Attacking the Civil Service
Probably DOGE’s biggest success so far has been their efforts to inflict “trauma” (as Russell Vought expressed this goal) on the federal workforce. From the first day, DOGE has staffed a large contingent at the Office of Personnel Management, with many of them coming from legal or human resources backgrounds with Musk’s various companies. The work against federal employees has included by specific legal and policy actions as well as data mining to identify groups that can be more easily fired. This work has involved the following distinct strands:- Firing Probationary Workers: In the Federal government, employees who have been in a particular role for less than a year are called “probationary” and have fewer protections against dismissal. As Noah Peters has testified, DOGE identified early that this rule could be hacked as a way to quickly fire a large number of civil service employees. To this end, the OPM requested in the first week that DOGE should send lists of probationary employees for analysis and then pushed to have them all fired. Judges have not been as impressed by this trick, and several have ruled that OPM overstepped its bounds and had no legal basis to order these reductions.
- The Fork in the Road: Copied directly from the playbook that Elon Musk used at Twitter, DOGE built an email system at OPM called the Government-Wide Email System (GWES) and used it to email every federal employee with an offer to take a deferred resignation offer by replying to an email with the word “resign.” This sparked widespread confusion, with many employees unsure if the offer was legal or would be honored by the administration. Ultimately, only 75,000 employees accepted the offer, below the administration’s goal of 5-10% of the federal workforce. Since then, the administration has brought back the offer at specific agencies, where staff have been more receptive after dealing with other insults and indignities in their agencies for months.
- Reductions in Force: DOGE has also been an essential part of the administration’s efforts to force widespread layoffs (called Reductions In Force or RIFs), supporting those efforts in multiple ways. This includes crafting the policy and instructions at the OPM and approving “emergency” exemptions to let agencies bypass normal procedures. One of the DOGE engineers, Riccardo Biasini, has also been reportedly working on improving an AutoRIF package for automating the selection and processing of employees for layoffs. DOGE has employed RIFs regularly as a tactic to completely eliminate departments and entire agencies.
- Five Things: After Elon Musk tweeted it on a Saturday, DOGE workers at OPM quickly launched another demand for federal workers: they would be required to send an email every week of five things they had done the prior week or be fired. Unfortunately, a management technique employed at a company of 2000 or so employees does not scale to a bureaucracy of 2+ million employees, some of whom are in remote locations or working on classified subjects. Cabinet agencies were caught completely off-guard and federal employees worried that the information would be ineptly used to map out agency org charts or make firing decisions. After several months of confusion, many agencies decided to no longer comply with the requirement and the whole process had become a joke before it was finally ended by OPM’s new director.
Systems
DI: Data Insight
2/07/25-3/28/25 1 users
Provides information on CFPB reporting structure
DI: Data Insight
2/07/25-3/28/25 1 users
Provides information on CFPB reporting structure
| : | 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick (read access) |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
PAC: Physical Access Control
2/07/25-5/08/25 1 users
Possibly a system for controlling and monitoring physical access to CFPB buildings
PAC: Physical Access Control
2/07/25-5/08/25 1 users
Possibly a system for controlling and monitoring physical access to CFPB buildings
| : | 2/07/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Elimination, Impunity |
EHCM: Enterprise Human Capital Management System
2/03/25 3 users (1 elevated)
This system is used at HHS for managing all aspects of human-capital related tasks, including staffing notes and performance plans.
EHCM: Enterprise Human Capital Management System
2/03/25 3 users (1 elevated)
This system is used at HHS for managing all aspects of human-capital related tasks, including staffing notes and performance plans.
| : | 2/03/25- Rachel Riley (read access) |
| : | 2/28/25- Luke Farritor (admin access) |
| : | 3/07/25- Zach Terrell (read access) |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
EHRI: Enterprise Human Resources Integration
1/28/25-7/30/25 2 users (1 elevated)
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.
EHRI: Enterprise Human Resources Integration
1/28/25-7/30/25 2 users (1 elevated)
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.
| : | 1/28/25-7/30/25 Riccardo Biasini |
| : | 2/05/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal (admin access) |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 78-2 Court Document, 4/23/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 148 Court Document, 9/30/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
GWES: Government-Wide Email System
(created by DOGE)
1/24/25-8/08/25 2 users with elevated access
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.
GWES: Government-Wide Email System
(created by DOGE)
1/24/25-8/08/25 2 users with elevated access
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.
| : | 1/24/25-8/08/25 Gavin Kliger (admin access) |
| : | 1/30/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal (admin access) |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 148 Court Document, 9/30/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/20/25 17 users (4 elevated)
System tracking job performance of federal employees
1/20/25 17 users (4 elevated)
System tracking job performance of federal employees
| : | 1/20/25-7/30/25 Akash Bobba (admin access) |
| : | 1/20/25-9/02/25 Greg Hogan |
| : | 1/20/25-9/22/25 Gavin Kliger (admin access) |
| : | 1/20/25- Brian Bjelde |
| : | 1/24/25- Noah Peters |
| : | 1/28/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal (admin access) |
| : | 1/28/25-7/30/25 Riccardo Biasini (admin access) |
| : | 1/28/25- Edward Coristine |
| : | 1/31/25- Anthony Armstrong, Christopher Stanley, Jacob Altik, Justin Monroe |
| : | 2/07/25- Austin Raynor, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Christina Hanna, Chris Young, Stephen Duarte |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 141 Court Document, 8/01/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 148 Court Document, 9/30/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 78-2 Court Document, 4/23/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/20/25 7 users (6 elevated)
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees.
1/20/25 7 users (6 elevated)
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees.
| : | 1/20/25-3/29/25 Amanda Scales (admin access) |
| : | 1/20/25- Gavin Kliger, Brian Bjelde (admin access) |
| : | 1/28/25- Riccardo Biasini, Nikhil Rajpal (admin access) |
| : | 2/03/25- James Sullivan (admin access) |
| : | 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick (read access) |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 78-2 Court Document, 4/23/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 98 Court Document, 5/16/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
ePACS: Enterprise Physical Access Control System
2/25/25 1 users
Used to control physical access to the DOL HQ and several other buildings. Could track when employees enter and leave
ePACS: Enterprise Physical Access Control System
2/25/25 1 users
Used to control physical access to the DOL HQ and several other buildings. Could track when employees enter and leave
| : | 2/25/25- Marko Elez (read access) |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
FPPS: Federal Personnel Payroll System
3/29/25 2 users with elevated access
A shared service which processes payrolls for Interior, but also DOJ, Treasury, DHS, the Air Force, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies. Covers about half of federal personnel.
FPPS: Federal Personnel Payroll System
3/29/25 2 users with elevated access
A shared service which processes payrolls for Interior, but also DOJ, Treasury, DHS, the Air Force, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies. Covers about half of federal personnel.
| : | 3/29/25- Stephanie Holmes, Katrine Trampe (admin access) |
| Source: | PEER Report Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 4/15/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
NFC Insight: National Finance Center Insight
2/03/25 2 users
A business intelligence system that is one of the offerings of the National Finance Center, which handles payroll for 650,000 federal employees.
NFC Insight: National Finance Center Insight
2/03/25 2 users
A business intelligence system that is one of the offerings of the National Finance Center, which handles payroll for 650,000 federal employees.
| : | 2/03/25- Edward Coristine, Donald Park (read access) |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
NFC: National Finance Center Mainframe
c.1/29/25 2 users
The National Finance Center is a shared-service provider operated by the USDA that handles payroll for 590,000+ Federal employees across multiple agencies. FOIA requests suggest that DOGE already had access to the NFC mainframe by mid-March for at least two people.
NFC: National Finance Center Mainframe
c.1/29/25 2 users
The National Finance Center is a shared-service provider operated by the USDA that handles payroll for 590,000+ Federal employees across multiple agencies. FOIA requests suggest that DOGE already had access to the NFC mainframe by mid-March for at least two people.
| : | c.1/29/25- Gavin Kliger (read access) |
| : | c.2/09/25- Michael Cole (read access) |
| Source: | FOIA response from USDA about DOGE staff at the agency Document Cloud, 3/17/26 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
NFC Reports: National Finance Center Reporting Center
2/03/25 2 users
The Reporting Center is a Web-based application page which allows managers, personnel specialists, and other employees of Federal Agencies serviced by NFC to generate Administrative Reports, Financial Reports, and Workforce Reports.
NFC Reports: National Finance Center Reporting Center
2/03/25 2 users
The Reporting Center is a Web-based application page which allows managers, personnel specialists, and other employees of Federal Agencies serviced by NFC to generate Administrative Reports, Financial Reports, and Workforce Reports.
| : | 2/03/25- Edward Coristine, Donald Park (read access) |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
LincPass: USDA LincPass Program
c.1/29/25 2 users
The name of the system used to grant access to USDA facilities and information systems.
LincPass: USDA LincPass Program
c.1/29/25 2 users
The name of the system used to grant access to USDA facilities and information systems.
| : | c.1/29/25- Gavin Kliger (read access) |
| : | c.2/09/25- Michael Cole (read access) |
| Source: | FOIA response from USDA about DOGE staff at the agency Document Cloud, 3/17/26 |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
2/25/25 1 users
Shared service access provider system
2/25/25 1 users
Shared service access provider system
| : | 2/25/25- Marko Elez (read access) |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
WASS: Web Access Security Subsystem
2/26/25 1 users with elevated access
System for authorizing access and setting permissions to talk to other systems at HUD
WASS: Web Access Security Subsystem
2/26/25 1 users with elevated access
System for authorizing access and setting permissions to talk to other systems at HUD
| : | 2/26/25- Michael Mirski (read-write access) |
| Source: | DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25 |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Events
c.1/16/25
Action:
According to his later sworn testimony, Noah Peters meets with Keenan Kmiec to outline his plan on how to use administrative leave to sideline federal employees from being able to do their work and counter or monitor DOGE’s activities at their agencies.
Action:
According to his later sworn testimony, Noah Peters meets with Keenan Kmiec to outline his plan on how to use administrative leave to sideline federal employees from being able to do their work and counter or monitor DOGE’s activities at their agencies.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition |
| Person: | Keenan Kmiec, Noah Peters |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 188-1 Court Document, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
Action:
Noah Peters starts drafting two memos for OPM. One concerns temporary authorities for Schedule C and the other is on how to handle both probationary employees and admininstrative leave. These are to be issued on January 20th.
Action:
Noah Peters starts drafting two memos for OPM. One concerns temporary authorities for Schedule C and the other is on how to handle both probationary employees and admininstrative leave. These are to be issued on January 20th.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is approximate in deposition |
| Person: | Noah Peters |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 188-1 Court Document, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/20/25
Appointed:
Anthony Armstrong, Brian Bjelde, Clayton Cromer, Greg Hogan, Noah Peters, and Amanda Scales start at OPM.
Appointed:
Anthony Armstrong, Brian Bjelde, Clayton Cromer, Greg Hogan, Noah Peters, and Amanda Scales start at OPM.
| Appointed: | Anthony Armstrong 1/20/25-6/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Appointed: | Brian Bjelde 1/20/25-1/31/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 96 Court Document, 5/16/25 |
| Note: | likely Schedule C |
| Appointed: | Clayton Cromer 1/20/25-3/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Clayton Cromer LinkedIn, |
| Appointed: | Greg Hogan 1/20/25-1/20/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor to the Director for Technology and Delivery, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for Greg Hogan Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
| Note: | ended by promotion to CIO |
| Appointed: | Noah Peters 1/20/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $167,603 - $195,200 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Salary range for GS-15 in DC |
| Appointed: | Amanda Scales 1/20/25-3/28/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief of Staff, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Cole Killian 1/20/25-6/27/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’ Wired Magazine, 3/13/25 |
| Note: | reported as interviewing USDS staff about jobs, not found in GSA or OPM lists |
| Appointed: | Elon Musk 1/20/25-5/28/25 |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Edward Coristine 1/20/25-6/09/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Promotion:
Greg Hogan promoted to Acting Chief Information Officer at OPM
Promotion:
Greg Hogan promoted to Acting Chief Information Officer at OPM
| Promotion: | Greg Hogan 1/20/25-2/11/25 |
| Position Title: | Acting Chief Information Officer |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 98 Court Document, 5/16/25 |
| Note: | testified he started as Senior Advisor but was made Acting CIO same day. Made permanent CIO on 2/11 |
:
:
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 1/20/25 Brian Bjelde |
| : | unknown, 1/20/25-9/02/25 Greg Hogan |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/20/25-7/30/25 Akash Bobba |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
Gavin Kliger is granted elevated access to 2 systems at OPM.
:
Gavin Kliger is granted elevated access to 2 systems at OPM.
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/20/25-9/22/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | admin, 1/20/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | admin, 1/20/25-3/29/25 Amanda Scales |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | admin, 1/20/25 Brian Bjelde |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell replaces existing CIO Melvin Brown with DOGE ally Greg Hogan, who will serve as the Acting CIO.
Disruption:
Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell replaces existing CIO Melvin Brown with DOGE ally Greg Hogan, who will serve as the Acting CIO.
| Person: | Charles Ezell, Greg Hogan |
| Source: | Musk associates given unfettered access to private data of government employees Muskwatch, 2/03/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff start working at OPM and are listed as part of the Office of the Director.
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff start working at OPM and are listed as part of the Office of the Director.
| Person: | Anthony Armstrong, Riccardo Biasini, Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Gavin Kliger, Noah Peters, Amanda Scales, Joanna Wischer |
| Source: | Here Are the Job Titles and Salary Ranges of Some DOGE Staffers Bloomberg, 5/02/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
System Access:
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.
System Access:
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.
| Person: | Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Charles Ezell, Greg Hogan, Gavin Kliger, Amanda Scales |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 121 Court Document, 6/09/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
| Source: | Executive Order: Hiring Freeze Executive Office of the President, 1/20/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, OMB, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/21/25
Disruption:
Nikhil Rajpal and Cole Killian start screening all preexisting USDS staff with short interviews, asking them their views of DOGE and to name who they think are underperformers that should be fired.
Disruption:
Nikhil Rajpal and Cole Killian start screening all preexisting USDS staff with short interviews, asking them their views of DOGE and to name who they think are underperformers that should be fired.
| Person: | Cole Killian, Nikhil Rajpal |
| Source: | Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’ Wired Magazine, 3/13/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/22/25
Disruption:
The Department of Energy rescinds 394 pending job offers as part of Trump’s hiring freeze. It also removes almost all of its job advertisements.
Disruption:
The Department of Energy rescinds 394 pending job offers as part of Trump’s hiring freeze. It also removes almost all of its job advertisements.
| Source: | How the Energy Department got DOGE’d E&E News, 11/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/23/25
Appointed:
Tyler Hassen starts at DOI.
Appointed:
Tyler Hassen starts at DOI.
| Appointed: | Tyler Hassen 1/23/25-3/07/25 |
| Salary: | $142,488 |
| Source: | Here’s what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department The Associated Press, 5/27/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response from DOI to the Nation Muckrock, 4/15/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Note: | FOIA response includes email to him on first day |
Official Action:
OPM sends out a first test email to all federal staff from its new Government-Wide Email System (GWES).
Official Action:
OPM sends out a first test email to all federal staff from its new Government-Wide Email System (GWES).
| Source: | Trump administration confuses government workers with email test message CBS News, 1/24/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/24/25
Appointed:
Jacob Altik starts as Senior Advisor to the Director at OPM.
Appointed:
Jacob Altik starts as Senior Advisor to the Director at OPM.
| Appointed: | Jacob Altik 1/24/25-6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of the Director 2025-06-27 |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27 |
Appointed:
Keenan Kmiec starts at DOGE.
Appointed:
Keenan Kmiec starts at DOGE.
| Appointed: | Keenan Kmiec 1/24/25-2/05/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks Pro Publica, 2/07/25 |
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 |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: OPM Edward Coristine 1/24/25-5/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Immediate Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | Volunteer (SGE) |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for "Employee 4" Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
| Note: | no MOU to confirm and SF-50 is for GSA, but I think he was detailed from GSA to OPM on this date based on appointment affadavit |
:
:
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 1/24/25 Noah Peters |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | GWES: Government-Wide Email System |
| : | admin, 1/24/25-8/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
Representing OPM, James Sullivan coordinates in an email to Department of Energy officials on several DOGE-led initiatives. One messages states “as discussed over the phone, when you compile the list of 69 DEI employees placed on admin leave, please share with Amanda and myself.” Energy officials also send a list of 1394 probationary employees to Amanda Scales, all of whom will be fired.
