Unmasked Aliases

In several examples, public documents obtained through FOIA and as exhibits in courts cases will obscure the identities of DOGE staffers. For instance, the testimony of Tiffany Flick and subsequent disclosures from the lawsuit against Social Security redact the identities of DOGE staffers as “Employee 1” etc. However, it is possible to figure out the identities of many of these aliases and link them to their real names if you happen to have a database of DOGE activities and documents and are able to correlate by evidence. When I am able to make such a positive identification, my system will then automatically link events and positions associated with the alias to the person as well. This page however is an overview of aliases.

CFPB-01

Likely: Gavin Kliger

  • A declaration from AFL-CIO vs. DOL outlines access granted to CFPB staff
  • The declaration names Jordan Wick, Chris Young, Nikhil Rajpal and Luke Farritor as well as 2 other CFPB staff not named (because they are not deemed DOGE employees)
  • In the declaration, Mr. Farritor used Entra ID to provide access to a member of the DOGE Team who is not a DOGE Employee to the systems necessary to update the CFPB’s public-facing website.
  • Gavin Kliger is the only developer of those two

CFPB-02

Likely: Jeremy Lewin

ED-01

Likely: Akash Bobba

  • Detail agreement from OPM is signed on 2025-02-12
  • This person appears in a detail from OPM to SSA, but also a detail from SSA back to OPM and Education
  • This is the same person as OPM-3 because there is a detail document that appears with two diff redacted names
  • In a separate document in filing from OPM, Akash Bobba is listed as the only person from OPM and with a start date of 2025-02-03

Positions:

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Position Notes
Education
OPM Education 2/03 [as ED-01] detail (NTE 2026-02-12)

ED-02

Likely: Conor Fennessy

  • Onboarded by appointment as a Senior Advisor on 2025-01-31 with a salary of $195K
  • They included a list of DOGE staff at the agency and Conor Fennessy is listed as the only Senior Advisor on staff

Positions:

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Position Notes
Education
Education 1/31 [as ED-02] appointed Senior Advisor (GS-15/6, $195,200)

ED-03

Likely: Ethan Shaotran

  • Detail from GSA was signed on 2025-02-12 for an SGE position so it is not reimbursed and for a maximum of 135 days from start of SGE term
  • Position at GSA is listed as Software Engineer (Consultant)
  • In a separate document in the release, Ethan Shaotran is listed as being from GSA on 2025-02-03 and Edward Coristine on 2025-02-20
  • IN the case of ED-1, the detail agreement seems to have been signed after the start date; very likely here as well

Positions:

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Position Notes
Education
GSA Education 2/12 [as ED-03] detail (NTE 2026-02-26)

ED-04

Likely: Brooks Morgan

  • This is the only consultant position listed in this legal document
  • Further down the same document, a table lists one consultant starting on the same date unredacted and it’s Brooks Morgan

Positions:

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Position Notes
Education
Education 2/04 [as ED-04] consultant (NTE 2025-08-04, volunteer)

FBI-01

Likely: Justin Monroe

  • This person isn’t named in the original NBC News report
  • But they’re identified specifically in a ProPublica roundup as being this person

Events:

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Date Event
1/29 FBI
An unidentified former SpaceX employee [later confirmed to be Justin Monroe] is reported to be working as an advisor to the Director of the FBI

OPM-02

Likely: Riccardo Biasini

  • Onboarded on 2025-01-20 as a volunteer SGE
  • PD Number 6A39741 in redacted documents matches one for Riccard Biasini in a FOIA release from OPM
  • “Listed as the contact point for GWES on the PIA”
  • “On March 18, clearance was requested to convert him to permanent appointment”

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/20 [as OPM-02] appointed Expert (NTE 2025-07-18, ED-00, excepted, volunteer) «info for alias SSA-2, who I’ve identified as him»

Events:

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Date Event
1/27 OPM
Charles Ezell sends an email to OPM IT staff stating that OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) “urgently” need access to several sensitive systems within the agency.
1/28 OPM
OPM grants OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) full administrative access to the systems USAJOBS, USA Staffing, USA Performance, eOPF, and EHRI. This access included “[c]ode read and write permissions.”

