technology and Modernization (SGE, NTE 4/10/25, volunteer)
Treas. 2/13/25-6/06/25 converted to permanent position (SGE, NTE 7/03/25, $167,603)
resigned from agency 6/06/25

Events

Date Event
1/08/25
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The leader of the Trump transition team for the Treasury Department sends an email requesting that Thomas Krause be incuded on the “day 1 team, to lead on Fiscal Services modernization efforts.”
2/04/25
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent writes a letter to Congress about Tom Krause having read-only access but doesn’t mention Marko Elez in his letter.
3/24/25
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Ruling in American Federation of Teachers et al v. Bessent et al, Judge Boardman issues a preliminary injunction against DOGE access to internal systems at the Departoment of the Treasury where the justification for access was “the DOGE agenda” (i.e., all of them)
4/11/25
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In a legal filing, the government describes the DOGE team at Treasury of consisting of six people, some previously unknown as DOGE associates.
 Gavin Kliger, Linda Whitridge, Ryan Wunderly, Sam Corcos, Todd Newnam, Tom Krause
5/26/25
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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.
6/06/25
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Tom Krause resigns his position at Treasury and exits government service, according to an email that he sent to employees at the Cloud Software Group, the company which he was simultaneously running. He departed Treasury a month before his SGE status would have required him to leave.