Interagency Coordination:
Representing OPM, James Sullivan coordinates in an email to Department of Energy officials on several DOGE-led initiatives. One messages states “as discussed over the phone, when you compile the list of 69 DEI employees placed on admin leave, please share with Amanda and myself.” Energy officials also send a list of 1394 probationary employees to Amanda Scales, all of whom will be fired.
| Person: | Amanda Scales, James Sullivan |
| Source: | How the Energy Department got DOGE’d E&E News, 11/07/25 |
| Agency: | OPM, DOE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Anti-Personnel |
1/26/25
Official Action:
OPM sends a second test email from its new Government-Wide Email System (GWES) to all government employees.
Official Action:
OPM sends a second test email from its new Government-Wide Email System (GWES) to all government employees.
| Source: | Jane Does 1-12 v. OPM, doc 1 Court Document, 1/27/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/27/25
Appointed:
Anthony Armstrong starts at DOGE.
Appointed:
Anthony Armstrong starts at DOGE.
| Appointed: | Anthony Armstrong 1/27/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
Appointed:
Rachel Riley starts as Senior Advisor at HHS.
Appointed:
Rachel Riley starts as Senior Advisor at HHS.
| Appointed: | Rachel Riley 1/27/25-10/30/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE holdover who pushed for deep cuts at HHS is headed to the Navy Politico, 10/30/25 |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| OPM Detailed To: DOGE Jacob Altik 1/27/25-6/27/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Note: | End date might just be end of detail |
| OPM Detailed To: DOGE Riccardo Biasini 1/27/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USAID Jeremy Lewin 1/27/25-3/18/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor / Director for Strategy & Programs |
| Source: | J. Doe 4 v. Musk, doc 77-2 Court Document, 3/19/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USAID for Jeremy Lewin Document Cloud, |
| Person: | Amanda Scales |
| Source: | Jane Does 1-12 v. OPM, doc 1 Court Document, 1/27/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
After the arrival of DOGE in the agency, senior staff are summoned to a meeting with Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor. The DOGE team then presented agency leadership with a list of 57 employees involved with payments to be placed on immediate administrative leave and locked out of system access. The list reportedly made little sense and involved many staff not involved with payments.
Disruption:
After the arrival of DOGE in the agency, senior staff are summoned to a meeting with Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor. The DOGE team then presented agency leadership with a list of 57 employees involved with payments to be placed on immediate administrative leave and locked out of system access. The list reportedly made little sense and involved many staff not involved with payments.
| Person: | Luke Farritor, Gavin Kliger |
| Source: | The blinding contempt of the DOGE bros The Washington Post, 2/25/25 |
| Agency: | USAID |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
1/28/25
:
:
| System Access: | EHRI: Enterprise Human Resources Integration |
| : | unknown, 1/28/25-7/30/25 Riccardo Biasini |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 1/28/25 Edward Coristine |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
Riccardo Biasini is granted elevated access to 2 systems at OPM.
:
Riccardo Biasini is granted elevated access to 2 systems at OPM.
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/28/25-7/30/25 Riccardo Biasini |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | admin, 1/28/25 Riccardo Biasini |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
Nikhil Rajpal is granted elevated access to 2 systems at OPM.
:
Nikhil Rajpal is granted elevated access to 2 systems at OPM.
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/28/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | admin, 1/28/25 Nikhil Rajpal |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Action:
Action:
| Source: | How DOGE is driving America’s public-health guardians mad The Economist, 3/10/25 |
| Agency: | CDC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
OPM sends out the “Fork in the Road” email to all federal employees offering them a chance to resign, in exchange for six month of administrative leave and protection from termination.
Official Action:
OPM sends out the “Fork in the Road” email to all federal employees offering them a chance to resign, in exchange for six month of administrative leave and protection from termination.
| Source: | DOGE Staff Had Questions About the ‘Resign’ Email. Their New HR Chief Dodged Them Wired Magazine, 2/01/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/29/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| OPM Detailed To: USDA Gavin Kliger 1/29/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 96 Court Document, 5/16/25 |
| Source: | USDA Records Reflecting DOGE Economy Act Funding Transfers Document Cloud, 8/22/25 |
Disruption:
The Smithsonian Institution announces it is closing a diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. It is not a federal agency, but most of its funding comes from Congressional appropriaions and two-thirds of its staff are federal workers.
Disruption:
The Smithsonian Institution announces it is closing a diversity office and freezing all federal hiring. It is not a federal agency, but most of its funding comes from Congressional appropriaions and two-thirds of its staff are federal workers.
| Source: | The Smithsonian will close its diversity office and freeze federal hiring National Public Radio, 1/29/25 |
| Agency: | Smithsonian |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Anti-Personnel |
c.1/29/25
:
Gavin Kliger is granted basic access to 2 systems at USDA.
:
Gavin Kliger is granted basic access to 2 systems at USDA.
| System Access: | NFC: National Finance Center Mainframe |
| : | read, c.1/29/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | The National Finance Center is a shared-service provider operated by the USDA that handles payroll for 590,000+ Federal employees across multiple agencies. FOIA requests suggest that DOGE already had access to the NFC mainframe by mid-March for at least two people. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | LincPass: USDA LincPass Program |
| : | read, c.1/29/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | The name of the system used to grant access to USDA facilities and information systems. |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
1/30/25
:
:
| System Access: | GWES: Government-Wide Email System |
| : | admin, 1/30/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Report:
DOGE presents their evidence that the employees should be placed on leave based on a single email analysis made by Luke Farritor and sent to other DOGE members. “I could be wrong. My numbers could be off.” he writes, but the conclusions are not questioned or checked.
Report:
DOGE presents their evidence that the employees should be placed on leave based on a single email analysis made by Luke Farritor and sent to other DOGE members. “I could be wrong. My numbers could be off.” he writes, but the conclusions are not questioned or checked.
| Person: | Luke Farritor |
| Source: | Within two weeks of President Trump’s return to the White House, U.S.A.I.D. was on the cusp of oblivion The New York Times, 6/22/25 |
| Agency: | USAID |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/31/25
:
Jacob Altik, Anthony Armstrong, Justin Monroe, and Christopher Stanley are granted basic access to USA Performance at OPM.
:
Jacob Altik, Anthony Armstrong, Justin Monroe, and Christopher Stanley are granted basic access to USA Performance at OPM.
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 1/31/25 Anthony Armstrong |
| : | unknown, 1/31/25 Christopher Stanley |
| : | unknown, 1/31/25 Jacob Altik |
| : | unknown, 1/31/25 Justin Monroe |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
The Department of Energy consults with DOGE staff at OPM about return-to-office mandates. Clayton Cromer handles the exchange from OPM’s side.
Interagency Coordination:
The Department of Energy consults with DOGE staff at OPM about return-to-office mandates. Clayton Cromer handles the exchange from OPM’s side.
| Person: | Clayton Cromer |
| Source: | How the Energy Department got DOGE’d E&E News, 11/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOE, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/01/25
Report:
Stephanie Holmes, the new head of HR at DOGE/USDS, is unable to answer questions from USDS staff about if the “Fork in the Road” retirement offer is legitimate.
Report:
Stephanie Holmes, the new head of HR at DOGE/USDS, is unable to answer questions from USDS staff about if the “Fork in the Road” retirement offer is legitimate.
| Person: | Stephanie Holmes |
| Source: | DOGE Staff Had Questions About the ‘Resign’ Email. Their New HR Chief Dodged Them Wired Magazine, 2/01/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
THe USAID Director of Security and their deputy are placed on administrative leave for reportedly trying to prevent DOGE from accessing personnel files and classified data.
Disruption:
THe USAID Director of Security and their deputy are placed on administrative leave for reportedly trying to prevent DOGE from accessing personnel files and classified data.
| Source: | USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems NBC News, 2/02/25 |
| Agency: | USAID |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
c.2/01/25
Appointed:
Stephanie Holmes starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency at DOGE.
Appointed:
Stephanie Holmes starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency at DOGE.
| Appointed: | Stephanie Holmes c.2/01/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-1 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’ 404 Media, 2/01/25 |
| Note: | First reported today, likely onboarded earlier in January |
2/03/25
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Stephen Duarte 2/03/25-3/05/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Likely 1 of 3 unidentified OPM aliases who started in Feb and left in March 2025 |
| Appointed: | Christina Hanna 2/03/25-3/05/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed from system access. |
| Appointed: | Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski 2/03/25-3/05/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Likely 1 of 3 unidentified OPM aliases who started in Feb and left in March 2025 |
:
:
| System Access: | EHCM: Enterprise Human Capital Management System |
| : | read, 2/03/25 Rachel Riley |
| Note: | This system is used at HHS for managing all aspects of human-capital related tasks, including staffing notes and performance plans. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | NFC Insight: National Finance Center Insight |
| : | read, 2/03/25 Edward Coristine |
| : | read, 2/03/25 Donald Park |
| Note: | A business intelligence system that is one of the offerings of the National Finance Center, which handles payroll for 650,000 federal employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | NFC Reports: National Finance Center Reporting Center |
| : | read, 2/03/25 Edward Coristine |
| : | read, 2/03/25 Donald Park |
| Note: | The Reporting Center is a Web-based application page which allows managers, personnel specialists, and other employees of Federal Agencies serviced by NFC to generate Administrative Reports, Financial Reports, and Workforce Reports. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | admin, 2/03/25 James Sullivan |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is named the acting director of the CFPB and orders staff to immediately halt all work pending review.
Official Action:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is named the acting director of the CFPB and orders staff to immediately halt all work pending review.
| Source: | Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work National Public Radio, 2/03/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Report:
Brian Bjelde holds a meeting with senior staff at OPM, directing them to prepare plans to eliminate 70% of the agency’s workforce at some unspecified point in the future. They are also told to identify 30% of staff that could be eliminated in the near term.
Report:
Brian Bjelde holds a meeting with senior staff at OPM, directing them to prepare plans to eliminate 70% of the agency’s workforce at some unspecified point in the future. They are also told to identify 30% of staff that could be eliminated in the near term.
| Person: | Brian Bjelde |
| Source: | Senior staff at the Office of Personnel Management told to prepare for eventual cuts to 70% of their workforce CNN, 2/03/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Sighting:
Email to SBA staff announces that Edward Coristine and Donald Park were granted access to all systems including HR, contract, and payment systems.
Sighting:
Email to SBA staff announces that Edward Coristine and Donald Park were granted access to all systems including HR, contract, and payment systems.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Donald Park |
| Source: | Tweet by Laura Barrón-López X.com, 2/03/25 |
| Agency: | SBA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
Action:
Stephen Kucharski, director of the SBA’s Office of Performance Systems Management, emailed 19 colleagues with an urgent request: “Please help me and my OCIO colleagues as we mobilize to provide Edward Coristine and Donald Park Admin access to all SBA systems. This action has been cleared and we are on a very short time frame.” They were to be granted access to HR and procurement systems. He then follows up with the agency CIO.
Action:
Stephen Kucharski, director of the SBA’s Office of Performance Systems Management, emailed 19 colleagues with an urgent request: “Please help me and my OCIO colleagues as we mobilize to provide Edward Coristine and Donald Park Admin access to all SBA systems. This action has been cleared and we are on a very short time frame.” They were to be granted access to HR and procurement systems. He then follows up with the agency CIO.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Donald Park |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| Agency: | SBA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
System Access:
Within three hours of the request, Edward Coristine and Donald Park are granted “admin authority” to the mainframe and read-only access to the NFC Insight and Reporting Center applications. This gives them the ability to see sensitive information like salary, banking information and even debt for employees at the SBA (and possibly other agencies)
System Access:
Within three hours of the request, Edward Coristine and Donald Park are granted “admin authority” to the mainframe and read-only access to the NFC Insight and Reporting Center applications. This gives them the ability to see sensitive information like salary, banking information and even debt for employees at the SBA (and possibly other agencies)
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Donald Park |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| Agency: | SBA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
Action:
Elias Hernandez, the associate administrator for the Office of Veterans Business Development at SBA, emails the director of the National Finance Center (NFC) asking for immediate admin access to the mainframe for “all SBA Personnel Office Identifiers (POIs)”. NFC is a shared service from USDA that handles payroll for roughly 150,000 federal employees across 170 agencies including the SBA.
Action:
Elias Hernandez, the associate administrator for the Office of Veterans Business Development at SBA, emails the director of the National Finance Center (NFC) asking for immediate admin access to the mainframe for “all SBA Personnel Office Identifiers (POIs)”. NFC is a shared service from USDA that handles payroll for roughly 150,000 federal employees across 170 agencies including the SBA.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Donald Park |
| Source: | How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI Wired Magazine, 7/30/25 |
| Agency: | SBA, USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.2/04/25
Appointed:
Alexandra Beynon starts as Senior Advisor at DOGE.
Appointed:
Alexandra Beynon starts as Senior Advisor at DOGE.
| Appointed: | Alexandra Beynon c.2/04/25-6/13/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-1 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Note: | date guessed, reported as detailing from DOGE to Education |
Appointed:
Justin Fulcher starts at VA.
Appointed:
Justin Fulcher starts at VA.
| Appointed: | Justin Fulcher c.2/04/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems Military News, 2/05/25 |
| Note: | reported in early Feb but named later |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: DOE Luke Farritor c.2/04/25 |
2/04/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| OPM? Detailed To: NOAA Nikhil Rajpal 2/04/25 | |
| Source: | Scoop: Trump nominates Neil Jacobs to head NOAA Axios, 2/04/25 |
2/05/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| DOGE Detailed To: Ed. Alexandra Beynon 2/05/25 | |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Directory of DOGE staff at the Department of Education Document Cloud, 4/07/25 |
| Note: | info from a govt legal filing |
:
:
| System Access: | Office365: Microsoft Office 365 |
| : | unknown, 2/05/25 Luke Farritor |
| Note: | Microsoft Office 365 is used for agency email and knowledge management systems. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
:
:
| System Access: | EHRI: Enterprise Human Resources Integration |
| : | admin, 2/05/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Keenan Kmiec 1/24/25-2/05/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks Pro Publica, 2/07/25 |
2/06/25
2/07/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| OPM Detailed To: CFPB Gavin Kliger 2/07/25-5/08/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE Employee Who Screamed for CFPB Job Cuts Leaves Agency Bloomberg Law, 5/08/25 |
:
:
| System Access: | AD: Active Directory |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-3/04/25 Luke Farritor |
| Note: | A system for controlling access to other systems within an agency |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | Concur |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | Shared service for booking government travel |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | DI: Data Insight |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | Provides information on CFPB reporting structure |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
| System Access: | OBI: Oracle Business Intelligence |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | PAC: Physical Access Control |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | Possibly a system for controlling and monitoring physical access to CFPB buildings |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Elimination, Impunity |
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | WebTA |
| : | read, 2/07/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | System for tracking timecards |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Austin Raynor, and Chris Young are granted basic access to USA Performance at OPM.
:
Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Austin Raynor, and Chris Young are granted basic access to USA Performance at OPM.
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25 Austin Raynor |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25 Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25 Christina Hanna |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25 Chris Young |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25 Stephen Duarte |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | HRConnect |
| : | read-write, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | HR system for tracking employee information |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | admin, 2/07/25-3/04/25 Luke Farritor |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
Disruption:
168 employees who worked on environmental justice at the EPA are placed on indefinite administrative leave.
Disruption:
168 employees who worked on environmental justice at the EPA are placed on indefinite administrative leave.
| Source: | EPA’s environmental justice office in tatters E&E News, 2/07/25 |
| Agency: | EPA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/09/25
Appointed:
Michael Cole starts as Senior Advisor on Government Efficiency at USDA.
Appointed:
Michael Cole starts as Senior Advisor on Government Efficiency at USDA.
| Appointed: | Michael Cole 2/09/25-3/17/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor on Government Efficiency, Office of the Secretary of Agriculture |
| Salary: | $170,000 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Michael Cole OGE-278 disclosure Document Cloud, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response from USDA about DOGE staff at the agency Document Cloud, 3/17/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Michael Cole LinkedIn, |
| Note: | LinkedIn profile reports August departure |
:
:
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | admin, 2/09/25-3/05/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
c.2/09/25
:
Michael Cole is granted basic access to 2 systems at USDA.