Systems

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System Notes
Databricks
Databricks 1/28
A hosted or self-hosted service that simplifies systems for processing big Data
admin access «listed as “OPM Data Azure Databricks Admin + NP / PRD Azure Subscriptions”»
EHRI
Enterprise Human Resources Integration 1/28-7/30
The Enterprise Human Resources Integration Data Warehouse (“EHRI”) collects human resources, payroll, and training data from several dozen sources outside of OPM, including other federal agencies.
unknown access (never accessed)
github
GitHub 1/28
A service owned by Microsoft for developers to run version control on their applications and back them up to shared repositories that can be used by other developers. Github is provided as both a hosted service (at github.com) or via versions that can be installed with agency data centers (aka GitHub Enterprise or GHE). Access to Github would be expected for developers, but doesn’t necessarily mean the person is a coder.
unknown access «Github Enterprise»
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/28-7/30
System tracking job performance of federal employees
admin access (never accessed) «system name is listed as “USA Performance - U.S. Office of Personnel Management”»
USA Staffing
USA Staffing 1/28
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees.
admin access «USA Staffing Core + Admin Portal - DEV/TST/STG/TRN/PRD»
eOPF
eOPF 1/28-2/06
An system for government employees to access their personnel files electronically. These are updated when staff receive changes in salary or duty station or title, or receive performance reviews.
unknown access (never accessed)

OPM-03

Likely: Akash Bobba

  • This is the same person as ED-1 because there is a detail document that appears with two diff redacted names
  • Detail to SSA is signed on 2025-02-12
  • PD number 6A39740 = one listed for Akash Bobba
  • See evidence that ED-1 is Akash Bobba
  • He has also been appointed to SSA, which pays his salary, and DOE

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/20-7/18 [as OPM-03] appointed Expert (NTE 2025-07-18, ED-00, excepted, volunteer) «Testimony reports plan to convert position to permanent»
OPM 8/08 [as OPM-03] converted to permanent position (volunteer) «Court testimony reports conversion to permanent, restored access»
SSA
OPM SSA 2/03 [as OPM-03] detail

Events:

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Date Event
1/20 OPM
IT staff at OPM are pulled into a “911-esque call” requesting that “a political team” of 6 individuals must be given access to OPM systems. These include Charles Ezell, Greg Hogan, and Amanda Scales, as well as unidentified employees OPM-03 (Akash Bobba), OPM-05 (Gavin Kliger) and OPM-07 (Brian Bjelde). These DOGE staffers are granted administrative access to USAJOBS, USA Staffing, and USA Performance systems.
July 2025
7/16 OPM
OPM-03 (Akash Bobba) reaches the Not-To-Exceed (NTE) date for the special government employee status and is removed from access at the agency.
August 2025
8/08 OPM
Special government employee OPM-03 (Akash Bobba) is converted to a permanent position within the agency, still unpaid. (fuzz: Date from report on system access restoration)

Systems

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System Notes
website
Agency Website 1/28
This is a stand-in for whatever website platform an agency is using
unknown access «listed as grant for “Web Admin” on 1/20. Not revoked as of 2/12»
website
Agency Website 1/20
This is a stand-in for whatever website platform an agency is using
unknown access «listed as grant for “Web Admin” on 1/20. Not revoked as of 2/12»
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/20-7/30
System tracking job performance of federal employees
admin access (never accessed) «system name is listed as “USA Performance - U.S. Office of Personnel Management”»
eOPF
eOPF 4/07-7/21
An system for government employees to access their personnel files electronically. These are updated when staff receive changes in salary or duty station or title, or receive performance reviews.
read access (last access 6/26)

OPM-04

Likely: Edward Coristine

  • SF-50 is for GSA appointment on 2025-01-20
  • Appointed as an expert at OPM on 2025-01-24
  • Because OPM and GSA share an electronic personnel processing system (HR Links), a separate form SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) could not be generated for this separate appointment
  • Only person onboarded as an expert on 2025-01-24 was Nikhil Rajpal, but he’s a match for OPM-6
  • Possibly someone doing the affadavit late (3 other experts on 2025-01-20
  • I think it might be Edward Coristine because Wired spotted him at OPM on 2025-01-28
  • Judge Cote in injunction in AFGE v. OPM “OPM-4 is 19 years old. Press reports indicate that he is known online as ‘Big Balls.’”