:
Michael Cole is granted basic access to 2 systems at USDA.
| System Access: | NFC: National Finance Center Mainframe |
| : | read, c.2/09/25 Michael Cole |
| Note: | The National Finance Center is a shared-service provider operated by the USDA that handles payroll for 590,000+ Federal employees across multiple agencies. FOIA requests suggest that DOGE already had access to the NFC mainframe by mid-March for at least two people. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | LincPass: USDA LincPass Program |
| : | read, c.2/09/25 Michael Cole |
| Note: | The name of the system used to grant access to USDA facilities and information systems. |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
2/10/25
Appointed:
Katrine Trampe starts at DOI.
Appointed:
Katrine Trampe starts at DOI.
| Appointed: | Katrine Trampe 2/10/25-8/XX/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response from DOI to the Nation Muckrock, 4/15/25 |
| Source: | Here are the people connected to DOGE at Interior E&E News, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies GovExec, 7/29/25 |
| Note: | invited to meeting on 2/12, assuming start on Monday that week; reported on 7/29 as leaving DOI; unclear if leaving DOGE |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: State Luke Farritor 2/10/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Bureau of Diplomatic Technology |
| Source: | 19-year-old Musk surrogate takes on roles at State Department and DHS The Washington Post, 2/10/25 |
| Note: | info reported by news source |
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 |
2/11/25
Promotion:
Greg Hogan promoted to Chief Information Officer at OPM
Promotion:
Greg Hogan promoted to Chief Information Officer at OPM
| Promotion: | Greg Hogan 2/11/25-9/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Information Officer, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Greg Hogan has departed his role as OPM’s top IT official FedScoop, 9/04/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 177 Court Document, 12/19/25 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for Greg Hogan Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
Disruption:
Approximately 85 probationary employees at the CFPB are fired without cause.
Disruption:
Approximately 85 probationary employees at the CFPB are fired without cause.
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 87 Court Document, 3/28/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
Trump issues EO 14210 which grants DOGE teams in every agency final approval over any hiring decisions. It also creates a rule that an agency can hire 1 new person only if 4 people have left.
Official Action:
Trump issues EO 14210 which grants DOGE teams in every agency final approval over any hiring decisions. It also creates a rule that an agency can hire 1 new person only if 4 people have left.
| Source: | Executive Order: Implementing the President's DOGE Workforce Optimization Initiative Executive Office of the President, 2/11/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/12/25
Disruption:
Adam Martinez, CFPB COO, includes DOGE representatives Jordan Wick and Chris Young in emails hiring OPM for consulting on Reduction-in-Force (RIF) planning for the CFPB. CFPB agrees to pay OPM $171,925 for these services.
Disruption:
Adam Martinez, CFPB COO, includes DOGE representatives Jordan Wick and Chris Young in emails hiring OPM for consulting on Reduction-in-Force (RIF) planning for the CFPB. CFPB agrees to pay OPM $171,925 for these services.
| Person: | Jordan Wick, Chris Young |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 87 Court Document, 3/28/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
GSA technical staff describe also being subjected to 15-minute interviews where they felt they were asked to justify their jobs.
Disruption:
GSA technical staff describe also being subjected to 15-minute interviews where they felt they were asked to justify their jobs.
| Source: | ‘Anxiety provoking’: Government workers describe their DOGE interviews Politico, 2/12/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Dozens of probationary workers within the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) are fired, with many of the cuts focused on the US Digital Corps and Presidential Innovation Fellows programs
Disruption:
Dozens of probationary workers within the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) are fired, with many of the cuts focused on the US Digital Corps and Presidential Innovation Fellows programs
| Source: | GSA to cut at least 100 employees, feds inside the agency say NextGov, 2/12/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/13/25
Disruption:
The CFPB RIF team, including Adam Martinez meets with Jordan Wick, Jeremy Lewin, and OPM officials on a video call. Jeremy Lewin and Jordan Wick talk off screen with Acting Director Russell Vought, and Wick tells the group that they want formal RIF notices to go out no later than February 14. The team receives a template from OPM for firing 1200 employees “at night on the 13th.”
Disruption:
The CFPB RIF team, including Adam Martinez meets with Jordan Wick, Jeremy Lewin, and OPM officials on a video call. Jeremy Lewin and Jordan Wick talk off screen with Acting Director Russell Vought, and Wick tells the group that they want formal RIF notices to go out no later than February 14. The team receives a template from OPM for firing 1200 employees “at night on the 13th.”
| Person: | Jeremy Lewin, Russell Vought, Jordan Wick |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 87 Court Document, 3/28/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
Representing DOGE and OPM, Noah Peters finalizes mass layoffs at the USDA just before Secretary Rollins is to be sworn in that evening. When asked later by Congress about the layoffs, she deflects and says it happened before she started.
Interagency Coordination:
Representing DOGE and OPM, Noah Peters finalizes mass layoffs at the USDA just before Secretary Rollins is to be sworn in that evening. When asked later by Congress about the layoffs, she deflects and says it happened before she started.
| Person: | Noah Peters |
| Source: | ‘Farming in the dark’: Brooke Rollins’ leadership, DOGE’s grip and the cost to American agriculture Investigate Midwest, 7/16/25 |
| Agency: | USDA, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.2/13/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOL Derek Geissler c.2/13/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees NBC News, 2/13/25 |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| DOGE Detailed To: DOL Jordan Wick c.2/13/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees NBC News, 2/13/25 |
2/14/25
Legal:
The judge, Amy Berman-Jackson grants a temporary restraining order against CFPB leadership until a hearing for a preliminary injunction to prevent them from shuttering the agency by eliminating staff and canceling all contracts. DOGE and CFPB leadership had been racing to eliminate 1175 positions before the restraining order was announced.
Legal:
The judge, Amy Berman-Jackson grants a temporary restraining order against CFPB leadership until a hearing for a preliminary injunction to prevent them from shuttering the agency by eliminating staff and canceling all contracts. DOGE and CFPB leadership had been racing to eliminate 1175 positions before the restraining order was announced.
| Source: | CFPB raced against impending court order on 1,175 layoffs Banking Dive, 3/10/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Approximately 50 USDS staff are fired, with most of terminations focused on project managers and designers (removing approximately 1/3 of the USDS staff that predated DOGE).
Disruption:
Approximately 50 USDS staff are fired, with most of terminations focused on project managers and designers (removing approximately 1/3 of the USDS staff that predated DOGE).
| Source: | DOGE Is Putting Major Government Efficiency Projects at Risk Wired Magazine, 3/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
388 probationary employees are fired at the EPA.
Disruption:
388 probationary employees are fired at the EPA.
| Source: | EPA fires ‘probationary’ employees E&E News, 2/14/25 |
| Agency: | EPA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/15/25
| Source: | How DOGE is driving America’s public-health guardians mad The Economist, 3/10/25 |
| Agency: | CDC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/17/25
Disruption:
The head of the medical device safety division at the FDA is fired amid mass layoffs
Disruption:
The head of the medical device safety division at the FDA is fired amid mass layoffs
| Source: | FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in ‘challenging’ weekend STAT News, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
The head of the FDA’s food safety division resigns to protest 89 employees being indiscriminately fired in the division.
Disruption:
The head of the FDA’s food safety division resigns to protest 89 employees being indiscriminately fired in the division.
| Source: | FDA’s food safety head resigns over mass layoffs The Hill, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/18/25
Appointed:
Miles Collins starts as Policy Advisor at DOL.
Appointed:
Miles Collins starts as Policy Advisor at DOL.
| Appointed: | Miles Collins 2/18/25-8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary |
| Salary: | $90,239 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Onboarding Documentation at DOL for Miles Collins Document Cloud, 7/15/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Miles Collins LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Describes self in LinkedIn as DOGE Lead at the agency and reports AI dereg effort and 20% headcount reduction. States he was there for a 6-month appointment. |
Disruption:
DoD agencies are ordered to provide lists of probationary employees to DOGE. Previously, defense, security and intelligence agencies have been exempted from many of the executive orders that constrained staffing or contracting.
Disruption:
DoD agencies are ordered to provide lists of probationary employees to DOGE. Previously, defense, security and intelligence agencies have been exempted from many of the executive orders that constrained staffing or contracting.
| Source: | Defense Department firings expected to start soon, officials say The Washington Post, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/18/25?
Appointed:
Patrick George starts at DOD.
Appointed:
Patrick George starts at DOD.
| Appointed: | Patrick George 2/18/25? |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | DOGE meets with Pentagon officials to plan cuts at the biggest U.S. department CBS News, 2/18/25 |
| Note: | Start date inferred from reports of DOGE meeting 2/18 and Hegseth reporting on 2/20 that many were veterans |
2/19/25
:
:
| System Access: | HRConnect |
| : | unknown, 2/19/25 Miles Collins |
| Note: | HR system for tracking employee information |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
System Access:
According to one agency employee, DOGE workers are granted access access to contracts, partnerships, performance reviews, classified national-security information, and satellite data, among other materials.
System Access:
According to one agency employee, DOGE workers are granted access access to contracts, partnerships, performance reviews, classified national-security information, and satellite data, among other materials.
| Question: | Fuzz: missing identifications for these systems and staffers |
| Source: | Doge Has 'God Mode' Access to Government Data The Atlantic, 2/19/25 |
| Agency: | NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
2/20/25
:
:
| System Access: | Office365: Microsoft Office 365 |
| : | admin, 2/20/25 Edward Coristine |
| Note: | Microsoft Office 365 is used for agency email and knowledge management systems. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
2/21/25
Disruption:
Katrine Trampe kicks off a series of meetings to discuss “workforce efficiency” for various bureaus at the Department of the Interior.
Disruption:
Katrine Trampe kicks off a series of meetings to discuss “workforce efficiency” for various bureaus at the Department of the Interior.
| Person: | Katrine Trampe |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
Ethan Shaotran and Nate Cavanaugh return to the IAF with Jacob Altik, who presented himself as representing the EOP. Altik confirms that DOGE plans to reduce IAF to what he considers the statutory minimum (a board and president, a location in DC, some grants) and DOGE will be conducting a Reduction in Force of all employees and terminating all grants. The demand approval from the board and threaten the board will be fired otherwise.
Interagency Coordination:
Ethan Shaotran and Nate Cavanaugh return to the IAF with Jacob Altik, who presented himself as representing the EOP. Altik confirms that DOGE plans to reduce IAF to what he considers the statutory minimum (a board and president, a location in DC, some grants) and DOGE will be conducting a Reduction in Force of all employees and terminating all grants. The demand approval from the board and threaten the board will be fired otherwise.
| Person: | Jacob Altik, Nate Cavanaugh, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Agency: | IAF, GSA, DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel, Spending |
2/24/25
Appointed:
Emily Bryant starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency at DOGE.
Appointed:
Emily Bryant starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency at DOGE.
| Appointed: | Emily Bryant 2/24/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Alejandra Caraballo Bluesky, 3/06/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-1 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| DOGE Detailed To: DOI Stephanie Holmes 2/24/25-c.9/29/25 | |
| Position Title: | Special Advisor / Acting Chief Human Capital Officer |
| Source: | FOIA response from DOI to the Nation Muckrock, 4/15/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OMB, doc 62-11 Court Document, 10/17/25 |
| Source: | Here are the people connected to DOGE at Interior E&E News, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies GovExec, 7/29/25 |
| Source: | The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs GovExec, 9/24/25 |
| Note: | reported on 7/29 as leaving DOI; but still at DOI in Sept; new Chief HCO appointed 9/29 |
System Access:
Stephanie Holmes requests full admin access to the Federal Personnel Payroll System (FPPS) system to process actions for herself as well as DOGE members Katrine Trampe and Tyler Hassen. This is a shared service provided by DOI which handles payroll for approximately half of the federal government.
System Access:
Stephanie Holmes requests full admin access to the Federal Personnel Payroll System (FPPS) system to process actions for herself as well as DOGE members Katrine Trampe and Tyler Hassen. This is a shared service provided by DOI which handles payroll for approximately half of the federal government.
| Person: | Tyler Hassen, Stephanie Holmes, Katrine Trampe |
| Source: | PEER Report Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 4/15/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
System Access:
Three DOGE staffers – Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley and Clark Minor – are listed as part of the NIH Business System Department. This would grant them access to NIH’s central electronic business system, which includes finance, budget, procurement, a property-management system, and a grant-tracking system
System Access:
Three DOGE staffers – Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley and Clark Minor – are listed as part of the NIH Business System Department. This would grant them access to NIH’s central electronic business system, which includes finance, budget, procurement, a property-management system, and a grant-tracking system
| Person: | Luke Farritor, Clark Minor, Rachel Riley |
| Source: | DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System Wired Magazine, 2/24/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
Official Action:
After Elon Musk threatens on X that employees must complete a list of 5 accomplishments every week and send it to OPM or risk termination, OPM hastily sends out an email to all federal staff requesting that list (without the threat) to every government employee. Widespread confusion occurs at many agencies about the legality and wisdom of this exercise.
Official Action:
After Elon Musk threatens on X that employees must complete a list of 5 accomplishments every week and send it to OPM or risk termination, OPM hastily sends out an email to all federal staff requesting that list (without the threat) to every government employee. Widespread confusion occurs at many agencies about the legality and wisdom of this exercise.
| Source: | What Just Happened: Musk-OPM Send Email to Federal Employees Asking for Five Accomplishments Just Security, 2/22/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/25/25
:
Marko Elez is granted basic access to 3 systems at DOL.
:
Marko Elez is granted basic access to 3 systems at DOL.
| System Access: | DRA: Directory Resource Administrator |
| : | read, 2/25/25 Marko Elez |
| Note: | A tool for managing access control to systems built on top of ActiveDirectory |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
| System Access: | ePACS: Enterprise Physical Access Control System |
| : | read, 2/25/25 Marko Elez |
| Note: | Used to control physical access to the DOL HQ and several other buildings. Could track when employees enter and leave |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
| System Access: | USAccess |
| : | read, 2/25/25 Marko Elez |
| Note: | Shared service access provider system |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Oversight:
The Chief Human Capital Office of the Department of Agriculture testifies to Congress that OPM ordered the firing of all probationary federal employees at the agency.
Oversight:
The Chief Human Capital Office of the Department of Agriculture testifies to Congress that OPM ordered the firing of all probationary federal employees at the agency.
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 188-1 Court Document, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Action:
Citing concerns that there is fraud in the federal payroll, the DOGE team at the Department of the Interior meets with the Interior Business Center Team to discuss their request to receive a log audit of all employee names, positions and hire dates as well as total pay for each pay period.
Action:
Citing concerns that there is fraud in the federal payroll, the DOGE team at the Department of the Interior meets with the Interior Business Center Team to discuss their request to receive a log audit of all employee names, positions and hire dates as well as total pay for each pay period.
| Person: | Tyler Hassen, Stephanie Holmes, Katrine Trampe |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Fraud, Anti-Personnel |
Report:
DOGE engineer Ricardo Biasini is reported to be working on updating an “AutoRIF” software package sourced from the Department of Defense that can be used to automate Reduction-in-Force (RIF) processes at federal agencies.
Report:
DOGE engineer Ricardo Biasini is reported to be working on updating an “AutoRIF” software package sourced from the Department of Defense that can be used to automate Reduction-in-Force (RIF) processes at federal agencies.
| Person: | Riccardo Biasini |
| Source: | DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers Wired Magazine, 2/25/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.2/26/25
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is just given as “Late February” |
| Source: | Federal workers required to report their daily location, email says The Washington Post, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | OPM, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/26/25
:
:
| System Access: | DRA: Directory Resource Administrator |
| : | read, 2/26/25 Miles Collins |
| Note: | A tool for managing access control to systems built on top of ActiveDirectory |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
:
:
| System Access: | WASS: Web Access Security Subsystem |
| : | read-write, 2/26/25 Michael Mirski |
| Note: | System for authorizing access and setting permissions to talk to other systems at HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/27/25
Appointed:
Michael Grimes starts as Senior Advisor at Commerce.
Appointed:
Michael Grimes starts as Senior Advisor at Commerce.
| Appointed: | Michael Grimes 2/27/25-5/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Michael Grimes OGE-278 disclosure Document Cloud, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Michael Grimes LinkedIn, |
System Access:
Stephanie Holmes’ request for admin access to the FPPS system is approved Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, Jarrod Agen.
System Access:
Stephanie Holmes’ request for admin access to the FPPS system is approved Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, Jarrod Agen.
| Person: | Stephanie Holmes |
| Source: | PEER Report Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 4/15/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/28/25
Appointed:
Sam Corcos starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Modernization at IRS.
Appointed:
Sam Corcos starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Modernization at IRS.
| : | Sam Corcos 2/28/25-c.5/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor for Technology and Modernization |
| Salary: | Volunteer (SGE) |
| Source: | New York v. Treasury, Doc 144 Court Document, 5/01/25 |
| Source: | DOGE seeks to use IRS tax records to check federal benefits The Washington Post, 3/01/25 |
| Note: | Start date inferred and likely earlier. |
Appointed:
Tarak Makecha starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.
Appointed:
Tarak Makecha starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.
| Appointed: | Tarak Makecha 2/28/25-7/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Tarak Makecha LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Inside the Shadowy Crew Leading the Government’s HR Office Project on Government Oversight, 5/14/25 |
:
:
| System Access: | EHCM: Enterprise Human Capital Management System |
| : | admin, 2/28/25 Luke Farritor |
| Note: | This system is used at HHS for managing all aspects of human-capital related tasks, including staffing notes and performance plans. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
After a federal judge overturns the mass firing of probationary workers, only 180 workers (out of 750) return to work at the CDC.
Disruption:
After a federal judge overturns the mass firing of probationary workers, only 180 workers (out of 750) return to work at the CDC.
| Source: | How DOGE is driving America’s public-health guardians mad The Economist, 3/10/25 |
| Agency: | CDC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
OPM quietly amends the Privacy Impact Assessment for its Government-Wide Email System (GWES) to remove declarations that responses are voluntary. This is after it had to concede that federal staff did not have to reply to the Five Things email because of the PIA.
Official Action:
OPM quietly amends the Privacy Impact Assessment for its Government-Wide Email System (GWES) to remove declarations that responses are voluntary. This is after it had to concede that federal staff did not have to reply to the Five Things email because of the PIA.
| Source: | OPM quietly swapped out privacy assessment for governmentwide email system central to ongoing litigation FedScoop, 3/03/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Legal:
Judge Alsup ruling in AFL-CIO vs. OPM (N.D. Cal.) issues a temporary restraining order that termination of probationary workers at 6 agencies was unlawful and that they should be restored to work immediately.
Legal:
Judge Alsup ruling in AFL-CIO vs. OPM (N.D. Cal.) issues a temporary restraining order that termination of probationary workers at 6 agencies was unlawful and that they should be restored to work immediately.
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 45 Court Document, 2/28/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/XX/25
| Appointed: | Carl Coe 2/XX/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Carl Coe LinkedIn, |
| Note: | His linkedin reports Feb 2025 as start |
Appointed:
Scott Coulter starts at NASA.
Appointed:
Scott Coulter starts at NASA.
| Appointed: | Scott Coulter 2/XX/25 |
| Salary: | $120,579 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Note: | Missing details |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| DOGE Detailed To: HHS Brad Smith 2/XX/25-3/04/25 | |
| Note: | detail started before 2/13 |
| DOGE? Detailed To: EPA Carl Coe 2/XX/25 | |
| Source: | DOE Announces New Leadership to Tackle Challenges of Growing Energy Demand Department of Energy, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Carl Coe, who currently leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at DOE |
| Person: | Riccardo Biasini |
| Source: | DOGE Used a Meta AI Model to Review Emails From Federal Workers Wired Magazine, 5/22/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
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 |
Official Action:
All government employees receive a second email telling them they must list their accomplishments every Monday by 11:59pm. This does not contain a threat of termination, but it is also no longer reported as an optional exercise. Staff working on confidential or classified activities are supposed to reply to the email but redact their work.
Official Action:
All government employees receive a second email telling them they must list their accomplishments every Monday by 11:59pm. This does not contain a threat of termination, but it is also no longer reported as an optional exercise. Staff working on confidential or classified activities are supposed to reply to the email but redact their work.
| Source: | Federal workers get a new email demanding their accomplishments National Public Radio, 3/01/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/03/25
Appointed:
Justin Fox starts as Senior Advisor at GSA.
Appointed:
Justin Fox starts as Senior Advisor at GSA.
| Appointed: | Justin Fox 3/03/25-c.9/15/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | End date is just given as "mid-September" |
Sighting:
DOGE lawyer Joshua Hanley’s name appeared in PDF metadata of grant cancellations sent out by the NIH to two researchers working on LGBTQ+-related scientific work.
Sighting:
DOGE lawyer Joshua Hanley’s name appeared in PDF metadata of grant cancellations sent out by the NIH to two researchers working on LGBTQ+-related scientific work.
| Person: | Joshua Hanley |
| Source: | New: Trump-controlled NIH begins targeted purge of LGBTQ+ research. Inside Medicine, 3/03/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/04/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| VA? Detailed To: DOD Justin Fulcher 3/04/25-4/24/25 | |
| Source: | A Top Pentagon DOGE Official Looks Like A Successful Founder. His Story Doesn’t Always Add Up. Forbes Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Note: | no info, but assuming detailed from VA |
Converted to Permanent Position:
Brad Smith converted to permanent position as Senior Advisor at HHS
Converted to Permanent Position:
Brad Smith converted to permanent position as Senior Advisor at HHS
| Converted to Permanent Position: | Brad Smith 3/04/25-5/23/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Appointment Affidavit: Brad Smith at HHS Document Cloud, 3/18/25 |
| Note: | resigned on 5/23 but returned to State dept in August |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | AD: Active Directory |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-3/04/25 Luke Farritor |
| Note: | A system for controlling access to other systems within an agency |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | admin, 2/07/25-3/04/25 Luke Farritor |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
Official Action:
In response to recent court rulings that determined that OPM exceeded its authority, OPM quietly revises its initial memo that required all federal agencies to send lists of probationary employees to the agency. It also downplays suggestions that the lists should be used for deciding staffing levels.
Official Action:
In response to recent court rulings that determined that OPM exceeded its authority, OPM quietly revises its initial memo that required all federal agencies to send lists of probationary employees to the agency. It also downplays suggestions that the lists should be used for deciding staffing levels.
| Source: | Anatomy of a federal purge: How health agencies fired, and then backtracked, on personnel cuts Fierce Healthcare, 3/04/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/05/25
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | admin, 2/09/25-3/05/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Stephen Duarte 2/03/25-3/05/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Likely 1 of 3 unidentified OPM aliases who started in Feb and left in March 2025 |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Christina Hanna 2/03/25-3/05/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed from system access. |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski 2/03/25-3/05/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Likely 1 of 3 unidentified OPM aliases who started in Feb and left in March 2025 |
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 |
3/07/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USPS Alexander Simonpour 3/07/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from the GSA to USPS for Alexander Simonpour Document Cloud, 3/12/25 |
Promotion:
Tyler Hassen promoted to Acting Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management and Budget at DOI
Promotion:
Tyler Hassen promoted to Acting Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management and Budget at DOI
| Promotion: | Tyler Hassen 3/07/25-4/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Acting Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management and Budget |
| Source: | DOGE official appointed head of policy at Interior E&E News, 3/10/25 |
| Note: | ended with title change to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary |
:
:
| System Access: | EHCM: Enterprise Human Capital Management System |
| : | read, 3/07/25 Zach Terrell |
| Note: | This system is used at HHS for managing all aspects of human-capital related tasks, including staffing notes and performance plans. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.3/10/25
| Source: | Jackson v. Kennedy, doc 1 Court Document, 6/03/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/11/25
Disruption:
DOGE has fired more than a hundred employees at CISA, including many “red team” staffers who simulate real-world attacks as well as the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT).
Disruption:
DOGE has fired more than a hundred employees at CISA, including many “red team” staffers who simulate real-world attacks as well as the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT).
| Source: | DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ staffers amid ongoing federal cuts Techcrunch, 3/11/25 |
| Agency: | CISA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/12/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USPS Ethan Shaotran 3/12/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USPS for Ethan Shaotran Document Cloud, |
System Access:
In an inventory of system access on March 12, SSA staff determined the following access had been granted before it was revoked on March 24th. Three DOGE team members had been granted access to a workforce system. Two were granted access to security systems to revoke employee access to systems and facilities. Six DOGE team members were granted access to a workspace to share data among each other. Two DOGE members had access to a data visualization tool which could provide PII. And two DOGE employees were given expanded access to the Enterprise Data Warehouse.
System Access:
In an inventory of system access on March 12, SSA staff determined the following access had been granted before it was revoked on March 24th. Three DOGE team members had been granted access to a workforce system. Two were granted access to security systems to revoke employee access to systems and facilities. Six DOGE team members were granted access to a workspace to share data among each other. Two DOGE members had access to a data visualization tool which could provide PII. And two DOGE employees were given expanded access to the Enterprise Data Warehouse.
| Source: | American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 197 Court Document, 1/16/26 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.3/12/25
:
:
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | admin, c.3/12/25 Nate Cavanaugh |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
:
:
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | admin, c.3/12/25 Justin Fox |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
3/13/25
Official Action:
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces she is forming a “JUST DOGE” team to look at restructuring the agency and its subsidiaries.
Official Action:
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces she is forming a “JUST DOGE” team to look at restructuring the agency and its subsidiaries.
| Source: | AG Pam Bondi forms internal team to work with DOGE on DOJ cost-cutting efforts: Sources ABC News, 3/13/25 |
| Agency: | DOJ |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy sends a letter to Congress informing he has signed an agreement with GSA and DOGE to eliminate 10,000 jobs at the agency. He also explicitly authorized DOGE to only work with his agency on matters related to USPS retirement plans, workers compensation costs, congressional liaisoning regarding costs incurred by legislative mandates, reforms to its regulatory requirements, retail lease renewals, business opportunities with other federal agencies and counterfeit postage.
Official Action:
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy sends a letter to Congress informing he has signed an agreement with GSA and DOGE to eliminate 10,000 jobs at the agency. He also explicitly authorized DOGE to only work with his agency on matters related to USPS retirement plans, workers compensation costs, congressional liaisoning regarding costs incurred by legislative mandates, reforms to its regulatory requirements, retail lease renewals, business opportunities with other federal agencies and counterfeit postage.
| Source: | USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers The Associated Press, 3/14/25 |
| Agency: | USPS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
3/14/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NASA Alexander Simonpour 3/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Advisor |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
3/17/25
System Access:
Various USIP staff report receiving messages from DOGE staff asking them for employee lists and access to computer systems at the agency.
System Access:
Various USIP staff report receiving messages from DOGE staff asking them for employee lists and access to computer systems at the agency.
| Source: | USIP v. Jackson, doc 1-2 Court Document, 3/18/25 |
| Agency: | USIP |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.3/17/25
Appointed:
Emily Bryant starts at GSA.
Appointed:
Emily Bryant starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Emily Bryant c.3/17/25 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Note: | signs in someone as GSA employee on 3/24, assuming not new employee that day, but in March. |
3/20/25
Official Action:
President Trump issues an executive order that orders OPM to redefine regulations so that it would give them more power to directly terminate employees at other agencies.
Official Action:
President Trump issues an executive order that orders OPM to redefine regulations so that it would give them more power to directly terminate employees at other agencies.
| Source: | Presidential Memo: Strengthening the Suitability and Fitness of the Federal Workforce Executive Office of the President, 3/20/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/21/25
Disruption:
Dorn Carranza, a HHS liasion for DOGE, sends an email at 11am asking for information ASAP on mission-critical systems at the FDA as well as regular status updates on the data collection. Because the FDA CIO was out of office at the time, her CISO hastily submitted a response with his own opinions. This seems to have been what guided RIF selection at FDA, without anybody at DOGE reviewing the information for accuracy.
Disruption:
Dorn Carranza, a HHS liasion for DOGE, sends an email at 11am asking for information ASAP on mission-critical systems at the FDA as well as regular status updates on the data collection. Because the FDA CIO was out of office at the time, her CISO hastily submitted a response with his own opinions. This seems to have been what guided RIF selection at FDA, without anybody at DOGE reviewing the information for accuracy.
| Source: | Jackson v. Kennedy, doc 1 Court Document, 6/03/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/27/25
Disruption:
After being provided with access to FPPS, Stephanie Holmes raises concerns to DOI leadership that she has not yet been granted full admin access to FPPS. The agency CIO is concerned enough about the security implications that he will only allow it if the Secretary of the Interior signs off on a memo outlining the risks. Stephanie Holmes refuses to convey the message to Secretary Burgum.
Disruption:
After being provided with access to FPPS, Stephanie Holmes raises concerns to DOI leadership that she has not yet been granted full admin access to FPPS. The agency CIO is concerned enough about the security implications that he will only allow it if the Secretary of the Interior signs off on a memo outlining the risks. Stephanie Holmes refuses to convey the message to Secretary Burgum.
| Person: | Stephanie Holmes |
| Source: | PEER Report Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 4/15/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| Source: | HHS Announces Transformation to Make America Healthy Again Department of Health and Human Services, 3/27/25 |
| Agency: | HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
3/28/25
Promotion:
James Sullivan promoted to Chief of Staff at OPM
Promotion:
James Sullivan promoted to Chief of Staff at OPM
| Promotion: | James Sullivan 3/28/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief of Staff, Office of the Director |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 97-3 Court Document, 5/16/25 |
Demotion:
Amanda Scales demoted to Senior Advisor at OPM
Demotion:
Amanda Scales demoted to Senior Advisor at OPM
| Demotion: | Amanda Scales 3/28/25-c.3/29/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Amanda Scales demotion Document Cloud, 5/16/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Amanda Scales LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Her LinkedIn profile says she left OPM in March. Assuming it followed her demotion/replacement, assuming pay stayed same |
Access Revoked:
Jordan Wick has basic access revoked for 4 systems at CFPB.
Access Revoked:
Jordan Wick has basic access revoked for 4 systems at CFPB.
| System Access: | Concur |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | Shared service for booking government travel |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | DI: Data Insight |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | Provides information on CFPB reporting structure |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | OBI: Oracle Business Intelligence |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | read, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | HRConnect |
| : | read-write, 2/07/25-3/28/25 Jordan Wick |
| Note: | HR system for tracking employee information |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Sighting:
Michael Grimes conducts DOGE-style interviews with each member of the staff in the Chips Program Office. This group administers grants following the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (signed by Biden) to encourage semiconductor manufacturing in the US.
Sighting:
Michael Grimes conducts DOGE-style interviews with each member of the staff in the Chips Program Office. This group administers grants following the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (signed by Biden) to encourage semiconductor manufacturing in the US.
| Person: | Michael Grimes |
| Source: | Former Wall Street rainmaker leads purge of US chips subsidies agency The Financial Times, 3/06/25 |
| Agency: | Commerce |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Legal:
In a sweeping ruling, judge Amy Berman Jackson grants a preliminary injunction for the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) against Russell Vought, the acting CFPB director. In her ruling, she declares that it is plain that the administration intended to destroy the agency and she found significant parts of its testimony unreliable. In her injunction, she orders the admininistration must refrain from any firing any employee of the CFPB, restore any contracts that were in place before February 11th, reinstate all probationary employees that were fired, ensure that no agency data is deleted and rescind the stop-work order. It is immediately appealed by the administration.
Legal:
In a sweeping ruling, judge Amy Berman Jackson grants a preliminary injunction for the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) against Russell Vought, the acting CFPB director. In her ruling, she declares that it is plain that the administration intended to destroy the agency and she found significant parts of its testimony unreliable. In her injunction, she orders the admininistration must refrain from any firing any employee of the CFPB, restore any contracts that were in place before February 11th, reinstate all probationary employees that were fired, ensure that no agency data is deleted and rescind the stop-work order. It is immediately appealed by the administration.