Positions:

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Position Notes
GSA
GSA 1/20-5/23 [as OPM-04] appointed Senior Advisor (SGE, NTE 2026-01-19, EF-00, excepted, volunteer) «Start date and agency inferred from later reporting»

Events:

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Date Event
1/27 OPM
Charles Ezell sends an email to OPM IT staff stating that OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) “urgently” need access to several sensitive systems within the agency.
1/28 OPM
OPM grants OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) full administrative access to the systems USAJOBS, USA Staffing, USA Performance, eOPF, and EHRI. This access included “[c]ode read and write permissions.”

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/28
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - U.S. Office of Personnel Management”»

OPM-05

Likely: Gavin Kliger

  • Onboarded on 2025-01-20 as a provisional appt not to exceed 2025-05-20
  • Senior Advisor to the Director for IT
  • PD 6A38025 = matches for Gavin Kliger in a FOIA release
  • GS-15/10 with pay of $195,200
  • Converted to an excepted appointment on 2025-02-18
  • Has been detailed to the GSA, the IRS, USAID, USDA, and the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/20-2/18 [as OPM-05] appointed Senior Advisor to the Director for Information Technology (NTE 2025-05-20, GS-15, excepted, $195,200) «hired at maximum salary for GS federal employee in DC»
OPM 2/18 [as OPM-05] converted to permanent position Senior Advisor to the Director for Information Technology (GS-15, excepted, $195,200)
Global Media
OPM Global Media c.3/01 [as OPM-05] detail «detail in court doc, date from Kliger spotted at VOA around start of March»
GSA
OPM GSA date unknown [as OPM-05] detail «detail in court doc»

Events:

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Date Event
1/20 OPM
IT staff at OPM are pulled into a “911-esque call” requesting that “a political team” of 6 individuals must be given access to OPM systems. These include Charles Ezell, Greg Hogan, and Amanda Scales, as well as unidentified employees OPM-03 (Akash Bobba), OPM-05 (Gavin Kliger) and OPM-07 (Brian Bjelde). These DOGE staffers are granted administrative access to USAJOBS, USA Staffing, and USA Performance systems.

Systems

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System Notes
website
Agency Website 1/20
This is a stand-in for whatever website platform an agency is using
unknown access «listed as grant for “Web Admin” on 1/20. Not revoked as of 2/12»
Databricks
Databricks 1/28
A hosted or self-hosted service that simplifies systems for processing big Data
admin access «listed as “OPM Data Azure Databricks Admin + NP / PRD Azure Subscriptions”»
github
GitHub 1/20
A service owned by Microsoft for developers to run version control on their applications and back them up to shared repositories that can be used by other developers. Github is provided as both a hosted service (at github.com) or via versions that can be installed with agency data centers (aka GitHub Enterprise or GHE). Access to Github would be expected for developers, but doesn’t necessarily mean the person is a coder.
unknown access «Github Enterprise»
GWES
Government-Wide Email System 1/24-8/08
A new system developed by DOGE for sending out email to all federal employees and collecting responses. It was most famously used for the Fork in The Road email.
admin access (never accessed)
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/20-9/22
System tracking job performance of federal employees
admin access (last access 4/13)
USA Staffing
USA Staffing 1/20
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees.
admin access «USA Staffing Core + Admin Portal - DEV/TST/STG/TRN/PRD»

OPM-06

Likely: Nikhil Rajpal

  • Onboarded on 2025-01-24 as a vounteer SGE with a term not to exceed 2025-07-22
  • This is likely one of the other young DOGE crew like Jordan Wick or Luke Farritor, etc.
  • Detailed to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Has also been detailed to the SSA during the course of his appointment at OPM
  • PD 6A39738 listed on hiring forms = Nikhil Rajpal on FOIAed list of OPM positions

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/24-7/02 [as OPM-06] appointed Expert (ED-00, excepted, volunteer)
resigned from agency 7/02

Events:

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Date Event
1/27 OPM
Charles Ezell sends an email to OPM IT staff stating that OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) “urgently” need access to several sensitive systems within the agency.
1/28 OPM
OPM grants OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) full administrative access to the systems USAJOBS, USA Staffing, USA Performance, eOPF, and EHRI. This access included “[c]ode read and write permissions.”

Systems

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System Notes
website
Agency Website 1/28
This is a stand-in for whatever website platform an agency is using
unknown access «listed as grant for “Web Admin” on 1/20. Not revoked as of 2/12»
Databricks
Databricks 1/28
A hosted or self-hosted service that simplifies systems for processing big Data
admin access «listed as “OPM Data Azure Databricks Admin + NP / PRD Azure Subscriptions”»
EHRI
Enterprise Human Resources Integration 2/05-7/21
The Enterprise Human Resources Integration Data Warehouse (“EHRI”) collects human resources, payroll, and training data from several dozen sources outside of OPM, including other federal agencies.
admin access (last access 6/26) (never accessed)
GWES
Government-Wide Email System 1/30-7/21
A new system developed by DOGE for sending out email to all federal employees and collecting responses. It was most famously used for the Fork in The Road email.
admin access (never accessed)
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/28-7/21
System tracking job performance of federal employees
admin access (never accessed) «system name is listed as “USA Performance - U.S. Office of Personnel Management”»
USA Staffing
USA Staffing 1/28
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees.
admin access «USA Staffing Core + Admin Portal - DEV/TST/STG/TRN/PRD»
eOPF
eOPF 1/28-2/06
An system for government employees to access their personnel files electronically. These are updated when staff receive changes in salary or duty station or title, or receive performance reviews.
unknown access (never accessed)

OPM-07

Likely: Brian Bjelde

  • On January 16, 2025, FSEM received ‘s new hire package
  • Clearance above were completed on January 17, 2025, and FSEM cleared to enter on duty at OPM
  • January 29, 2025, OPM’s HR team requested clearance for to enter on duty on a permanent appointment
  • After a favorable review, was reciprocally approved for a permanent position on January 31 , 2025
  • Referred to as “his” oath of office
  • Court docs include a PD code 6A39743
  • This matches Brian Bjelde in a FOIAed list of OPM new hires

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/20-1/31 [as OPM-07] appointed Expert (NTE 2025-07-18, ED-00, excepted, volunteer) «likely Schedule C»
OPM 1/31 [as OPM-07] converted to permanent position Expert (ED-00) «permanent position approved»

Events:

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Date Event
1/20 OPM
IT staff at OPM are pulled into a “911-esque call” requesting that “a political team” of 6 individuals must be given access to OPM systems. These include Charles Ezell, Greg Hogan, and Amanda Scales, as well as unidentified employees OPM-03 (Akash Bobba), OPM-05 (Gavin Kliger) and OPM-07 (Brian Bjelde). These DOGE staffers are granted administrative access to USAJOBS, USA Staffing, and USA Performance systems.

Systems

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System Notes
website
Agency Website 1/20
This is a stand-in for whatever website platform an agency is using
unknown access «listed as grant for “Web Admin” on 1/20. Not revoked as of 2/12»
github
GitHub 1/20
A service owned by Microsoft for developers to run version control on their applications and back them up to shared repositories that can be used by other developers. Github is provided as both a hosted service (at github.com) or via versions that can be installed with agency data centers (aka GitHub Enterprise or GHE). Access to Github would be expected for developers, but doesn’t necessarily mean the person is a coder.
unknown access «Github Enterprise»
github
GitHub 1/20
A service owned by Microsoft for developers to run version control on their applications and back them up to shared repositories that can be used by other developers. Github is provided as both a hosted service (at github.com) or via versions that can be installed with agency data centers (aka GitHub Enterprise or GHE). Access to Github would be expected for developers, but doesn’t necessarily mean the person is a coder.
unknown access «Github Enterprise»
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/20
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - U.S. Office of Personnel Management”»
USA Staffing
USA Staffing 1/20
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees.
admin access «for the govt-wide hiring freeze»