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 87 Court Document, 3/28/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Tyler Hassen places the CIO and CISO at the Department of the Interior on admininstrative leave under investigation for raising alarm about DOGE’s access and delaying Stephanie Holmes from having admin access to the FPPS system, which gives her visibility into payroll for half of the federal government.
Disruption:
Tyler Hassen places the CIO and CISO at the Department of the Interior on admininstrative leave under investigation for raising alarm about DOGE’s access and delaying Stephanie Holmes from having admin access to the FPPS system, which gives her visibility into payroll for half of the federal government.
| Person: | Tyler Hassen |
| Source: | 'Chaos and Confusion' at the Crown Jewel of American Science The New York Times, 3/31/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
After the CIO and CISO are sidelined, Gavin Kliger joins a call with Katrine Trampe to pressure a senior advisor in human resources at DOI to direct them to the system owner for FPPS.
Interagency Coordination:
After the CIO and CISO are sidelined, Gavin Kliger joins a call with Katrine Trampe to pressure a senior advisor in human resources at DOI to direct them to the system owner for FPPS.
| Person: | Gavin Kliger, Katrine Trampe |
| Source: | PEER Report Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 4/15/25 |
| Agency: | DOI, IRS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Report:
During an interview, the head of HHS Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reports that DOGE created the new organizational chart for the agency ahead of mass firings. He also claims “we’re not cutting scientists.”
Report:
During an interview, the head of HHS Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reports that DOGE created the new organizational chart for the agency ahead of mass firings. He also claims “we’re not cutting scientists.”
| Source: | RFK Jr. defends HHS job cuts, says ‘We’re not cutting scientists’ News Nation, 3/28/25 |
| Agency: | HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
c.3/28/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| OPM? Detailed To: FTC Gavin Kliger c.3/28/25 | |
| Source: | Scoop: DOGE staffers move into FTC office Axios, 4/04/25 |
3/29/25
:
:
| System Access: | FPPS: Federal Personnel Payroll System |
| : | admin, 3/29/25 Stephanie Holmes |
| Note: | A shared service which processes payrolls for Interior, but also DOJ, Treasury, DHS, the Air Force, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies. Covers about half of federal personnel. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | FPPS: Federal Personnel Payroll System |
| : | admin, 3/29/25 Katrine Trampe |
| Note: | A shared service which processes payrolls for Interior, but also DOJ, Treasury, DHS, the Air Force, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies. Covers about half of federal personnel. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | USA Staffing |
| : | admin, 1/20/25-3/29/25 Amanda Scales |
| Note: | A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
Federal staff at the DOD are sent an email offering them another chance for a deferred resignation if they enroll within the next week or so from the email.
Official Action:
Federal staff at the DOD are sent an email offering them another chance for a deferred resignation if they enroll within the next week or so from the email.
| Source: | Hegseth Orders Civilian Workforce Realignment in DOD, Reopens DRP Department of Defense, 3/29/25 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
System Access:
Stephanie Holmes and Katrine Trampe are given full admin access to the Federal Personnel Payroll System (FPPS) which handles the payroll processing for approximately half of the federal government.
System Access:
Stephanie Holmes and Katrine Trampe are given full admin access to the Federal Personnel Payroll System (FPPS) which handles the payroll processing for approximately half of the federal government.
| Source: | PEER Report Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 4/15/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.3/29/25
Offboarding:
Amanda Scales leaves role as Senior Advisor at OPM
Offboarding:
Amanda Scales leaves role as Senior Advisor at OPM
| Demotion: | Amanda Scales 3/28/25-c.3/29/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Amanda Scales demotion Document Cloud, 5/16/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Amanda Scales LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Her LinkedIn profile says she left OPM in March. Assuming it followed her demotion/replacement, assuming pay stayed same |
3/31/25
Sighting:
A group of DOGE representatives visit the FDA offices in Maryland. As one employee was leaving, a car pulled up with its window down and a young man in a suit shouted at her “This is DOGE and this is your Last Supper!” She received a RIF termination letter the next day.
Sighting:
A group of DOGE representatives visit the FDA offices in Maryland. As one employee was leaving, a car pulled up with its window down and a young man in a suit shouted at her “This is DOGE and this is your Last Supper!” She received a RIF termination letter the next day.
| Source: | Jackson v. Kennedy, doc 1 Court Document, 6/03/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Report:
Politico reports that Brad Smith, who crafted the plan to layoff 10,000 staffers within HHS, is facing criticism from other DOGE staffers for attempting to shield CMS from the brunt of the layoffs. His aide, Rachel Riley is accused of being extraordinarily secretive with the plan.
Report:
Politico reports that Brad Smith, who crafted the plan to layoff 10,000 staffers within HHS, is facing criticism from other DOGE staffers for attempting to shield CMS from the brunt of the layoffs. His aide, Rachel Riley is accused of being extraordinarily secretive with the plan.
| Person: | Rachel Riley, Brad Smith |
| Source: | Internal fallout at HHS delays 10,000 firings Politico, 3/31/25 |
| Agency: | CMS, HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/XX/25
Appointed:
Mike Gonzalez starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.
Appointed:
Mike Gonzalez starts as Senior Advisor at OPM.
| Appointed: | Mike Gonzalez 3/XX/25-6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Mike Gonzalez LinkedIn, |
Offboarding:
Clayton Cromer leaves role as Deputy General Counsel at OPM
Offboarding:
Clayton Cromer leaves role as Deputy General Counsel at OPM
| Appointed: | Clayton Cromer 1/20/25-3/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Clayton Cromer LinkedIn, |
4/01/25
| Source: | Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food The New York Times, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | CDC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Federal staff at the USDA are sent an email offering them another chance to do a deferred resignation if they enroll within the next week or so from this date.
Disruption:
Federal staff at the USDA are sent an email offering them another chance to do a deferred resignation if they enroll within the next week or so from this date.
| Source: | With Painful Layoffs Ahead, Agencies Push Incentives to Quit The New York Times, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Employees at the Department of Energy are sent an email offering for them to enroll in a new separate deferred resignation plan.
Disruption:
Employees at the Department of Energy are sent an email offering for them to enroll in a new separate deferred resignation plan.
| Source: | With Painful Layoffs Ahead, Agencies Push Incentives to Quit The New York Times, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | DOE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| Source: | Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food The New York Times, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Report:
In a group chat within HHS system, Amy Gleason attempts to distance herself from the mass layoffs caused by DOGE by claiming she is just the USDS administrator only and has nothing to do with how the DOGE teams operate.
Report:
In a group chat within HHS system, Amy Gleason attempts to distance herself from the mass layoffs caused by DOGE by claiming she is just the USDS administrator only and has nothing to do with how the DOGE teams operate.
| Person: | Amy Gleason |
| Source: | DOGE head denies responsibility for mass firings in private group chat message The San Francisco Chronicle, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Dave Levitan Bluesky, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| Source: | Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food The New York Times, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
| Source: | Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership National Public Radio, 4/01/25 |
| Agency: | HHS, FDA, CDC, NIH, CMS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/03/25
Disruption:
Multiple senior technological positions at the IRS are terminated. These include director of cybersecurity architecture and implementation, deputy chief information security officer, and acting director of security risk management.
Disruption:
Multiple senior technological positions at the IRS are terminated. These include director of cybersecurity architecture and implementation, deputy chief information security officer, and acting director of security risk management.
| Source: | DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data Wired Magazine, 4/05/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Social Security employees received an offer from the human resources department for voluntary reassignments to “mission-critical” front-line roles in call services and hearing offices to replace staff that were eliminated.
Disruption:
Social Security employees received an offer from the human resources department for voluntary reassignments to “mission-critical” front-line roles in call services and hearing offices to replace staff that were eliminated.
| Source: | Social Security faces thousands more job cuts even with service in tailspin The Washington Post, 4/04/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/04/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| DOL Detailed To: Peace Bridget Youngs 4/04/25 | |
| Source: | Doge eyes cuts to Peace Corps with in-person visit and records access The Guardian, 4/04/25 |
| Note: | unknown who this is and if sent to other agencies |
Legal:
Sara Aviel discovers that a team@iaf.gov created for the use of Ethan Shaotran and Nate Cavanaugh had deactivated the admin access for the remaining IAF employee the day before Aviel’s return by orders of a court as President of the agency.
Legal:
Sara Aviel discovers that a
team@iaf.gov created for the use of Ethan Shaotran and Nate Cavanaugh had deactivated the admin access for the remaining IAF employee the day before Aviel’s return by orders of a court as President of the agency.
| Person: | Nate Cavanaugh, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Agency: | IAF |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
DOGE staffers at SSA declare the need for widespread Reductions-in-Force (RIFs) at the agency, despite a previous reduction in staffing of 7000 people and notable degradations in service. Among other cuts, they suggest removing 800 people from the IT department of 4000.
Disruption:
DOGE staffers at SSA declare the need for widespread Reductions-in-Force (RIFs) at the agency, despite a previous reduction in staffing of 7000 people and notable degradations in service. Among other cuts, they suggest removing 800 people from the IT department of 4000.
| Source: | Social Security faces thousands more job cuts even with service in tailspin The Washington Post, 4/04/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
4/07/25
4/08/25
Disruption:
Terminated employees at the CDC report enduring months of DOGE representatives walking around the building looking for nominal work violations (like going to the bathroom but leaving their secure PIV card on their desk) as a pretext to immediately fire people for “security violations.”
Disruption:
Terminated employees at the CDC report enduring months of DOGE representatives walking around the building looking for nominal work violations (like going to the bathroom but leaving their secure PIV card on their desk) as a pretext to immediately fire people for “security violations.”
| Question: | Fuzz: this might be rumors though |
| Source: | "No guidance and no leadership": chaos and confusion at CDC after mass firings The Guardian, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | CDC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Report:
Employees at the EPA report being told by Trump-appointed officials that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication tools (including Microsoft Teams) for anti-Trump or anti-Musk language.
Report:
Employees at the EPA report being told by Trump-appointed officials that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication tools (including Microsoft Teams) for anti-Trump or anti-Musk language.
| Source: | Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say Reuters, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | EPA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
4/10/25
Disruption:
A leaked OMB budget proposal memorandum propose major changes to the discretionary budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Specifically, it includes cutting that budget by a third and also consolidating various health and safety-related agencies into a new Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) overseen by the HHS Secretary.
Disruption:
A leaked OMB budget proposal memorandum propose major changes to the discretionary budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Specifically, it includes cutting that budget by a third and also consolidating various health and safety-related agencies into a new Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) overseen by the HHS Secretary.
| Source: | Recent Developments at the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Potential Changes and Implications National Law Review, 6/18/25 |
| Agency: | HHS, CMS, CDC, NIH, FDA, CPSC |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
AmeriCorps’ acting director submits a plan to the OPM and OMB proposing a 50% cut in the agency workforce.
Interagency Coordination:
AmeriCorps’ acting director submits a plan to the OPM and OMB proposing a 50% cut in the agency workforce.
| Source: | Democrats seize on volatility of Trump trade policies The Washington Post, 4/10/25 |
| Agency: | AmeriCorps, OPM, OMB |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/11/25
Legal:
A three-judge appeal panel for the DC Circuit issues a ruling on the appeal for Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s preliminary injunction in NTEU v. Vought. The appeals court stays a measure that prevent CFPB leadership from enforcing work stoppages for non-statutory work. It also allows CFPB leadership to perform a reduction-in-force, provided that they conduct a “particularized assessment” for the process.
Legal:
A three-judge appeal panel for the DC Circuit issues a ruling on the appeal for Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s preliminary injunction in NTEU v. Vought. The appeals court stays a measure that prevent CFPB leadership from enforcing work stoppages for non-statutory work. It also allows CFPB leadership to perform a reduction-in-force, provided that they conduct a “particularized assessment” for the process.
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, appeals stay Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, 4/11/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/12/25
:
Gavin Kliger is granted elevated access to 2 systems at CFPB.
:
Gavin Kliger is granted elevated access to 2 systems at CFPB.
| System Access: | Sharepoint: Microsoft Sharepoint |
| : | admin, 4/12/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | Microsoft service for sharing documents within an organization |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | Power Automate |
| : | admin, 4/12/25-4/13/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A Microsoft tool for automating tasks that operate on documents and providing to staff |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
Interagency Coordination:
CFPB leadership under Russell Vought uses the opening granted by the appeals court to attempt another massive RIF. Emailing from his USAID email account, Jeremy Lewin kicks off the process by providing Gavin Kliger and Adam Martinez with a letter to use for RIFs at the CFPB.
Interagency Coordination:
CFPB leadership under Russell Vought uses the opening granted by the appeals court to attempt another massive RIF. Emailing from his USAID email account, Jeremy Lewin kicks off the process by providing Gavin Kliger and Adam Martinez with a letter to use for RIFs at the CFPB.
| Person: | Gavin Kliger, Jeremy Lewin |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 128-2 Court Document, 4/26/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB, USAID |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
Gavin Kliger begins working with Adam Martinez of CFPB and Jeremy Lewin at USAID on the infrastructure to automate a massive RIF at the CFPB. This includes scripts to send termination letters to each employee.
Interagency Coordination:
Gavin Kliger begins working with Adam Martinez of CFPB and Jeremy Lewin at USAID on the infrastructure to automate a massive RIF at the CFPB. This includes scripts to send termination letters to each employee.
| Person: | Gavin Kliger, Jeremy Lewin |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 131-1 Court Document, 4/26/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB, USAID |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
4/13/25
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | Power Automate |
| : | admin, 4/12/25-4/13/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A Microsoft tool for automating tasks that operate on documents and providing to staff |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
Interagency Coordination:
Jeremy Lewin has a followup Teams call with CFPB chief legal counsel Mark Paoletta to plan for the upcoming massive RIF at the CFPB
Interagency Coordination:
Jeremy Lewin has a followup Teams call with CFPB chief legal counsel Mark Paoletta to plan for the upcoming massive RIF at the CFPB
| Person: | Jeremy Lewin |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 131-1 Court Document, 4/26/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB, USAID |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
4/15/25
Sighting:
Reports that SEC leadership has pushed back on DOGE requests to get admin access for staff emails, personnel data, contracts, and payments systems.
Sighting:
Reports that SEC leadership has pushed back on DOGE requests to get admin access for staff emails, personnel data, contracts, and payments systems.
| Person: | Eliezer Mishory |
| Source: | US SEC officials push back as Musk's DOGE seeks broad access, source says Reuters, 4/15/25 |
| Agency: | SEC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
4/16/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: AmeriCorps Nate Cavanaugh 4/16/25 | |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Disruption:
Agency staff at AmeriCorps are placed on immediate administrative leave and banned from accessing agency systems.
Disruption:
Agency staff at AmeriCorps are placed on immediate administrative leave and banned from accessing agency systems.
| Source: | AmeriCorps staff members placed on leave after DOGE visit The Washington Post, 4/16/25 |
| Agency: | AmeriCorps |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Interagency Coordination:
Noah Peters at OPM denies the CFPB request made by Adam Martinez as well as Jeremy Lewin and Gavin Kliger to conduct an “emergency” RIF at the CFPB which would only give employees 30 days before their termination.
Interagency Coordination:
Noah Peters at OPM denies the CFPB request made by Adam Martinez as well as Jeremy Lewin and Gavin Kliger to conduct an “emergency” RIF at the CFPB which would only give employees 30 days before their termination.
| Person: | Gavin Kliger, Jeremy Lewin, Noah Peters |
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 131-1 Court Document, 4/26/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB, OPM, USAID |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
4/17/25
:
:
| System Access: | Power Automate |
| : | admin, 4/17/25-4/17/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A Microsoft tool for automating tasks that operate on documents and providing to staff |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | Power Automate |
| : | admin, 4/17/25-4/17/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A Microsoft tool for automating tasks that operate on documents and providing to staff |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
Disruption:
CFPB conducts a massive Reduction-in-Force, eliminating 1483 positions and retaining only 207 people to perform its duties. This is larger than the planned RIF in February that was blocked by Judge Amy Berman-Jackson. It is immediately appealed.
Disruption:
CFPB conducts a massive Reduction-in-Force, eliminating 1483 positions and retaining only 207 people to perform its duties. This is larger than the planned RIF in February that was blocked by Judge Amy Berman-Jackson. It is immediately appealed.
| Source: | NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 109 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Agency: | CFPB |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
The Secretary of the Interior formally designates that Tyler Hassen is in charge of implementing cuts to the agency and reorganizing its offices and areas of responsibility.