OPM-08

Likely: James Sullivan

  • PD code matches his name in FOIAed list of OPM new hires
  • Title and start date also match
  • James Sullivan (formerly known as OPM-8)” in a ruling by Judge Cote

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/20 [as OPM-08] appointed Senior Advisor to the Director (ES-00, $195,200)

Systems

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System Notes
Databricks
Databricks 2/03
A hosted or self-hosted service that simplifies systems for processing big Data
admin access «listed as “OPM Data Azure Databricks Admin + NP / PRD Azure Subscriptions”»
USA Staffing
USA Staffing 2/03
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees.
admin access «for the govt-wide hiring freeze»

OPM-09

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.1/31-6/XX unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/31
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-10

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.1/31 unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access»

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 2/07
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-11

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.2/07-6/XX unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 2/07
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-12

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.2/07-6/XX unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 2/07
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-13

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.1/31-6/XX unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/31
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-14

Likely: Chris Young

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/30-6/XX [as OPM-14] appointed Expert (ED-00, excepted) «Start date guessed from system access»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 2/07
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-15

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.2/07-6/XX unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 2/07
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-16

Likely: Jacob Altik

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM 1/24-6/XX [as OPM-16] appointed Senior Advisor to the Director (GS-15, excepted, $167,603 - $195,200) «Salary range is for a GS-15 in DC»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/31
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-17

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.1/31-6/XX unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt 6/27»

Events:

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Date Event
6/24 OPM
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.

Systems

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System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/31
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

OPM-18

Positions:

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Position Notes
OPM
OPM c.1/24 unknown start type «Start date guessed from system access»

Systems

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System Notes
STAMP
STAMP 2/03
This is a system at OPM that I do not have information about yet
unknown access
USA Performance
USA Performance 1/24
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

SSA-01

Likely: Akash Bobba

  • Appointed to position as “Expert” on 2025-02-10
  • Appointment is as Expert with a salary of $90K
  • Doing analysis of SSA payment data as focus
  • Software engineer with 5 years of experience and some leadership experience
  • Date matches Akash Bobba start
  • Akash Bobba’s resume lists 5 years of engineering experience and leadership skills

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
SSA 2/09 [as SSA-01] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-08, ED-00, $90,025)

Events:

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Date Event
2/03 SSA
Unidentified employee SSA-01 (Akash Bobba) starts working at the SSA with the title of Expert and an annual salary of $90,025.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”
3/27 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Leland Dudek justifies access to PII in SSA records for SSA-01 (Akash Bobba), SSA-05 (Cole Killian), SSA-08 (Nikhil Rajpal) and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) on the DOGE team. This access is granted through the SSA’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) system. He asserts that DOGE staff are being granted only the minimum levels of schema access required.

SSA-02

Likely: Scott Coulter

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
NASA SSA 2/18-3/23 [as SSA-02] detail (NTE 2026-02-18, reimbursed hourly, maximum of $120,579)
SSA 3/24-c.6/05 [as SSA-02] appointed Chief Information Officer «Was listed as CIO on May 30, but Aram took over in June. WSJ reports on removal of SSA employee back to NASA in June. Aram/Russo listed as co-CIOs on 6/6»

Events:

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Date Event
2/18 SSA
Multiple unidentified DOGE staffers start working at SSA on the same day. SSA-02 (Scott Coulter) is detailed from NASA. SSA-07 (Marko Elez) is detailed from the DOL. SSA-10 (Ethan Shaotran) arrives from the GSA, and SSA-05 (Cole Killian) is detailed from DOGE itself.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”

SSA-03

Likely: Aram Moghaddassi

  • Employee is detailed from DOL to SSA on a reimbursed basis (ie, not a volunteer SGE) on 2025-02-22
  • Marko Elez and Aram Moghaddassi are both DOL-based and seemingly paid
  • Marko Elez was already identified as SSA-7 by NPR
  • Cole Killian another possibility, but he appears to be a volunteer SGE
  • Flick testimony - “we began onboarding and training Employee 3, a Schedule C Policy Advisor, detailed from the Department of Labor to SSA” with it finalized on February 22. “His duties currently relate to improper payments and SSA’s Death Master File.
  • Aram was linked to changed to the Death Master File on the week of 2025-04-08

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
DOL SSA 2/22 [as SSA-03] detail (reimbursed up to $71,000) «MOU signed by Mike Russo, was this followed by being hired at SSA»

Events:

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Date Event
2/22 SSA
Unidentfied alias SSA-03 (Aram Moghaddassi) is detailed over from the Department of Labor
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”

SSA-04

Likely: Antonio Gracias

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
SSA 2/23-7/01 [as SSA-04] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-22, ED-00, volunteer)
resigned from agency 7/01

Events:

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Date Event
2/23 SSA
Social Security Administration onboards 3 more unidentified DOGE staffers – SSA-06 (Jon Koval), SSA-04 (Antonio Gracias), and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) – as volunteers with the title of Expert.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”

SSA-05

Likely: Cole Killian

  • Onboarded as a volunteer on 2025-02-18 as a detail from the DOGE service
  • Flick testimony - SSA began onboarding and training Employee 5, an engineer, detailed from the United States DOGE Service to SSA” with an inter-agency agreement to DOGE.
  • A nonprofit identified that Marko Elez, Cole Killian, Nikhil Rajpal, Ethan Shaotran were at SSA on 2/18
  • Of this list, only Cole Killian was hired at DOGE

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
DOGE SSA 2/18 [as SSA-05] detail (NTE 2026-07-04) «limited onboarding docs, court docs about them»

Events:

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Date Event
2/18 SSA
Multiple unidentified DOGE staffers start working at SSA on the same day. SSA-02 (Scott Coulter) is detailed from NASA. SSA-07 (Marko Elez) is detailed from the DOL. SSA-10 (Ethan Shaotran) arrives from the GSA, and SSA-05 (Cole Killian) is detailed from DOGE itself.
2/28 SSA
Via email, SSA-05 (Cole Killian) at the DOGE team at SSA requests and receives approval from Leland Dudek to run a program to identify unrealistically old people in the SSA database. Scott Coulter is cc’ed on the approval.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”
3/14 SSA
Leland Dudek grants approval for SSA-05 (Cole Killian) to run the proposed tool for modifying the death data records to eliminate implausibly old people. DOGE was convinced these data errors were a massive source of fraud, despite evidence to the contrary from SSA staff and concerns that correcting the data would be a waste of time.
3/27 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Leland Dudek justifies access to PII in SSA records for SSA-01 (Akash Bobba), SSA-05 (Cole Killian), SSA-08 (Nikhil Rajpal) and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) on the DOGE team. This access is granted through the SSA’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) system. He asserts that DOGE staff are being granted only the minimum levels of schema access required.

Systems

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System Notes
IRON
IRON Website 3/12
I have not found any public details about this system. It was named in internal emails from SSA as a way for Cole Killian to investigate people beyound a reasonable age whould could be declared dead.
unknown access

SSA-06

Likely: Jon Koval

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
SSA 2/23 [as SSA-06] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-22, ED-00, volunteer)

Events:

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Date Event
2/23 SSA
Social Security Administration onboards 3 more unidentified DOGE staffers – SSA-06 (Jon Koval), SSA-04 (Antonio Gracias), and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) – as volunteers with the title of Expert.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”

Systems

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System Notes
MBR
Master Beneficiary Record 3/17
A large record of all individuals elgible to receive social security benefits
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
NUMIDENT
Numerical Identification System 3/17
NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
SSR
Supplemental Security Record master records 3/17
A master record used by the SSA for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo

SSA-07

Likely: Marko Elez

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
DOL SSA 2/18 [as SSA-07] detail (reimbursed up to $71,000) «MOU signed by Mike Russo, was this followed by being hired at SSA»

Events:

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Date Event
2/18 SSA
Multiple unidentified DOGE staffers start working at SSA on the same day. SSA-02 (Scott Coulter) is detailed from NASA. SSA-07 (Marko Elez) is detailed from the DOL. SSA-10 (Ethan Shaotran) arrives from the GSA, and SSA-05 (Cole Killian) is detailed from DOGE itself.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”

Systems

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System Notes
MBR
Master Beneficiary Record 3/17
A large record of all individuals elgible to receive social security benefits
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
NUMIDENT
Numerical Identification System 3/17
NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
SSR
Supplemental Security Record master records 3/17
A master record used by the SSA for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
SAVE
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements 3/15
An online service for agencies to verify immigration status and naturalized/acquired U.S. citizenship of applicants seeking benefits or licenses.
unknown access

SSA-08

Likely: Nikhil Rajpal

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
OPM SSA 2/26 [as SSA-08] likely detailed (NTE 2026-02-26)

Events:

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Date Event
2/26 SSA
One more unidentified DOGE staffer, SSA-08 (Nikhil Rajpal), is detailed to SSA from OPM.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”
3/27 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Leland Dudek justifies access to PII in SSA records for SSA-01 (Akash Bobba), SSA-05 (Cole Killian), SSA-08 (Nikhil Rajpal) and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) on the DOGE team. This access is granted through the SSA’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) system. He asserts that DOGE staff are being granted only the minimum levels of schema access required.

SSA-09

Likely: Payton Rehling

  • NPR has done analysis on docs to identify
  • In their qualifications, thety list being a Senior Associate, Data Engineer with a backgroun in AI, Airflow and Genetic Algorithms. Also built a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for home battery deployments

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
SSA 2/23 [as SSA-09] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-22, ED-00, volunteer)

Events:

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Date Event
2/23 SSA
Social Security Administration onboards 3 more unidentified DOGE staffers – SSA-06 (Jon Koval), SSA-04 (Antonio Gracias), and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) – as volunteers with the title of Expert.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”
3/19 SSA
Leland Dudek approves access for “Employee 9” of the DOGE team at SSA to view some additional schemas in the PSSNAP database of Social Security Applications conducted over the phone.
3/27 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Leland Dudek justifies access to PII in SSA records for SSA-01 (Akash Bobba), SSA-05 (Cole Killian), SSA-08 (Nikhil Rajpal) and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) on the DOGE team. This access is granted through the SSA’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) system. He asserts that DOGE staff are being granted only the minimum levels of schema access required.

Systems

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System Notes
MBR
Master Beneficiary Record 3/17
A large record of all individuals elgible to receive social security benefits
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
NUMIDENT
Numerical Identification System 3/17
NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo
SSR
Supplemental Security Record master records 3/17
A master record used by the SSA for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program
read access granted by CIO Mike Russo

SSA-10

Likely: Ethan Shaotran

  • Onboarded as a volunteer on 2025-02-18 as a detail from the GSA
  • Flick testimony - Employee 10, a software engineer, was detailed from the Office of the Administrator at the General Services Administration to SSA”
  • Ethan Shaotran was also detailed from GSA to USADF as an unpaid GSE on 2025-02-21
  • Ethan Shaotran is identified for the first time at SSA on 2025-02-20

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
GSA SSA 2/18 [as SSA-10] detail (NTE 2026-02-26)

Events:

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Date Event
2/18 SSA
Multiple unidentified DOGE staffers start working at SSA on the same day. SSA-02 (Scott Coulter) is detailed from NASA. SSA-07 (Marko Elez) is detailed from the DOL. SSA-10 (Ethan Shaotran) arrives from the GSA, and SSA-05 (Cole Killian) is detailed from DOGE itself.
March 2025
3/12 SSA
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”

SSA-11

Likely: John Solly

  • Started as a paid staffer at SSA on 2025-03-16
  • Has 10 years of software development experience in geospatial software
  • Unclear if this matches the DOGE people we know
  • This Wired article names a software dev with DOGE with geospatial experience at SSA

Positions:

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Position Notes
SSA
SSA 3/16 [as SSA-11] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-03-15, ED-00, $162,672)