Official Action:
The Secretary of the Interior formally designates that Tyler Hassen is in charge of implementing cuts to the agency and reorganizing its offices and areas of responsibility.
| Person: | Tyler Hassen |
| Source: | Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department The Washington Post, 4/21/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
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 |
4/21/25
Disruption:
IT staff at FSA report they were heavily targeted for layoffs despite complying with requests to provide information about critical systems, meaning much more of the FDA infrastructure is at risk of failure
Disruption:
IT staff at FSA report they were heavily targeted for layoffs despite complying with requests to provide information about critical systems, meaning much more of the FDA infrastructure is at risk of failure
| Source: | FDA tech officials complied with DOGE’s requests for data. The staff reductions still came. FedScoop, 4/21/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
| Source: | USE IT Act and Occupancy Data General Services Administration, 6/27/25 |
| Agency: | OMB, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/22/25
Disruption:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces plans for a major reorganization of the State Department that would eliminate 132 offices and terminate roughly 700 positions in DC. It also would reduce monitoring of war crimes and global conflicts.
Disruption:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces plans for a major reorganization of the State Department that would eliminate 132 offices and terminate roughly 700 positions in DC. It also would reduce monitoring of war crimes and global conflicts.
| Person: | Marco Rubio |
| Source: | Rubio unveils first stage of major State Department overhaul CNN, 4/22/25 |
| Agency: | State |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
4/25/25
Appointed:
Justin Fulcher starts as Senior Advisor at DOD.
Appointed:
Justin Fulcher starts as Senior Advisor at DOD.
| Appointed: | Justin Fulcher 4/25/25-7/20/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary |
| Source: | Hegseth Taps DOGE Staffer as Senior Adviser After Staff Exodus Bloomberg Tax, 4/25/25 |
| Source: | Another Top Aide to Hegseth Leaves the Pentagon The New York Times, 7/20/25 |
4/28/25
Disruption:
The head of a Peace Corps alumni group reports he had been told the agency is expecting large cuts in US staffing, as ordered by DOGE.
Disruption:
The head of a Peace Corps alumni group reports he had been told the agency is expecting large cuts in US staffing, as ordered by DOGE.
| Source: | Peace Corps, Under Review by DOGE, Is Said to Plan ‘Significant’ Staff Cuts The New York Times, 4/28/25 |
| Agency: | Peace |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/30/25
| Source: | Federal workers required to report their daily location, email says The Washington Post, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | FEC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
4/XX/25
Promotion:
Tyler Hassen promoted to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at DOI
Promotion:
Tyler Hassen promoted to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at DOI
| Promotion: | Tyler Hassen 4/XX/25-9/03/25 |
| Position Title: | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary |
| Source: | Here’s what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department The Associated Press, 5/27/25 |
| Source: | Controversial Interior Department Aide From DOGE to Leave Agency The New York Times, 7/25/25 |
| Source: | Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs Public Domain, 9/04/25 |
| Note: | title change allows him to avoid Senate approval/ethics rules. He reported he was leaving the agency on 8/1, but was seemingly still in the role until 9/3 |
5/02/25
| Promotion: | Carl Coe 5/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief of Staff |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out. But DOGE Is Just Getting Started. The New York Times, 6/07/25 |
5/05/25
Disruption:
USDA reports to Congress that 15,000 of its employees (15% of its workforce) have taken one of the two deferred resignation programs
Disruption:
USDA reports to Congress that 15,000 of its employees (15% of its workforce) have taken one of the two deferred resignation programs
| Source: | More than 15,000 USDA employees have taken Trump financial incentive to leave Reuters, 5/04/25 |
| Agency: | USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
5/06/25
Appointed:
Frank Bisignano starts as Commissioner at SSA.
Appointed:
Frank Bisignano starts as Commissioner at SSA.
| Appointed: | Frank Bisignano 5/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Commissioner |
| Source: | Senate confirms Bisignano to lead Social Security Administration as agency faces DOGE overhaul The Associated Press, 5/06/25 |
c.5/06/25
Promotion:
Sam Corcos promoted to Chief Information Officer at IRS
Promotion:
Sam Corcos promoted to Chief Information Officer at IRS
| Promotion: | Sam Corcos c.5/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Information Officer |
| Source: | DOGE rep Sam Corcos is Treasury’s new chief information officer, source says FedScoop, 5/06/25 |
| Note: | Date is approximate per reports. Will update as new details emerge. |
5/07/25
| Source: | The IRS has lost almost one-third of its tax auditors after 2 months of DOGE cuts, report says CBS News, 5/07/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
5/08/25
Access Revoked:
Gavin Kliger has basic access revoked for 3 systems at CFPB.
Access Revoked:
Gavin Kliger has basic access revoked for 3 systems at CFPB.
| System Access: | AD: Active Directory |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A system for controlling access to other systems within an agency |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | Microsoft Entra ID |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Impunity |
| System Access: | PAC: Physical Access Control |
| : | unknown, 2/07/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | Possibly a system for controlling and monitoring physical access to CFPB buildings |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Elimination, Impunity |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | Sharepoint: Microsoft Sharepoint |
| : | admin, 4/12/25-5/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | Microsoft service for sharing documents within an organization |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
Offboarding:
Gavin Kliger ends detailed position at CFPB
Offboarding:
Gavin Kliger ends detailed position at CFPB
| OPM Detailed To: CFPB Gavin Kliger 2/07/25-5/08/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE Employee Who Screamed for CFPB Job Cuts Leaves Agency Bloomberg Law, 5/08/25 |
| Source: | IRS workers forced into ‘mandatory overtime’ to deal with flagged returns after DOGE cuts The Independent, 5/08/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
5/09/25
Disruption:
OPM is reportedly poised to launch a rebranded version of the formerly-named AutoRIF software for automating the process of designating staff for mass layoffs. It was modernized and given a web interface by DOGE engineer Riccardo Biasini.
Disruption:
OPM is reportedly poised to launch a rebranded version of the formerly-named AutoRIF software for automating the process of designating staff for mass layoffs. It was modernized and given a web interface by DOGE engineer Riccardo Biasini.
| Person: | Riccardo Biasini |
| Source: | Exclusive: DOGE-led software revamp to speed US job cuts even as Musk steps back Reuters, 5/08/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Sighting:
DOGE staff reportedly met with Peace Corps leadership to discuss staffing cuts and expected resignations.
Sighting:
DOGE staff reportedly met with Peace Corps leadership to discuss staffing cuts and expected resignations.
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Agency: | Peace |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
5/13/25
Legal:
Ruling in Rhode Island v. Trump et al, Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered a preliminary injunction declaring that IMLS grants must be processed and staff brought back.
Legal:
Ruling in Rhode Island v. Trump et al, Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered a preliminary injunction declaring that IMLS grants must be processed and staff brought back.
| Source: | Results Vary in Legal Efforts to Restore IMLS Publishers Weekly, 6/18/25 |
| Agency: | IMLS |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel, Spending |
5/14/25
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position as Senior Advisor at OPM
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position as Senior Advisor at OPM
| GSA Detailed To: OPM Edward Coristine 1/24/25-5/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Immediate Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | Volunteer (SGE) |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for "Employee 4" Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
| Note: | no MOU to confirm and SF-50 is for GSA, but I think he was detailed from GSA to OPM on this date based on appointment affadavit |
Disruption:
After rescinding 300 past layoffs, the head of human resources at CDC emails Rachel Riley to share that the plan going forward will be to fire one person for every singer person who returns to the agency.
Disruption:
After rescinding 300 past layoffs, the head of human resources at CDC emails Rachel Riley to share that the plan going forward will be to fire one person for every singer person who returns to the agency.
| Person: | Rachel Riley |
| Source: | CDC to cut one employee for each it is recalling from layoffs GovExec, 5/14/25 |
| Agency: | CDC |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
5/16/25
Disruption:
GOP proposals that would cut student loans and increase debt collection would require new technical capacity and policy that the Department of Education is unlikely to accomplish after many recent cuts and the elimination of technical staff by DOGE.
Disruption:
GOP proposals that would cut student loans and increase debt collection would require new technical capacity and policy that the Department of Education is unlikely to accomplish after many recent cuts and the elimination of technical staff by DOGE.
| Source: | On Student Aid, It’s Congressional Republicans vs. DOGE The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/15/25 |
| Agency: | Ed. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Because of DOGE-directed cuts, a National Weather Service office in Jackson, KY did not have an overnight forecaster who is able to track and forecast tornado watches for a storm sweeping across the state.
Disruption:
Because of DOGE-directed cuts, a National Weather Service office in Jackson, KY did not have an overnight forecaster who is able to track and forecast tornado watches for a storm sweeping across the state.
| Source: | After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down The New York Times, 5/16/25 |
| Agency: | NOAA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
5/19/25
Disruption:
Although IMLS staff are returned to their positions by court order, employees complain that the email “reinforced attempts to eliminate staff through trauma, force, and malicious compliance.”
Disruption:
Although IMLS staff are returned to their positions by court order, employees complain that the email “reinforced attempts to eliminate staff through trauma, force, and malicious compliance.”
| Source: | Results Vary in Legal Efforts to Restore IMLS Publishers Weekly, 6/18/25 |
| Agency: | IMLS |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
5/21/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: MSPB Nate Cavanaugh 5/21/25 | |
| Source: | Bluesky post by Marisa Kabas The Handbasket, 5/16/25 |
| Note: | Email cited mentioned he was from DOGE, but assuming detail from GSA |
5/23/25
Offboarding:
Brad Smith leaves role as Senior Advisor at HHS
Offboarding:
Brad Smith leaves role as Senior Advisor at HHS
| Converted to Permanent Position: | Brad Smith 3/04/25-5/23/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Appointment Affidavit: Brad Smith at HHS Document Cloud, 3/18/25 |
| Note: | resigned on 5/23 but returned to State dept in August |
Disruption:
Reuters reports that DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt and Edward Coristine have attempted to gain access to DHS employee emails in recent months and ordered staff to train AI to identify communications suggesting an employee is not “loyal” to Trump’s political agenda. Given earlier reports, the AI in question is like xAi’s “Grok” AI system.
Disruption:
Reuters reports that DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt and Edward Coristine have attempted to gain access to DHS employee emails in recent months and ordered staff to train AI to identify communications suggesting an employee is not “loyal” to Trump’s political agenda. Given earlier reports, the AI in question is like xAi’s “Grok” AI system.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Kyle Schutt |
| Source: | Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns Reuters, 5/23/25 |
| Agency: | DHS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
President Trump issues EO 14300, which orders the NRC to relax its regulatory oversight over the nuclear industry. It also demands that the agency must plan for a Reduction-in-Force (RIF) and realign its organizational priorities. Following the model used by the Trump Administration for other independent agencies, this is probably the prelude for DOGE to arrive at the agency.
Official Action:
President Trump issues EO 14300, which orders the NRC to relax its regulatory oversight over the nuclear industry. It also demands that the agency must plan for a Reduction-in-Force (RIF) and realign its organizational priorities. Following the model used by the Trump Administration for other independent agencies, this is probably the prelude for DOGE to arrive at the agency.
| Source: | EO 14300: Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission The American Presidency Project, 5/23/25 |
| Agency: | NRC |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity, Anti-Personnel |
5/27/25
Disruption:
Pentagon staff are told they now no longer have to submit the Five Things email, but they are now tasked with a mandatory exercise to submit one thing that improves efficiency or reduces waste.
Disruption:
Pentagon staff are told they now no longer have to submit the Five Things email, but they are now tasked with a mandatory exercise to submit one thing that improves efficiency or reduces waste.
| Source: | DOGE reviewing Navy software enterprise DefenseScoop, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
5/28/25
5/XX/25
Disruption:
An internal survey reveals that over a fifth of Census Bureau leadership roles are vacant in the wake of DOGE’s efforts to reduce federal staffing.
Disruption:
An internal survey reveals that over a fifth of Census Bureau leadership roles are vacant in the wake of DOGE’s efforts to reduce federal staffing.
| Source: | DOGE created a 'survey of surveys' for a push to cut some government data collection National Public Radio, 5/23/25 |
| Agency: | Census |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
6/03/25
Legal:
HHS employees from multiple agencies who were fired in the recent Reduction-in-Force at the agency file a class action lawsuit claiming that the data used for the retention register was fatally flawed and DOGE practiced no due diligence in correcting for that.
Legal:
HHS employees from multiple agencies who were fired in the recent Reduction-in-Force at the agency file a class action lawsuit claiming that the data used for the retention register was fatally flawed and DOGE practiced no due diligence in correcting for that.
| Source: | Jackson v. Kennedy, doc 1 Court Document, 6/03/25 |
| Agency: | HHS, CDC, CMS, FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
6/06/25
Offboarding:
Anthony Armstrong leaves role as Expert at OPM
Offboarding:
Anthony Armstrong leaves role as Expert at OPM
| Appointed: | Anthony Armstrong 1/20/25-6/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
6/09/25
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position at DOGE
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position at DOGE
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Edward Coristine 1/20/25-6/09/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
6/13/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Alexandra Beynon c.2/04/25-6/13/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-1 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Note: | date guessed, reported as detailing from DOGE to Education |
6/16/25
Disruption:
Citing “heavy workload and limited resources,” the FDA informs a drug manufacturer that it will be unable to meet a deadline to approve a new drug to treat a life-threatening hereditary condition. This is a first-time event for the agency, and some suggest it’s a direct result of DOGE-directed staff reductions at the FDA.
Disruption:
Citing “heavy workload and limited resources,” the FDA informs a drug manufacturer that it will be unable to meet a deadline to approve a new drug to treat a life-threatening hereditary condition. This is a first-time event for the agency, and some suggest it’s a direct result of DOGE-directed staff reductions at the FDA.
| Source: | DOGE cuts cause FDA to delay decision on hereditary disease drug Axios, 6/16/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
6/25/25
Oversight:
Democratic Congressman Mark Takano sends an angry letter to Secretary Collins of the VA demanding answers about DOGE activities including if they have installed spyware on agency machines, if they have been piloting AI, and if they have accessed medical records. He also asks for detailed information on DOGE staff at the agency.
Oversight:
Democratic Congressman Mark Takano sends an angry letter to Secretary Collins of the VA demanding answers about DOGE activities including if they have installed spyware on agency machines, if they have been piloting AI, and if they have accessed medical records. He also asks for detailed information on DOGE staff at the agency.
| Person: | Justin Fulcher, Jon Koval, Sahil Lavingia, Payton Rehling, Christopher Roussos, Cary Volpert |
| Source: | House Democrat demands VA disclose any spyware, AI installed on agency computers as part of DOGE initiative Stars and Stripes, 6/27/25 |
| Agency: | VA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
6/27/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Cole Killian 1/20/25-6/27/25 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Source: | Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’ Wired Magazine, 3/13/25 |
| Note: | reported as interviewing USDS staff about jobs, not found in GSA or OPM lists |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| OPM Detailed To: DOGE Jacob Altik 1/27/25-6/27/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
| Note: | End date might just be end of detail |
6/30/25
Disruption:
Due to staffing cuts, there is now an average of 1 SSA worker per 1480 benficiaries, or almost triple the ratio in 1967. This is a direct result of DOGE-driven cuts reducing agency staffing by 7000 since January
Disruption:
Due to staffing cuts, there is now an average of 1 SSA worker per 1480 benficiaries, or almost triple the ratio in 1967. This is a direct result of DOGE-driven cuts reducing agency staffing by 7000 since January
| Source: | Due to DOGE Cuts, 1 SSA Employee Is Expected to Serve 1,480 Beneficiaries Association of Federal Government Employees, 6/30/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
6/XX/25
Offboarding:
Jacob Altik leaves role as Senior Advisor to the Director at OPM
Offboarding:
Jacob Altik leaves role as Senior Advisor to the Director at OPM
| Appointed: | Jacob Altik 1/24/25-6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of the Director 2025-06-27 |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Note: | Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27 |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Mike Gonzalez 3/XX/25-6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Mike Gonzalez LinkedIn, |
7/02/25
Disruption:
An analysis by a news organization finds that wait times on calls to Social Security routinely exceed 3 hours, with the system also frequently hanging up on people after 2 hours and promising a callback that never arrives. The Social Security website misleadingly reports the average wait time as 18 minutes.
Disruption:
An analysis by a news organization finds that wait times on calls to Social Security routinely exceed 3 hours, with the system also frequently hanging up on people after 2 hours and promising a callback that never arrives. The Social Security website misleadingly reports the average wait time as 18 minutes.
| Source: | Social Security call wait times can exceed 3 hours after DOGE cuts KLAS News, 7/02/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
7/03/25
Disruption:
The Environmental Protection Agency places 144 employees on administrative leave and threatens to open an investigation over them signing an open letter criticizing the agency’s actions.
Disruption:
The Environmental Protection Agency places 144 employees on administrative leave and threatens to open an investigation over them signing an open letter criticizing the agency’s actions.
| Source: | E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump The New York Times, 7/03/25 |
| Agency: | EPA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
7/06/25
Disruption:
The head of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sends a “DEI Whistle-blower Questionnaire” to all staff which is really just a thinly-veiled invitation for federal coworkers to snitch on their colleagues.
Disruption:
The head of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sends a “DEI Whistle-blower Questionnaire” to all staff which is really just a thinly-veiled invitation for federal coworkers to snitch on their colleagues.
| Source: | Trump's Government is a Den of Snitches, 'Freaks,' and Paranoid Tyrants Rolling Stone, 7/08/25 |
| Agency: | HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Anti-Personnel |
7/09/25
Appointed:
Scott Kupor starts as Director at OPM.
Appointed:
Scott Kupor starts as Director at OPM.
| Appointed: | Scott Kupor 7/09/25 |
| Position Title: | Director |
| Source: | Senate confirms new OPM director to take the reins on federal workforce overhauls Federal News Network, 7/10/25 |
Disruption:
At least 2,145 senior (GS-13 to GS-15) employees at NASA are leaving the agency, due to DOGE’s anti-personnel efforts and a proposed budget that would cut the agency budget by 5000 people and 25% of its operating budget. It is unclear if NASA will be able to meet its promise to return astronauts to the moon in 2027 or later send people to Mars with such a reduction in experienced high-level personnel.
Disruption:
At least 2,145 senior (GS-13 to GS-15) employees at NASA are leaving the agency, due to DOGE’s anti-personnel efforts and a proposed budget that would cut the agency budget by 5000 people and 25% of its operating budget. It is unclear if NASA will be able to meet its promise to return astronauts to the moon in 2027 or later send people to Mars with such a reduction in experienced high-level personnel.
| Source: | Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push Politico, 7/09/25 |
| Agency: | NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
7/14/25
Disruption:
Declaring that a Supreme Court shadown docket ruling on July 8th gave them the go-ahead, HHS declares a Reduction-in-Force that was initiated on April 1st is still in effect by sending affected employees a messages stating “You are hereby notified that you are officially separated from HHS at the close of business on July 14, 2025. Thank you for your service to the American people.” The number of affected employees is in the thousands, but some of the 10,000 fired in the original RIF are still protected by another case New York v. Kennedy.
Disruption:
Declaring that a Supreme Court shadown docket ruling on July 8th gave them the go-ahead, HHS declares a Reduction-in-Force that was initiated on April 1st is still in effect by sending affected employees a messages stating “You are hereby notified that you are officially separated from HHS at the close of business on July 14, 2025. Thank you for your service to the American people.” The number of affected employees is in the thousands, but some of the 10,000 fired in the original RIF are still protected by another case New York v. Kennedy.
| Source: | HHS carries out mass firings across health agencies after Supreme Court decision CNN, 7/14/25 |
| Agency: | HHS, FDA, CDC, CMS, NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
7/17/25
Disruption:
Despite claims by USDA leadership that they had met 99% of their hiring goals, more than 4500 (approximately 27%) firefighting jobs in the US Forest Service are unfulled, according to an internal staffing tool at the agency. This rough assessment is supported by anecdotal accounts of firefighting offices in states facing a challenging year for forest fires.
Disruption:
Despite claims by USDA leadership that they had met 99% of their hiring goals, more than 4500 (approximately 27%) firefighting jobs in the US Forest Service are unfulled, according to an internal staffing tool at the agency. This rough assessment is supported by anecdotal accounts of firefighting offices in states facing a challenging year for forest fires.
| Source: | The Forest Service Claims It’s Fully Staffed for a Worsening Fire Season. Data Shows Thousands of Unfilled Jobs. Pro Publica, 7/22/25 |
| Agency: | USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
7/20/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Justin Fulcher 4/25/25-7/20/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary |
| Source: | Hegseth Taps DOGE Staffer as Senior Adviser After Staff Exodus Bloomberg Tax, 4/25/25 |
| Source: | Another Top Aide to Hegseth Leaves the Pentagon The New York Times, 7/20/25 |
7/21/25
Access Revoked:
Nikhil Rajpal has elevated access revoked for 3 systems at OPM.
Access Revoked:
Nikhil Rajpal has elevated access revoked for 3 systems at OPM.
| System Access: | EHRI: Enterprise Human Resources Integration |
| : | admin, 2/05/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | GWES: Government-Wide Email System |
| : | admin, 1/30/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/28/25-7/21/25 Nikhil Rajpal |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Disruption:
Scott Kupor states that he expects to eliminate roughly 1000 positions at OPM (or about a third of its staff) by the end of the year.
Disruption:
Scott Kupor states that he expects to eliminate roughly 1000 positions at OPM (or about a third of its staff) by the end of the year.
| Person: | Scott Kupor |
| Source: | OPM to lose about 1,000 jobs, director says The Washington Post, 7/21/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
7/22/25
| Source: | Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent The New York Times, 7/22/25 |
| Agency: | NSF |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
7/30/25
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | EHRI: Enterprise Human Resources Integration |
| : | unknown, 1/28/25-7/30/25 Riccardo Biasini |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/28/25-7/30/25 Riccardo Biasini |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/20/25-7/30/25 Akash Bobba |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
7/XX/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Tarak Makecha 2/28/25-7/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Tarak Makecha LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Inside the Shadowy Crew Leading the Government’s HR Office Project on Government Oversight, 5/14/25 |
8/01/25
Disruption:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issues a press release announcing that it has commenced an orderly wind-down due to the elimination of funding from both the recissions package as well as the budget for next year. A majority of staff will be let go on the September 30, 2026 with a small team retained for final closedown in January 2026. This is frankly a heartbreaking outcome for an agency that has served America for almost 60 years.
Disruption:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issues a press release announcing that it has commenced an orderly wind-down due to the elimination of funding from both the recissions package as well as the budget for next year. A majority of staff will be let go on the September 30, 2026 with a small team retained for final closedown in January 2026. This is frankly a heartbreaking outcome for an agency that has served America for almost 60 years.
| Source: | Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 8/01/25 |
| Agency: | CPB |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
8/05/25
Disruption:
The National Weather Center announces it has approval to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians back to the department. This includes 126 new positions beyond what was cut by DOGE. Despite being a step towards restoration, this action will likely not put people in place until after the current dangerous hurricane season is over and it might be a pretext to hire more politically-aligned staff in positions with flimsier job security.
Disruption:
The National Weather Center announces it has approval to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians back to the department. This includes 126 new positions beyond what was cut by DOGE. Despite being a step towards restoration, this action will likely not put people in place until after the current dangerous hurricane season is over and it might be a pretext to hire more politically-aligned staff in positions with flimsier job security.
| Source: | Weather Service is now hiring back hundreds of positions that got cut in the DOGE chaos CNN, 8/05/25 |
| Agency: | NOAA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
8/06/25
Disruption:
OPM announces the end of the requirement that all federal workers must send in a weekly “Five Things” email describing their work the prior work. OPM director Scott Kupor announced the change in a meeting with all human capital officials across the government.
Disruption:
OPM announces the end of the requirement that all federal workers must send in a weekly “Five Things” email describing their work the prior work. OPM director Scott Kupor announced the change in a meeting with all human capital officials across the government.
| Person: | Scott Kupor |
| Source: | Exclusive: Trump administration formally axes Elon Musk's 'five things' email Reuters, 8/05/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
8/08/25
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | GWES: Government-Wide Email System |
| : | admin, 1/24/25-8/08/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | 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. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
8/12/25
Legal:
Citing a Supreme Court shadow docket ruling as precedent, a DC Appeals Court overturned a stay from February and ordered that DOGE should be allowed to access sensitive data at the Treasury Department, OPM and Department of Education.
Legal:
Citing a Supreme Court shadow docket ruling as precedent, a DC Appeals Court overturned a stay from February and ordered that DOGE should be allowed to access sensitive data at the Treasury Department, OPM and Department of Education.
| Source: | Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies The New York Times, 8/12/25 |
| Agency: | Treas., IRS, OPM, Ed. |
| DOGE Project: | Fraud, Immigration, Anti-Personnel |
c.8/12/25
Appointed:
Brad Smith starts at State.
Appointed:
Brad Smith starts at State.
| Appointed: | Brad Smith c.8/12/25 |
| Source: | Former senior DOGE official returns to the Trump administration Semafor, 8/12/25 |
| Note: | some sort of leadership over global health division |
8/28/25
Disruption:
As a direct result of DOGE-driven cuts, the Department of Energy announces that it has to delay a regular report tracking shipments of uranium fuel and completely suspend a report on photovoltaic panels. The department that tracks such reports lost more than 100 people out of its 350-person workforce this year. These reports are not as critical as other Energy reports, but the damage to data collection and reporting is making energy traders nervous.
Disruption:
As a direct result of DOGE-driven cuts, the Department of Energy announces that it has to delay a regular report tracking shipments of uranium fuel and completely suspend a report on photovoltaic panels. The department that tracks such reports lost more than 100 people out of its 350-person workforce this year. These reports are not as critical as other Energy reports, but the damage to data collection and reporting is making energy traders nervous.
| Source: | Key US Energy Data Delayed or Suspended After DOGE Cuts Bloomberg, 8/28/25 |
| Agency: | DOE |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
8/XX/25
:
:
| System Access: | WRT: Workforce Reshaping Tool |
| : | read-write, 8/XX/25 Stephanie Holmes |
| Note: | The AutoRIF software tool was adapted by DOGE engineer Riccardo Biasini into a web service to help automate the process of identifying staff to be laid off and conducting the operation. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
:
:
| System Access: | WRT: Workforce Reshaping Tool |
| : | read-write, 8/XX/25 Tyler Hassen |
| Note: | The AutoRIF software tool was adapted by DOGE engineer Riccardo Biasini into a web service to help automate the process of identifying staff to be laid off and conducting the operation. |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Katrine Trampe 2/10/25-8/XX/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response from DOI to the Nation Muckrock, 4/15/25 |
| Source: | Here are the people connected to DOGE at Interior E&E News, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies GovExec, 7/29/25 |
| Note: | invited to meeting on 2/12, assuming start on Monday that week; reported on 7/29 as leaving DOI; unclear if leaving DOGE |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Miles Collins 2/18/25-8/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary |
| Salary: | $90,239 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Onboarding Documentation at DOL for Miles Collins Document Cloud, 7/15/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Miles Collins LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Describes self in LinkedIn as DOGE Lead at the agency and reports AI dereg effort and 20% headcount reduction. States he was there for a 6-month appointment. |
9/02/25
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | unknown, 1/20/25-9/02/25 Greg Hogan |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Offboarding:
Greg Hogan leaves role as Chief Information Officer at OPM
Offboarding:
Greg Hogan leaves role as Chief Information Officer at OPM
| Promotion: | Greg Hogan 2/11/25-9/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Information Officer, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Greg Hogan has departed his role as OPM’s top IT official FedScoop, 9/04/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 177 Court Document, 12/19/25 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
| Source: | Onboarding documentation at OPM for Greg Hogan Document Cloud, 3/07/25 |
Disruption:
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration determined that only 43 out of 7,315 probationary employees fired at the IRS had any documented performance issues. The termination letters to staff were provided by OPM with no changes allowed. Agency staff balked at language in the letter that falsely declared “performance reasons and current mission needs” were the reason for terminations, and the head of IRS’s Human Capital was placed on administrative leave for her refusal to sign the letter.
Disruption:
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration determined that only 43 out of 7,315 probationary employees fired at the IRS had any documented performance issues. The termination letters to staff were provided by OPM with no changes allowed. Agency staff balked at language in the letter that falsely declared “performance reasons and current mission needs” were the reason for terminations, and the head of IRS’s Human Capital was placed on administrative leave for her refusal to sign the letter.
| Source: | Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, 9/02/25 |
| Agency: | IRS, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
9/03/25
Appointed:
Tyler Hassen starts at DOI.
Appointed:
Tyler Hassen starts at DOI.
| : | Tyler Hassen 9/03/25-11/XX/25 |
| Source: | The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs GovExec, 9/24/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Tyler Hassen LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs Public Domain, 9/04/25 |
| Note: | Working on layoffs / consolidation; LinkedIn reports left in November |
9/12/25
Legal:
Ruling in AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, Judge William Alsup finds that OPM’s mass firing of probationary employees was illegal. However, he does not order that fired employees should be reinstated to their positions, since it has been months since the action and the Supreme Court would be likely to overrule. Instead, he has enjoined OPM from conducting similar actions in the future and ordered them to amend the records to note that employees were not terminated due to performance reasons (as the government falsely claimed in many dismissal letters).
Legal:
Ruling in AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, Judge William Alsup finds that OPM’s mass firing of probationary employees was illegal. However, he does not order that fired employees should be reinstated to their positions, since it has been months since the action and the Supreme Court would be likely to overrule. Instead, he has enjoined OPM from conducting similar actions in the future and ordered them to amend the records to note that employees were not terminated due to performance reasons (as the government falsely claimed in many dismissal letters).
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM and Ezell, doc 261 Court Document, 9/12/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.9/15/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Justin Fox 3/03/25-c.9/15/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-2 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | End date is just given as "mid-September" |
9/19/25
Interagency Coordination:
A GSA-created “ICE surge team” that was formed to rapidly lease office space for ICE to operate in various cities is reportedly struggling due to the effects of DOGE cuts – despite overwhelming work, the team is only half the size it should be due to DOGE staffing cuts and is often forced to rent back space at elevated rates from landlords who were harmed by DOGE’s lease-cancellation efforts.
Interagency Coordination:
A GSA-created “ICE surge team” that was formed to rapidly lease office space for ICE to operate in various cities is reportedly struggling due to the effects of DOGE cuts – despite overwhelming work, the team is only half the size it should be due to DOGE staffing cuts and is often forced to rent back space at elevated rates from landlords who were harmed by DOGE’s lease-cancellation efforts.
| Source: | Trump administration rushes to rent space for immigration officers conducting raids National Public Radio, 9/18/25 |
| Agency: | ICE, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Immigration, Anti-Personnel |
9/22/25
Access Revoked:
Access Revoked:
| System Access: | USA Performance |
| : | admin, 1/20/25-9/22/25 Gavin Kliger |
| Note: | System tracking job performance of federal employees |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
9/23/25
Disruption:
GSA sends out an offer of reinstatement to hundreds of employees who managed government offices and leases and were fired by DOGE. The employees are only given until the end of the week to make their decision. This underscores recent reports that the agency is critically understaffed and unable to handle rising demand for government office space due to ICE’s expansion.
Disruption:
GSA sends out an offer of reinstatement to hundreds of employees who managed government offices and leases and were fired by DOGE. The employees are only given until the end of the week to make their decision. This underscores recent reports that the agency is critically understaffed and unable to handle rising demand for government office space due to ICE’s expansion.
| Source: | Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE The Associated Press, 9/23/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
9/24/25
Disruption:
The Department of Interior is reportedly planning another round of layoffs for mid-October. This follows the loss of 7500 employees (nearly 11% of its workforce) already. The agency is reported to be using the AutoRIF software developed at OPM to run the process, and it is being run by Stephanie Holmes and Tyler Hassen, who did not leave the agency in August as previously reported.
Disruption:
The Department of Interior is reportedly planning another round of layoffs for mid-October. This follows the loss of 7500 employees (nearly 11% of its workforce) already. The agency is reported to be using the AutoRIF software developed at OPM to run the process, and it is being run by Stephanie Holmes and Tyler Hassen, who did not leave the agency in August as previously reported.
| Person: | Riccardo Biasini, Tyler Hassen, Stephanie Holmes |
| Source: | The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs GovExec, 9/24/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
Report:
The New York Times reports on how the DOGE-led staffing cuts and technology changes have led to poor service, low morale and increased wait times for the public. In many field offices, the average wait for an appointment is now six weeks.
Report:
The New York Times reports on how the DOGE-led staffing cuts and technology changes have led to poor service, low morale and increased wait times for the public. In many field offices, the average wait for an appointment is now six weeks.
| Person: | Frank Bisignano |
| Source: | A Diminished Social Security Work Force, and Its Customers, Feel the Strain The New York Times, 9/24/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
9/27/25
Disruption:
The head of the union that represents employees at the National Weather Service reports that the agency is at a breaking point, with many employees working double shifts or seeking help from neighboring offices. Two offices – in California’s Central Valley and western Kansas – lack enough staff to operate 24 hours a day.
Disruption:
The head of the union that represents employees at the National Weather Service reports that the agency is at a breaking point, with many employees working double shifts or seeking help from neighboring offices. Two offices – in California’s Central Valley and western Kansas – lack enough staff to operate 24 hours a day.
| Source: | National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches The Boston Globe, 9/27/25 |
| Agency: | NOAA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.9/29/25
Offboarding:
Stephanie Holmes ends detailed position as Special Advisor / Acting Chief Human Capital Officer at DOI
Offboarding:
Stephanie Holmes ends detailed position as Special Advisor / Acting Chief Human Capital Officer at DOI
| DOGE Detailed To: DOI Stephanie Holmes 2/24/25-c.9/29/25 | |
| Position Title: | Special Advisor / Acting Chief Human Capital Officer |
| Source: | FOIA response from DOI to the Nation Muckrock, 4/15/25 |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OMB, doc 62-11 Court Document, 10/17/25 |
| Source: | Here are the people connected to DOGE at Interior E&E News, 3/05/25 |
| Source: | DOGE and other day 1 Trump appointees head for the exits at multiple agencies GovExec, 7/29/25 |
| Source: | The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs GovExec, 9/24/25 |
| Note: | reported on 7/29 as leaving DOI; but still at DOI in Sept; new Chief HCO appointed 9/29 |
9/30/25
Disruption:
The day before the beginning of the 2025 federal government shutdown, HHS proposes eliminating 8,000 jobs at the suggestion of Russell Vought, who wants to use the shutdown to inflict pain. HHS eventually lays off 1760 positions on October 10th, but was later revised to 954 after HHS blamed a coding error for firing too many people. Initially, HHS refuses to identify the creator for the layoff proposal within HHS, but it’s eventually revealed to be Rachel Riley.
Disruption:
The day before the beginning of the 2025 federal government shutdown, HHS proposes eliminating 8,000 jobs at the suggestion of Russell Vought, who wants to use the shutdown to inflict pain. HHS eventually lays off 1760 positions on October 10th, but was later revised to 954 after HHS blamed a coding error for firing too many people. Initially, HHS refuses to identify the creator for the layoff proposal within HHS, but it’s eventually revealed to be Rachel Riley.
| Person: | Rachel Riley, Russell Vought |
| Source: | Vought promised to use the shutdown to shutter the bureaucracy. It didn’t go as planned. Politico, 10/25/25 |
| Source: | DOGE holdover who pushed for deep cuts at HHS is headed to the Navy Politico, 10/30/25 |
| Agency: | HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
10/14/25
Disruption:
Another round of terminations results in the CDC having lost a quarter of its staff – around 3000 people – since the beginning of the Trump administration. The latest firings targeted the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the National Center for Health Statistics as well as other supporting functions within the agency like human resources, building security and the library.
Disruption:
Another round of terminations results in the CDC having lost a quarter of its staff – around 3000 people – since the beginning of the Trump administration. The latest firings targeted the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the National Center for Health Statistics as well as other supporting functions within the agency like human resources, building security and the library.
| Source: | A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone Wired Magazine, 10/14/25 |
| Agency: | CDC |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
10/30/25
Offboarding:
Rachel Riley leaves role as Senior Advisor at HHS
Offboarding:
Rachel Riley leaves role as Senior Advisor at HHS
| Appointed: | Rachel Riley 1/27/25-10/30/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-5 Court Document, 4/18/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | DOGE holdover who pushed for deep cuts at HHS is headed to the Navy Politico, 10/30/25 |
11/03/25
Disruption:
An advocacy group, Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, releases a report that notes the US Forest Service is 38% behind its usual pace in forest-thinning and other preventative measures. The group directly blames DOGE for all of its staff-reduction and cost-cutting efforts.
Disruption:
An advocacy group, Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, releases a report that notes the US Forest Service is 38% behind its usual pace in forest-thinning and other preventative measures. The group directly blames DOGE for all of its staff-reduction and cost-cutting efforts.
| Source: | DOGE’s Forest Service cuts lag on fire prevention, group says E&E News, 11/03/25 |
| Agency: | USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
11/04/25
Legal:
In a court filing, the Department of Interior reveals that it has frozen its plans to imminently layoff more employees.
Legal:
In a court filing, the Department of Interior reveals that it has frozen its plans to imminently layoff more employees.
| Person: | Stephanie Holmes |
| Source: | Interior freezes layoff plans E&E News, 11/05/25 |
| Agency: | DOI |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
11/14/25
Disruption:
Months after DOGE first illegally fired probationary employees, the National Forest Service continues to endure poor morale and disruptions to service due to low staffing numbers
Disruption:
Months after DOGE first illegally fired probationary employees, the National Forest Service continues to endure poor morale and disruptions to service due to low staffing numbers
| Source: | ‘One big, toxic workplace’: Chilling effect hits Forest Service despite scaled back DOGE cuts Valley Lookout, 11/14/25 |
| Agency: | USDA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.11/15/25
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.
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.
| Person: | Sam Corcos |
| Source: | DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Wired Magazine, 12/02/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
11/24/25
Disruption:
Revising earlier dire estimates even higher, OPM head Scott Kupor reports that the US government will eliminate 317,000 jobs in 2025. He also reports that it will hire 68,000 new employees this year.
Disruption:
Revising earlier dire estimates even higher, OPM head Scott Kupor reports that the US government will eliminate 317,000 jobs in 2025. He also reports that it will hire 68,000 new employees this year.
| Person: | Scott Kupor |
| Source: | US government to shed 317,000 workers this year, Trump's HR chief says Reuters, 11/24/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
11/XX/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| : | Tyler Hassen 9/03/25-11/XX/25 |
| Source: | The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs GovExec, 9/24/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Tyler Hassen LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs Public Domain, 9/04/25 |
| Note: | Working on layoffs / consolidation; LinkedIn reports left in November |
12/10/25
Disruption:
The head of OPM, Scott Kupor, reports that 317,000 federal workers have left their jobs this year as a result of DOGE’s actions and Trump administration policies. He asserts that the vast majority of departures were voluntary.
Disruption:
The head of OPM, Scott Kupor, reports that 317,000 federal workers have left their jobs this year as a result of DOGE’s actions and Trump administration policies. He asserts that the vast majority of departures were voluntary.
| Person: | Scott Kupor |
| Source: | Federal workforce’s toll after a year of DOGE and Trump: 317,000 Bloomberg, 12/10/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
c.12/31/25
Disruption:
In an end of year memo, the Defense Information Systems Agency reports that disruptions due to DOGE’s direct targeting and pushing of the deferred resignation program resulted in a critical loss of staff that affected the ability of the department to conduct operations and obtain software. In one example, a senior contracting officer’s departure even led to a lapse in an important cloud-computing contract.
Disruption:
In an end of year memo, the Defense Information Systems Agency reports that disruptions due to DOGE’s direct targeting and pushing of the deferred resignation program resulted in a critical loss of staff that affected the ability of the department to conduct operations and obtain software. In one example, a senior contracting officer’s departure even led to a lapse in an important cloud-computing contract.
| Source: | DOGE Cuts “Unexpectedly and Significantly Impacted” Critical Pentagon Unit The Intercept, 1/19/26 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/05/26
Disruption:
The board of directors votes to formally dissolve the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ending its 58 year history of providing funding for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations. This was the inevitable outcome after Congress codified the elimination of funding for the agency.
Disruption:
The board of directors votes to formally dissolve the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ending its 58 year history of providing funding for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations. This was the inevitable outcome after Congress codified the elimination of funding for the agency.
| Source: | Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service The Huffington Post, 1/05/26 |
| Agency: | CPB |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
1/14/26
Disruption:
All employees that were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as part of the massive HHS reduction in force have reportedly received notices that their RIF notices are revoked and remain employed. The RIF is being contested in court, but it’s unclear what led to this specific reversal.
Disruption:
All employees that were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as part of the massive HHS reduction in force have reportedly received notices that their RIF notices are revoked and remain employed. The RIF is being contested in court, but it’s unclear what led to this specific reversal.
| Source: | HHS reinstates hundreds of CDC workers fired by DOGE Health Exec, 1/14/26 |
| Agency: | CDC, HHS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
1/28/26
Onboarding:
In a post on LinkedIn, Amanda Scales announces she has returned to a role at OPM, overseeing the recruitment and hiring for the new Tech Force initiative to bring in technical staff from Silicon Valley companies into federal service for 2-year terms.
Onboarding:
In a post on LinkedIn, Amanda Scales announces she has returned to a role at OPM, overseeing the recruitment and hiring for the new Tech Force initiative to bring in technical staff from Silicon Valley companies into federal service for 2-year terms.
| Person: | Amanda Scales |
| Source: | LinkedIn post by Amanda Scales LinkedIn, 1/28/26 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
c.1/28/26
Appointed:
Amanda Scales starts at OPM.
Appointed:
Amanda Scales starts at OPM.
| Appointed: | Amanda Scales c.1/28/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn post by Amanda Scales LinkedIn, 1/28/26 |
| Note: | Own LinkedIn reports back at OPM for Tech Force recruitment and staffing |
2/06/26
Disruption:
After pausing its actions because of a major winter storm, FEMA plans to resume an ongoing staffing reduction for Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery (CORE) employees, who typically work in term-limited roles. Much like the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary employees last year, this reduction is targeting an entire class of federal employees for termination regardless of how good they are at their job. Up to half of FEMA’s workforce are CORE employees, and it’s unclear if these reductions are being driven by FEMA or DHS leadership.
Disruption:
After pausing its actions because of a major winter storm, FEMA plans to resume an ongoing staffing reduction for Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery (CORE) employees, who typically work in term-limited roles. Much like the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary employees last year, this reduction is targeting an entire class of federal employees for termination regardless of how good they are at their job. Up to half of FEMA’s workforce are CORE employees, and it’s unclear if these reductions are being driven by FEMA or DHS leadership.
| Source: | FEMA will resume staff reductions that were paused during winter storm, managers say The Associated Press, 2/06/26 |
| Agency: | DHS, FEMA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
2/18/26
Disruption:
Speaking at an industry conference, the CIO for the IRS reported that the agency has lost nearly 40% of its IT staff and nearly 80% of its IT executives as a result of DOGE’s various actions to target staffing in the federal government.
Disruption:
Speaking at an industry conference, the CIO for the IRS reported that the agency has lost nearly 40% of its IT staff and nearly 80% of its IT executives as a result of DOGE’s various actions to target staffing in the federal government.
| Source: | IRS CIO says agency lost 40% of tech workers last year Federal News Network, 2/18/26 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/10/26
Disruption:
Union officials and former staffers directly blamed the DOGE-driven Reduction in Force (RIF) and agency-wide reorganization last year for the State Department’s chaotic response in evacuating Americans trapped in the Middle East due to the war with Iran. The State Department denied the layoffs have had any effect on agency readiness.
Disruption:
Union officials and former staffers directly blamed the DOGE-driven Reduction in Force (RIF) and agency-wide reorganization last year for the State Department’s chaotic response in evacuating Americans trapped in the Middle East due to the war with Iran. The State Department denied the layoffs have had any effect on agency readiness.
| Source: | ‘A shell of our former self’: How Trump and Musk’s spending cuts are hampering US government readiness amid the Iran war CNN, 3/10/26 |
| Agency: | State |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |
3/12/26
Oversight:
The Inspector General for the EPA releases a report faulting the agency for firing too much of its workforce so that it is unable to handle the growing backlog of grants. The Trump administration countered that there should be a complementary reduction in grants to match, but that has not happened so far.
Oversight:
The Inspector General for the EPA releases a report faulting the agency for firing too much of its workforce so that it is unable to handle the growing backlog of grants. The Trump administration countered that there should be a complementary reduction in grants to match, but that has not happened so far.
| Source: | EPA says it will slash workload after IG flags slashed workforce as overburdened GovExec, 3/12/26 |
| Agency: | EPA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
3/17/26
Disruption:
As the Trump administration has struggled to find options to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after it started hostilities against Iran, theree are reports that the State Department had eliminated all staff from the Bureau of Energy Resources who would have been able to predict the problems. Key staffers who maintained communications and diplomatic relationships with oil companies in the region were also let go. Furthermore, departments that would have researched and debated the effects of the Iran invasion in the Department of Energy, Treasury and State have been eliminated or were sidelined from the decision to go to war.
Disruption:
As the Trump administration has struggled to find options to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after it started hostilities against Iran, theree are reports that the State Department had eliminated all staff from the Bureau of Energy Resources who would have been able to predict the problems. Key staffers who maintained communications and diplomatic relationships with oil companies in the region were also let go. Furthermore, departments that would have researched and debated the effects of the Iran invasion in the Department of Energy, Treasury and State have been eliminated or were sidelined from the decision to go to war.
| Source: | Trump’s DOGE Cuts Slashed Staff That Handled Middle Eastern Oil and Gas Crises NOTUS, 3/17/26 |
| Agency: | State, Treas., DOE |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
Official Action:
Continuing on a Trump Administration plan to consolidate and centralize HR for all federal agencies within OPM, Scott Kupor announces a new “Federal HR 2.0” pilot program with several agencies. Under the new shared services model, OPM will take over roles like performance management, onboarding, payroll, workforce planning, recruitment and hiring from agency staff. This is presented as a move for greater efficiency, but it would also give OPM the centralized power to fire staff and eliminate departments that DOGE wanted. The pilot for this new program will start in Fiscal Year 2027 (October).
Official Action:
Continuing on a Trump Administration plan to consolidate and centralize HR for all federal agencies within OPM, Scott Kupor announces a new “Federal HR 2.0” pilot program with several agencies. Under the new shared services model, OPM will take over roles like performance management, onboarding, payroll, workforce planning, recruitment and hiring from agency staff. This is presented as a move for greater efficiency, but it would also give OPM the centralized power to fire staff and eliminate departments that DOGE wanted. The pilot for this new program will start in Fiscal Year 2027 (October).
| Person: | Scott Kupor |
| Source: | Modernizing HR Services by Establishing the OPM HR Shared Service Center Office of Personnel Management, 3/17/26 |
| Agency: | OPM, CFPB, HUD, VA, FHFA |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, Anti-Personnel |
4/03/26
Disruption:
GSA has announced it is hiring approximately 400 positions in the Public Building Service division that handled facilities acquisition and maintenance. The division had been hit doubly hard by DOGE’s efforts to remove personnel as well as cancel government leases, losing hundreds of employees in March 2025.
Disruption:
GSA has announced it is hiring approximately 400 positions in the Public Building Service division that handled facilities acquisition and maintenance. The division had been hit doubly hard by DOGE’s efforts to remove personnel as well as cancel government leases, losing hundreds of employees in March 2025.
| Source: | A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees Wired Magazine, 4/03/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
4/23/26
Oversight:
Democrats on the House Armed Services committee sharply questioned Pentagon cybersecurity staff about reports that DOGE cuts had severely diminished the cyberdefense capacity at the Department of Defense. Government officials denied that there were any issues.
Oversight:
Democrats on the House Armed Services committee sharply questioned Pentagon cybersecurity staff about reports that DOGE cuts had severely diminished the cyberdefense capacity at the Department of Defense. Government officials denied that there were any issues.
| Source: | Pentagon Cyber Chiefs Defend DOGE Cuts Amid Rising Threats Legis1, 4/23/26 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel |