Acting With Impunity

DOGE is accustomed to acting with impunity. From the moment they enter an agency, DOGE staff are usually fast-tracked to admin access on sensitive systems. They get to bypass mandatory privacy and security training. They are granted the ability to bypass normal system logs. And when they encounter obstacles, they can appeal for help from agency leadership, who are often other DOGE staffers themselves. Employees who flag their concerns or refuse to comply are placed on administrative leave and fired. Entire departments can be sidelined.

Systems

DOL

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

SSA

NUMIDENT: Numerical Identification System

2/10/25 5 users

NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody

:	2/10/25- Akash Bobba (read access) grant by Mike Russo
:	3/17/25- Jon Koval, Marko Elez, Payton Rehling (read access) grant by Mike Russo
:	c.6/23/25- Edward Coristine (read access)
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 121-3 Court Document, 4/09/25
Source:	‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration Wired Magazine, 6/26/25
Source:	Unchecked and Unaccountable: How DOGE Jeopardizes Americans' Data Without Regard for Law and Congress Senate Homeland Security and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, 9/25/25
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

CFPB

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

USDA

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

Events

12/30/24

Amy Gleason starts at DOGE.

Appointed:	Amy Gleason 12/30/24-2/18/24
Source:	The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-1 Court Document, 2/17/26
Source:	CREW v. DOGE Document Cloud, 3/14/25
Note:	this is Amy's role in USDS until she was named the administrator of DOGE

c.1/16/25

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

1/20/25

Steve Davis, Katie Miller, and Elon Musk start as Senior Advisor at DOGE.

Appointed:	Steve Davis 1/20/25-5/28/25
Position Title:	Senior Advisor
Source:	The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26
Source:	Elon Musk’s Chief Lieutenant at DOGE Leaves Agency The Wall Street Journal, 5/09/25
Note:	assuming he started on 2025-01-20

Appointed:	Katie Miller 1/20/25-5/29/25
Note:	no public details on when she started with DOGE, but date inferred

Elon Musk 1/20/25-5/28/25

Stephen Ehikian starts as Acting Administrator at GSA.

Appointed:	Stephen Ehikian 1/20/25-7/21/25
Position Title:	Acting Administrator
Source:	GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25

Greg Hogan starts as Senior Advisor to the Director for Technology and Delivery at OPM.

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

Charles Ezell promoted to Acting Director at OPM

Promotion:	Charles Ezell 1/20/25-7/09/25
Position Title:	Acting Director
Source:	Order on Acting Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Appointments GovInfo, 1/20/25
Note:	Replaced by Scott Kupor's appointment

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

USDS is transferred out of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and established as a standalone office in the Executive Office of the President.

Source:	CREW v. DOGE Document Cloud, 3/14/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The DOGE team moves into a secure office within OPM, installing sofa beds and armed security to prevent other staff from entry.

Source:	Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems Reuters, 1/31/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

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

Career IT staff in the Office of the CIO at OPM report that their database access was completely revoked by DOGE staff working at the agency.

Source:	AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 121 Court Document, 6/09/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

1/23/25

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

Trent Morse starts as Deputy Assistant to the President / Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel at EOP.

Appointed:	Trent Morse 1/23/25
Position Title:	Deputy Assistant to the President / Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel

1/24/25

Josh Gruenbaum and Thomas Shedd start at GSA.

Appointed:	Josh Gruenbaum 1/24/25
Position Title:	Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner
Salary:	$183,100
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source:	GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership NextGov, 1/24/25

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

Luke Farritor detailed from GSA to DOGE

GSA Detailed To: DOGE Luke Farritor 1/24/25-7/31/25
Source:	The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26

1/27/25

President Trump illegally fires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chair Gwynne Wilcox and General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo from the agency’s board. This leaves the agency without quorum to act.

Source:	Project 2025: Elon Musk’s attack on the Department of Labor Fulcrum News, 3/04/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Greg Barbaccia is named as the new Federal Chief Information Officer, a role which places him in charge of the CIO Council at OMB that coordinates the activities of federal CIOs. Over the next six months, multiple DOGE members will also be named as Acting CIOs at various agencies.

Person:	Greg Barbaccia
Source:	Gregory Barbaccia named federal CIO NextGov, 1/27/25
Agency:	OMB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Charles Ezell sends an email to OPM IT staff stating that OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) “urgently” need access to several sensitive systems within the agency.

Person:	Riccardo Biasini, Edward Coristine, Charles Ezell, Nikhil Rajpal
Source:	AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 121 Court Document, 6/09/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

1/29/25

A team of high-ranking GSA employees meets with Nicole Hollander to discuss building special “resting rooms” for DOGE and other A-suite staff.

Person:	Nicole Hollander
Source:	Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25
Agency:	GSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

c.1/29/25

Gavin Kliger is granted basic access to LincPass at USDA.

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

After USAID’s director of labor relations pushed back against the push to suspend and fire the employees, he threatens to report it to the Office of Special Counsel and emails the employees saying he has no grounds to keep them on leave. As a result, Clayton Cromer commands security staff to forcibly remove him from the building.

Person:	Clayton Cromer
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:	Impunity

Jeremy Lewin and Elon Musk order the acting head of USAID to comply with orders to lock every USAID employee worldwide out of all email and other communication systems. He refuses, stating that a sudden loss of access could get aid workers killed.

Person:	Jeremy Lewin, Peter Marocco, Elon Musk
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:	Elimination, Impunity

1/31/25

Mike Russo starts as Chief Information Officer at SSA.

Appointed:	Mike Russo 1/31/25-3/24/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Salary:	195,200
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25

Wired reports that DOGE staff are attempting to get elevated access to GSA systems and making changes to office arrangements to create a special reserved floor for their staff with a security guard checking names.

Person:	Edward Coristine, Steve Davis, Nicole Hollander, Ethan Shaotran, Thomas Shedd
Source:	Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25
Agency:	GSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Federal employees at OPM report they are locked out of access to key systems by DOGE and OPM leadership.

Person:	Riccardo Biasini, Charles Ezell, Amanda Scales
Source:	Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems Reuters, 1/31/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/01/25

The acting head of the USAID, Jason Gray, is removed and replaced by Marco Rubio. Rubio then resigns and names Peter Marocco the Acting Deputy Administrator for the agency, giving him absolute power to force his demands.

Person:	Peter Marocco, Marco Rubio
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:	Impunity

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

DOGE staff arrive at USAID HQ hoping to work within the administrator’s suite at USAID, but their badges were not properly coded to provide access. The DOGE staff reportedly concluded this meant agency staff were keeping them out and could not be trusted.

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:	Impunity

2/03/25

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

Mike Russo officially joins the agency as its new CIO. He then immediately requests that Akash Bobba should be rapidly onboarded into the agency (but there are issues with Bobba’s background check).

Person:	Akash Bobba, Mike Russo
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/04/25

One of AFGE’s members who works in the headquarters of the Department received an instruction from Department leadership that Elon Musk and his DOGE team would be accessing Department of Labor headquarters beginning around 4 p.m. on February 5, 2025. This member and other employees were told by Department leadership that when Mr. Musk and his team visit, they are to do whatever they ask, not to push back, not to ask questions. They were told to provide access to any DOL system they requested access to and not to worry about any security protocols; “just do it.”

Person:	Elon Musk
Source:	AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 29-8 Court Document, 2/12/25
Agency:	DOL, DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/05/25

Luke Farritor is granted basic access to Office365 at DOE.

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

According to later sworn testimony from Kendall Lindemann, this is the date that Steve Davis was designated as the decision-maker for DOGE as the senior-most political appointee until Amy Gleason is appointed as acting administratior of DOGE on 2025-02-18. Later news reports suggest Steve Davis continued to remain in charge, even after Amy Gleason’s appointment.

Person:	Steve Davis, Amy Gleason, Kendall Lindemann
Source:	AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-4 Court Document, 4/18/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Thomas Flagg, the CIO of the Dept. of Education, sends a memo to the heads of IT that orders them to give DOGE staff prompt access to all systems that they request.

Source:	University of California Student Association v. Linda McMahon Court Document, 4/07/25
Agency:	Ed.
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/06/25

Career IT staff in the Office of the CIO at OPM have their database access restored by order of the CIO Greg Hogan. It is unclear who ordered the original revocation of access and what changes have happened in the interim.

Person:	Greg Hogan
Source:	AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 121 Court Document, 6/09/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/07/25

Ryan Riedel starts as Chief Information Officer at DOE.

Appointed:	Ryan Riedel 2/07/25-3/07/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source:	Energy CIO departs after short tenure NextGov, 3/07/25

Russell Vought starts as Director at OMB.

Appointed:	Russell Vought 2/07/25
Position Title:	Director, Office of Management and Budget

Gavin Kliger is granted basic access to 2 systems at CFPB.

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

Luke Farritor is granted elevated access to Microsoft Entra ID at CFPB.

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

DOGE staff are granted global admin access to various CFPB systems without completing all the mandated training or agreeing to CFPB’s acceptable use policy for IT systems. This includes a system that allows them to grant or revoke access to other IT systems at the CFPB.

Source:	NTEU v. Russell Vought, doc 38-5 Court Document, 2/27/25
Agency:	CFPB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

President Trump dismisses the Archivist of the United States, the head of the National Archives and the chief official responsible for preserving government records. Marco Rubio is named the Acting Archivist.

Person:	Marco Rubio
Source:	Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records CBS News, 2/07/25
Source:	Rubio named acting director of another US government agency: report FOX News, 2/06/25
Agency:	NARA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

All USAID staff are placed on indefinite administrative leave, as a way of locking them out of systems and keeping them out of the way of DOGE’s activities at the agency.

Source:	USAID to be reduced to about 290 foreign service officers and civil servants NBC News, 2/06/25
Agency:	USAID
DOGE Project:	Elimination, Impunity

2/08/25

Russell Vought starts as Acting Director at CFPB.

Appointed:	Russell Vought 2/08/25
Position Title:	Acting Director
Source:	OMB head Russell Vought takes over as CFPB as acting head, DOGE team deletes X account CNN, 2/08/25

NBC News reports that Akash Bobba and Ethan Shaotran have admin access to email at the Department of Education and had also accessed the backend admin for the agency website.

Person:	Akash Bobba, Ethan Shaotran
Source:	Inside DOGE's takeover of the Education Department NBC News, 2/08/25
Agency:	Ed.
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/09/25

Jordan Wick is granted elevated access to Microsoft Entra ID at CFPB.

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

Using their admin access, Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor completely disable accounts for all other USAID staff on the agency’s system for creating and tracking payments. They now have absolute control.

Person:	Luke Farritor, Gavin Kliger
Source:	The blinding contempt of the DOGE bros The Washington Post, 2/25/25
Agency:	USAID
DOGE Project:	Elimination, Impunity

c.2/09/25

Michael Cole is granted basic access to LincPass at USDA.

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

Marko Elez starts at DOGE.

Appointed:	Marko Elez 2/10/25
Source:	The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26
Note:	Listed as Volunteer Employee. This seems like it was a way to keep Elez with access after resigned from Treasury but before starting at DOL

Akash Bobba is granted basic access to NUMIDENT at SSA.

System Access:	NUMIDENT: Numerical Identification System
:	read, 2/10/25 Akash Bobba
Note:	NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

Mike Russo and the DOGE chief of staff Steve Davis both demand that Akash Bobba be onboarded at Social Security Administration before midnight, bypassing the usual background security checks.

Person:	Akash Bobba, Steve Davis, Mike Russo
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

CIO Mike Russo convenes his own internal informational group in SSA where he has conversations with DOGE staff at other agencies about novel ideas for sharing sensitive SSA data. He does not inform Acting SSA Director, Michelle King.

Person:	Leland Dudek, Mike Russo
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

According to the testimony of a whistleblower, the nominatee for agency director, Frank Bisignano, orders through back channels that agency leadership must onboard Mark Steffensen as an attorney at the SSA. He reportedly had coerced senior SSA leadership to not hire anybody into roles without his explicit approval.

Person:	Frank Bisignano, Mark Steffensen
Source:	Social Security Whistleblower statement to Sen. Ron Wyden The Senate Finance Committee, 3/24/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

c.2/10/25

Kendall Lindemann starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency at DOGE.

Appointed:	Kendall Lindemann c.2/10/25-7/XX/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:	Former McKinsey business analyst hired to Musk’s DOGE ‘nerd army’ Consulting.us, 2/14/25
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Kendall Lindemann LinkedIn,
Note:	Departure from own LinkedIn

2/11/25

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

The USAID Inspector General is fired by the White House after releasing a report critical of DOGE’s actions at the agency.

Source:	USAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency CNN, 2/11/25
Agency:	USAID
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/13/25

DOGE staffers granted authorization to use a SQL client for databases file transfer software at Department of Labor, alarming cybersecurity staff that it could be used to remove data. The staffers named are Sam Beyda, Derek Geissler, Cole Killian, Adam Ramada and Jordan Wick.

Person:	Sam Beyda, Derek Geissler, Cole Killian, Adam Ramada, Jordan Wick
Source:	DOGE software approval alarms Labor Department employees NBC News, 2/13/25
Agency:	DOL
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/15/25

SSA IT staff express concern to Acting Commissioner Michelle King that Akash Bobba is accessing highly sensitive data provided by SSA remotely from an insecure location (the DOGE enclave within OPM). This is in violation of the terms of his signed access agreement.

Person:	Akash Bobba
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Frustrated with the questions and concerns raised by Akash Bobba about technical issues with the sandbox NUMIDENT data, Mike Russo complains directly to the Chief CIO in the office of the OMB.

Person:	Akash Bobba, Mike Russo
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/16/25

Marco Rubio starts as Acting Archivist at NARA.

Appointed:	Marco Rubio 2/16/25
Position Title:	Acting Archivist
Source:	Trump Fired the Archivist of the United States Washington Monthly, 3/05/25
Source:	Acting archivist, inspector general for National Archives forced out The Washington Post, 2/16/25

Leland Dudek promoted to Acting Commissioner at SSA

Promotion:	Leland Dudek 2/16/25-5/06/25
Position Title:	Acting Commissioner
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25

Donald Park sets up the @DOGE_SBA account on X as a communications channel for DOGE and a place for the general public to snitch on agency activities. He does not involve agency communications staff that would normally handle social media accounts.

Person:	Donald Park
Source:	How DOGE Set Up a Shadow X Account for a Government Agency Wired Magazine, 8/20/25
Agency:	SBA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The acting director of the Social Security Administration, Michelle King, receives an email from the White House that she has been fired and Leland Dudek is now the Acting Commissioner.

Person:	Leland Dudek
Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 22-10 Court Document, 3/07/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/17/25

In a filing in “State of New Mexico v. Elon Musk,” DOJ lawyers declare on the record that Elon Musk is not the USDS Administrator, but just a mere advisor.

Source:	State of New Mexico v. Musk, doc 24 Court Document, 2/17/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

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

2/18/25

Amy Gleason promoted to Acting Administrator, US DOGE Service and the DOGE Temporary Organization at DOGE

Promotion:	Amy Gleason 2/18/25
Position Title:	Acting Administrator, US DOGE Service and the DOGE Temporary Organization
Source:	AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 80-4 Court Document, 4/18/25
Source:	The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-1 Court Document, 2/17/26

DOGE staffer Ted Malaska (one of the 4 detailed from SpaceX) declares that SpaceX is the only company able to complete a communications network contract already awarded to Verizon. He also threatens to report the names of anybody blocking his work directly to Musk.

Person:	Ted Malaska
Source:	How Elon Musk Muscled His Way Into the FAA Bloomberg, 3/05/25
Agency:	FAA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

A GSA employee reportedly resigned rather than give unrestricted admin access for the SMS emergency notification service Notify.gov to Thomas Shedd.

Person:	Thomas Shedd
Source:	Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public 404 Media, 2/18/25
Agency:	GSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

A CNN reporter shares that his FOIA request to OPM was replied to with the message “they just fired the whole privacy team.”

Source:	CNN Made FOIA Request About DOGE—Only to Learn FOIA Staff Was Fired Common Dreams, 2/18/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/19/25

Edward Coristine and Kyle Schutt are reportedly given elevated access to CISA systems, including documents and staff emails.

Person:	Edward Coristine, Kyle Schutt
Source:	DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency Wired Magazine, 2/19/25
Agency:	CISA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Thomas Shedd has allegedly requested admin access to 19 different systems within TTS at GSA. It is unusual for agency leadership to have such access, especially for systems that contain sensitive information.

Person:	Thomas Shedd
Source:	Doge Has 'God Mode' Access to Government Data The Atlantic, 2/19/25
Agency:	GSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/20/25

Edward Coristine is granted elevated access to Office365 at CISA.

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

Trump political appointees and DOGE staffers hold an impromptu celebration of their work on the one-month anniversary of Trump’s inauguration, complete with a celebratory cake, in the agency’s new temporary offices where senior staff are isolated from the remaining career employees by a “moat” of 90 empty desks.

Person:	Jeremy Lewin, Peter Marocco
Source:	Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Pro Publica, 12/15/25
Agency:	USAID
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/21/25

Jacob Altik demands waivers to exempt DOGE staff from background checks. He also threatens to fire the USADF board if DOGE’s demands are not met.

Person:	Jacob Altik
Source:	Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-3 Court Document, 3/06/25
Agency:	USADF
DOGE Project:	Elimination, Impunity

2/24/25

In a hearing for “Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent,” Judge Kollar-Kotelly repeatedly grills DOJ lawyers to identify who the USDS Administrator is.

Source:	Who Is Running the U.S. DOGE Service? Lawfare Media, 2/25/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The IAF President Sara Aviel joins a call with Nate Cavanaugh and Jacob Altik, who claim that all but one of the board members have been terminated. They demand that Aviel approves DOGE’s plan for the agency – which she declines to do – and that she sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) assigning a DOGE member to the agency and granting them access to systems. After the call, she confirms that no board members had received a termination notice.

Source:	Aviel v. Gor, doc 35-2 Court Document, 4/18/25
Agency:	IAF
DOGE Project:	Elimination, Impunity

The Social Security Administration eliminates an internal team of technologists called the Office of Transformation that was working to modernize SSA processes. Although officially made by Leland Dudek, this direction was given by Scott Coulter.

Person:	Scott Coulter, Leland Dudek
Source:	The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security Pro Publica, 9/08/25
Source:	Social Security Eliminates Wasteful Department Social Security Administration, 2/24/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/25/25

Mark Steffensen starts as Senior Advisor at SSA.

Appointed:	Mark Steffensen 2/25/25-2/27/25
Position Title:	Senior Advisor, Office of the Commissioner
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Bluesky post by Chris Geidner Law Dork, 2/21/25
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26

Marko Elez is granted basic access to 2 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

2/26/25

Miles Collins is granted basic access to DRA at DOL.

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

After days of sustained questioning about who the USDS Administrator is, the White House gives the name of Amy Gleason. It is unclear how long she had been in the role. She also conveniently is on a trip to Mexico during the announcement and is thus unreachable.

Person:	Amy Gleason
Source:	Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of DOGE, the White House says. Who is she? National Public Radio, 2/26/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Republican lawmakers on the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security unanimously opposed a resolution of inquiry into DOGE activities at DHS.

Source:	US House Committee Blocks Probe Into DOGE Access to DHS Bank Info Security, 2/26/25
Agency:	DHS
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Wired reports that DOGE staff were given read-only access to some systems and read-write access to payment systems within HUD, as well as the centralized authorization system that would allow the team to grant or revoke access to other systems.

Source:	DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator Wired Magazine, 2/26/25
Agency:	HUD
DOGE Project:	Impunity, Spending

2/27/25

Mark Steffensen promoted to Acting General Counsel at SSA

Promotion:	Mark Steffensen 2/27/25
Position Title:	Acting General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Bluesky post by Chris Geidner Law Dork, 2/28/25
Note:	promoted within two days of being appointed

In a meeting the day after a federal judge ordered USAID to release funding for humanitarian operations, Jeremy Lewin, not yet in charge of programs at the agency, told senior staff that he viewed the legal rulings as a license to dispense with some of the formal reviews for unfreezing operations. One of the attendees took his remarks to mean he had no intention of unfreezing anything.

Person:	Jeremy Lewin
Source:	Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Pro Publica, 12/15/25
Agency:	USAID
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/28/25

After a journalist posts info that Jordan Wick’s github profile is public, a staffer an NLRB notices a project of his named NxGenBdoorExtract. The name seems to indicate it’s a tool for exfiltrating data from a sensitive NLRB system named NxGen.

Person:	Jordan Wick
Source:	A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data National Public Radio, 4/15/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

USADF Managing Director of Finance Mathieu Zahui receives an email from White House Deputy Director of Personnel Trent Morse informing him the USADF is now “boardless” and naming Peter Marocco as acting chair. Zahui informs them that the appointment would require senate confirmation first.

Person:	Trent Morse
Source:	Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-3 Court Document, 3/06/25
Agency:	USADF
DOGE Project:	Impunity

2/XX/25

David Taggart starts as Acting General Counsel at DOE.

Appointed:	David Taggart 2/XX/25
Position Title:	Acting General Counsel
Source:	Scoop: DOE top lawyer details advice for DOGE cuts Axios, 3/21/25

3/03/25

The EPA takes its staff directory offline after it had been used to identify new political appointees and DOGE staffers that were detailed to the agency.

Source:	EPA takes down its staff directory E&E News, 3/03/25
Agency:	EPA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The head of HR, Traci DiMartini, for the IRS is placed on administrative leave reportedly for refusing to bring in employees over the weekend to onboard Sam Corcos outside of the usual hiring processes and schedule.

Source:	IRS Chief Vows Revenge After Being Ousted by Elon Musk’s DOGE The New Republic, 3/07/25
Agency:	IRS
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The NLRB Assistant CIO conveys instructions that there are to be no logs or records made of accounts that are created for DOGE staff and they are to be given “tenant”-level accounts with read/write/admin for all systems as part of their auditing work. This level of access exceed existing permissions that would normally be used by auditors.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/04/25

Luke Farritor has elevated access revoked for Microsoft Entra ID at CFPB.

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

Peter Marocco announces himself to staff at IAF as President/CEO. He then begins immediately dismantling all contracts and places all staff on administrative leave for 30 days to prevent them from interfering or monitoring DOGE’s actions at the agency.

Person:	Peter Marocco
Source:	Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-3 Court Document, 3/06/25
Agency:	IAF
DOGE Project:	Elimination, Impunity, Spending

3/05/25

Jordan Wick has elevated access revoked for Microsoft Entra ID at CFPB.

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

NLRB network staff discover that a security tool for watching network traffic within their cloud environment was manually deactivated and was not logging the creation of new network nodes.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

A NLRB network staffer notices a large spike in outgoing network traffic from their network with no corresponding incoming traffic (as might be the case for web traffic hitting the website). He also sees a surge in DNS requests which might be used to hide tunnels for stealing data.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/06/25

NLRB network staff an account a DOGE-specific name DogeSA_2d5c3e0446f9@nlrb.microsoft.com that was recently created and then deleted. It seems to have been configured to allow automated scripts to access NLRB’s cloud.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

After various users reported login problems to the service desk, networking staff at NLRB discover that certain conditional access policies had been updated without their awareness. This change was later confirmed to not be the result of any scheduled maintenance.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/07/25

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

Ryan Riedel leaves role as Chief Information Officer at DOE (exits govt. service)

Appointed:	Ryan Riedel 2/07/25-3/07/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source:	Energy CIO departs after short tenure NextGov, 3/07/25

Networking staff at NLRB discovered that 3 Github libraries were downloaded in the prior 30 days by DOGE staff at the agency which could be used for scraping high volumes of data and obscuring the source requests.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Networking staff at NLRB makes a determination that 10GB of data was likly exfiltrated from the NxGen case management system and then outwards from NLRB. Given that this volume of data is likely compressed, it could represent an even larger amount of source data stolen.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Starting from this data and continuing until March 17, members of the DOGE team at SSA were using servers at Cloudflare to share SSA data (the exact product is not identified, but it could be the D1 system for SQL databases). Needless to say, Cloudflare is not approved by SSA for storing sensitive data, and SSA staff have been unable to determine what data was shared and if it is still hosted on Cloudflare systems.

Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 197 Court Document, 1/16/26
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Immigration, Impunity

3/08/25

The federal staff who objected to DOGE getting access to NDNH are reportedly “no longer with the agency.”

Source:	HHS grants DOGE access to child support database, overriding objections The Washington Post, 3/08/25
Agency:	HHS
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity

3/10/25

The OPM Inspector General responds to questions from Democrats in Congress by stating his office will start investigating DOGE’s email server and its IT practices at the agency.

Source:	OPM inspector general will examine DOGE access to IT systems FedScoop, 3/10/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/11/25

Antoine McCord starts as Chief Information Officer at DHS.

Appointed:	Antoine McCord 3/11/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source:	DHS taps Antoine McCord for top tech post NextGov, 3/13/25

NLRB networking staff notice another surge in system utilization for the NxGen system. This coincides with multiple attempts to connect to the system from an IP address in Russia. Alarmingly, the Russian access is attempting to use an account that was created only 15 minutes earlier by DOGE engineers at the agency.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

c.3/12/25

Nate Cavanaugh is granted elevated access to Microsoft Entra ID at NEH.

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

Justin Fox is granted elevated access to Microsoft Entra ID at NEH.

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

Ross Graber starts as Chief Information Officer at DOE.

Appointed:	Ross Graber 3/13/25-7/XX/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Ross Graber LinkedIn,
Source:	Energy Department CIO Graber Resigns, Sources Say MeriTalk, 4/28/25
Source:	Energy appoints Twitter, Google and DOGE alum as new CIO NextGov, 3/13/25
Note:	Reported to have resigned on 4/18, but LinkedIN reports working into July

After reportedly supporting DOGE activities in the State Department, Ross Graber is named as the new CIO for the Department of Energy

Person:	Ross Graber
Source:	Energy appoints Twitter, Google and DOGE alum as new CIO NextGov, 3/13/25
Agency:	DOE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The acting chief counsel of the IRS, William Paul, is removed from his role and replaced by Andrew De Mello, who is seen as more supportive of DOGE’s work at the agency.

Source:	IRS chief counsel is demoted and replaced with DOGE ally CBS News, 3/13/25
Agency:	IRS
DOGE Project:	Impunity

NLRB networking staff detect another large transfer of data from NLRB systems to an external endpoint.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/14/25

Thomas Shedd starts as Chief Information Officer at DOL.

Appointed:	Thomas Shedd 3/14/25-8/01/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Source:	TTS director tapped to serve as Labor CIO NextGov, 3/18/25
Source:	Thomas Shedd departs as Labor CIO NextGov, 8/04/25

Various members of the USIP board report receiving emails from the White House saying they are terminated from their positions.

Question:	Fuzz: sender isn’t named, but assuming it’s Trent Morse.
Person:	Trent Morse
Source:	USIP v. Jackson, doc 1-2 Court Document, 3/18/25
Agency:	USIP
DOGE Project:	Impunity

DOGE members Kenneth Jackson, Jacob Altik and Nate Cavanaugh show up at USIP building with 2 other people who claim to be FBI agents. They are refused entry. The DOGE delegation attempts to present a document firing the USIP president.

Person:	Jacob Altik, Nate Cavanaugh, Kenneth Jackson
Source:	DOGE plays hardball in U.S. Institute of Peace takeover The Washington Post, 3/18/25
Agency:	USIP
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/16/25

The Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Johnathan Hornok, and two FBI special agents call USIP’s outside counsel, Mr. Foote, on the phone stating that they had suspicion of criminal behavior occuring at USIP.

Source:	USIP v. Jackson, doc 1-2 Court Document, 3/18/25
Agency:	USIP
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/17/25

Christopher Stanley starts as Board Member, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac at FHFA.

Appointed:	Christopher Stanley 3/17/25-3/18/25
Position Title:	Board Member, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac
Source:	Fannie Mae board member with DOGE ties leaves one day after being appointed Housing Wire, 3/20/25
Note:	resigned abruptly the day after being appointed

Marko Elez, Jon Koval, and Payton Rehling are granted basic access to NUMIDENT at SSA.

System Access:	NUMIDENT: Numerical Identification System
:	read, 3/17/25 Jon Koval
:	read, 3/17/25 Marko Elez
:	read, 3/17/25 Payton Rehling
Note:	NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

Acting General Counsel David Taggart at the Department of Energy issues a memo stating that all DOGE spreadsheets being used to determine which grants will be cut at the agency should be designated as “legal privilege” documents. This classification is meant to prevent the documents from being shared in legal disclosures or FOIA responses.

Person:	David Taggart
Source:	Scoop: DOE top lawyer details advice for DOGE cuts Axios, 3/21/25
Agency:	DOE
DOGE Project:	Impunity, Spending

The Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) team at Social Security discovers that DOGE’s access to the EDW was not authorized through the standard process.

Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Asked by USIP leadership on why they are assisting DOGE in accessing the building, the Vice President of Inter-Con concedes that DOGE threatened to cancel every single one of their federal contracts if they didn’t comply.

Source:	USIP v. Jackson, doc 2-2 Court Document, 3/18/25
Agency:	USIP
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/18/25

Kenneth Jackson starts as Deputy Administrator (Management and Resources) at USAID.

Appointed:	Kenneth Jackson 3/18/25
Position Title:	Deputy Administrator (Management and Resources)
Source:	J. Doe 4 v. Musk, doc 77-2 Court Document, 3/19/25

Christopher Stanley leaves role as Board Member, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac at FHFA

Appointed:	Christopher Stanley 3/17/25-3/18/25
Position Title:	Board Member, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac
Source:	Fannie Mae board member with DOGE ties leaves one day after being appointed Housing Wire, 3/20/25
Note:	resigned abruptly the day after being appointed

In a ruling in J. Doe 1-26 v. Musk (D. Md), Judge Theodore D. Chuang declares that evidence shows that Elon Musk was effectively running DOGE without being formally appointed to the role.

Source:	J. Doe 4 v. Musk, doc 73 Court Document, 3/18/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

In an unsigned email response to the Intercept Media, DOGE claims it is within the Executive Office of the President and thus not subject to FOIA. This is a response they use to deny all FOIA requests.

Source:	The Intercept Media v. DOGE, doc 1 Court Document, 3/24/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Notes from a meeting at DOL about DOGE access state “they do not have write access. They have asked; we’ve held them at bay. We’ve tried to get them to tell us what they want & then we do it. They only have read access”

Source:	Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Getting Audited Wired Magazine, 4/09/25
Agency:	DOL
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/19/25

In another sworn statement, Amy Gleason declares “every member of an agency’s DOGE Team is an employee of the agency or a detailee to the agency.” She does later clarify that some are detailed from USDS but also claims they report to agency heads. She also reports that USDS has approximately 79 directly appointed employees and 10 employees detailed from other agencies.

Person:	Amy Gleason
Source:	CREW v. DOGE, doc 24-2 Court Document, 3/19/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Marko Elez affirms he has completed his mandatory privacy training at the Department of Labor. This would normally be required before any system access, but he has been at the agency for several weeks.

Person:	Marko Elez
Source:	AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-3 Court Document, 3/29/25
Agency:	DOL
DOGE Project:	Impunity

NLRB networking staff observe a spike in billing records from their cloud provider which are seemingly related to systems that are no longer in operation. These likely indicate resources that were short-lived or deleted to cover up tracks.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/20/25

Trump issues an executive order EO 14243 which explicitly includes an instruction that “the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary’s designees shall receive, to the maximum extent consistent with law, unfettered access to all unemployment data and related payment records, including all such data and records currently available to the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General.”

Source:	Executive Order: Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos Executive Office of the President, 3/20/25
Agency:	DOL
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity

Stephen Ehikian claims during an all-hands meeting that there is nobody from DOGE working at the agency. This is met with widespread ridicule by staff who know about the secured DOGE floor.

Person:	Stephen Ehikian
Source:	DOGE officials across government appear on GSA’s shortlist of vetted personnel Federal News Network, 4/08/25
Agency:	GSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

In a ruling for AFL-CIO vs. SSA, Judge Hollander grants a temporary restraining order enjoining DOGE from having any access to SSA systems or installing any software as well as ordering them to delete any data in their possession.

Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 48 Court Document, 3/20/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

Leland Dudek threatens to shut down the entire Social Security Administration instead of complying with the court order to block access for DOGE. He reportedly reaches this conclusion based on the advice of two unnamed senior DOGE leaders.

Person:	Leland Dudek
Source:	The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security The New York Times, 6/16/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

3/21/25

Less than 24 hours after DOGE’s access was revoked by the temporary restraining order, senior members of the EDW team receive emails ordering them to restore access for two members of the DOGE team. Furthermore, they were ordered to grant them additional expanded privileges.

Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

c.3/24/25

NLRB networking staff make a formal report to US-CERT at CISA of the suspicious activity they had detected from DOGE’s activities at the agency.

Question:	Fuzz: Source mentions it was on or about this date
Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB, CISA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/24/25

After members of an unidentified political advocacy group contacted two members of the DOGE team at SSA, one of the DOGE members signed a Voter Data Agreement to share data. The group was looking for data to accuse states of fraud to overturn election results. The DOGE team member did not consult SSA lawyers or follow any mandatory clearance procedures for sharing data with outside entities. It is unclear if they sent data, but the two employees were referred for investigation of violating the Hatch Act in December 2025, which forbids government officials from partisan political activities.

Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 197 Court Document, 1/16/26
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity

3/25/25

Mike Russo demoted to Senior Advisor at SSA

Demotion:	Mike Russo 3/25/25-9/03/25
Position Title:	Senior Advisor
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	SSA tech shop to be led by another DOGE associate NextGov, 3/25/25
Note:	Demoted and replaced by Scott Coulter in CIO role, he seems to be acting in a quasi co-CIO role since June

c.3/26/25

In a later interview, Sahil Lavingia describes attending an “E-meeting” for DOGE that included Elon Musk but was essentially run by Steve Davis as well as two other Musk loyalists, Anthony Armstrong and Baris Akis. Baris Akis is notably not an employee of DOGE, since he is a foreign national and Musk was not granted a waiver to hire him.

Question:	Fuzz: date is given as “late March,” assuming a Wednesday bc others reported DOGE meetings during that time
Person:	Baris Akis, Anthony Armstrong, Steve Davis, Elon Musk
Source:	WIRED Talked to a Fired DOGE Staffer About Who Was Really in Charge Wired Magazine, 5/29/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/26/25

During his confirmation hearing, Frank Bisignano, the nominee to run the agency, confirms that he had coordinated with Michael Russo but denied a whistleblower report that he had ordered the appointment of other DOGE staff there.

Person:	Frank Bisignano, Leland Dudek, Mike Russo
Source:	Democratic senator grills Trump nominee over DOGE access to Social Security systems The Hill, 3/25/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/27/25

In response to litigation about records keeping, DOGE submits a new records retention policy

Source:	American Oversight v. DOGE, doc 13-2 Court Document, 3/27/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/28/25

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

DOGE abruptly places 50 technologists working at the IRS on administrative leave. This is a common tactic used by DOGE to prevent federal staff from monitoring or checking DOGE’s actions at the agencies and is often a precursor to firing them.

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

The SBA CIO, Marcus Alzona, who had been in the role for about a month, is abruptly removed from his position.

Source:	Small Business Administration has a new CIO FedScoop, 3/28/25
Agency:	SBA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

3/XX/25

Clayton Cromer starts at DOJ.

Appointed:	Clayton Cromer 3/XX/25-7/XX/25
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Clayton Cromer LinkedIn,
Source:	Controversial OPM email server operates 'entirely' on government computers, agency says The Washington Post, 3/11/25
Note:	Rep. Vindman reported in early March being contacted by Cromer at the DOJ

4/01/25

The manager of the DOI’s labor relations branch initiates an investigation of the DOI’s CIO, Deputy CIO, Associate Solicitor and a Special Advisor to HR over their attempts to prevent DOGE from having admin access to FPPS.

Source:	PEER Report Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 4/15/25
Agency:	DOI
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/03/25

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

4/04/25

CISA informs NLRB networking staff that they should drop any investigation into the DOGE team’s cybersecurity lapses and not move forward on any reporting of the suspicious activity at the agency.

Source:	Disclosure of Cyber Security Breach and Data Exfiltration through DOGE Systems and Whistleblower/Witness Intimidation Whistleblower Aid, 4/25/25
Agency:	NLRB, CISA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/08/25

A partial copy of the GSA’s A-Suite access list includes multiple DOGE personnel who are listed as based in GSA.

Person:	Akash Bobba, Nate Cavanaugh, Edward Coristine, Steve Davis, Stephen Ehikian, Luke Farritor
Source:	DOGE officials across government appear on GSA’s shortlist of vetted personnel Federal News Network, 4/08/25
Agency:	GSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/10/25

Greg Pearre, a senior career executive overseeing technologists at the SSA, is forced out of his office by security guards after clashing with CIO Scott Coulter and calling his plan to forcibly declare immigrants dead both illegal and cruel.

Person:	Scott Coulter, Aram Moghaddassi
Source:	Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead The Washington Post, 4/12/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity

4/11/25

The plaintiffs in AFGE, AFL-CIO, et. al vs. OPM file a motion asking for the testimony of Noah Peters to be disregarded because they argue it is misleading and possibly fabricated in certain parts.

Person:	Noah Peters
Source:	AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 197 Court Document, 4/11/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/12/25

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

4/13/25

Gavin Kliger has elevated access revoked for Power Automate at CFPB.

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

4/14/25

On the day that NPR published a story with the claims of a whistleblower at the NLRB, the Deputy CIO of the agency, Eric Mark, suspends administrative access for all employees, locking the IT staff out of their ability to continue monitoring DOGE’s actions at the agency.

Source:	Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data Krebs on Security, 4/21/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/15/25

All 14 current members of the Pentagon’s pre-existing Defense Digital Service team announce a mass resignation after weeks of being sidelined and frustrated with DOGE’s efforts at the agency.

Source:	Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse Politico, 4/15/25
Agency:	DOD
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Claiming that he knew of warrantless wiretapping from the NSA, Justin Fulcher pressured Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Chief of Staff and personal legal counsel to let him run an investigation into leaking at the Pentagon. Once he was included, it was clear there was no such evidence, but it had led to several key roles being fired. Justin Fulcher denied this account when reached for comment.

Person:	Justin Fulcher
Source:	Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims The Guardian, 6/09/25
Agency:	DOD
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/17/25

Gavin Kliger is granted elevated access to Power Automate at CFPB.

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

Gavin Kliger has elevated access revoked for Power Automate at CFPB.

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

4/18/25

DOGE is granted an administrative stay on replying to CREW’s FOIA requests while its appeal is being considered by an appeals court.

Source:	Watchdog Effort to Obtain DOGE Records Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules The New York Times, 5/14/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Multiple federal staffers who handle sensitive data related to migrant workers are placed on leave for raising objections about DOGE gaining access to those data systems to target that population for arrest and deportation.

Source:	Labor Department sidelines staffers amid DOGE push for immigrant data Politico, 4/18/25
Agency:	DOL
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity

4/21/25

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

4/25/25

DOGE staff assigned to the FAA have reportedly enlisted government staff to work on a secret communications project named “Project Lift,” requiring them to sign NDAs. It is rumored to be about incorporating Starlink into FAA projects.

Person:	Brady Glantz, Thomas Kiernan, Ted Malaska, Sam Smeal
Source:	Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret Rolling Stone, 4/25/25
Agency:	FAA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/28/25

Three members of the board for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting receive an email from Trent Morse at the White House informing them that they have been fired. This renders the board inert without quorum.

Person:	Trent Morse
Source:	CPB v. Trump, doc 2-2 Court Document, 4/29/25
Agency:	CPB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Ross Graber abruptly resigns as the CIO of the Department of Energy, making him the second DOGE pick to be named to and exit the role. The responsibilities of CIO are reverted back to the agency’s Deputy CIO, who had been serving in the role after Ryan Riedel’s departure.

Person:	Ross Graber
Source:	Energy Department CIO Graber Resigns, Sources Say MeriTalk, 4/28/25
Agency:	DOE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/XX/25

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

Jordan Wick is granted high-level access to the National Payment Service (NPS) system, which would allow him to see and alter payments or even cancel loans to farmers and other agricultural producers. Concerningly, his activities are not logged or recorded.

Person:	Jordan Wick
Source:	DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers National Public Radio, 7/10/25
Agency:	USDA
DOGE Project:	Impunity, Spending

A contractor at GSA states that he came across a list of staff at GSA who had not yet completed all of their mandatory security training. This included prominent DOGE staff that had been at the agency for several months like Thomas Shedd, Josh Gruenbaum, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor and Steve Davis.

Question:	Fuzz: only month is given in report
Person:	Edward Coristine, Steve Davis, Luke Farritor, Josh Gruenbaum, Thomas Shedd
Source:	The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers Wired Magazine, 9/25/25
Agency:	GSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

5/05/25

Paul McInerny starts as Chief Information Officer at DOI.

Appointed:	Paul McInerny 5/05/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Source:	SpaceX alum tapped as Interior CIO NextGov, 5/05/25

c.5/06/25

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.

5/06/25

Leland Dudek demoted at SSA

Demotion:	Leland Dudek 5/06/25-6/XX/25
Source:	Senate confirms Bisignano to lead Social Security Administration as agency faces DOGE overhaul The Associated Press, 5/06/25
Source:	The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security Pro Publica, 9/08/25
Note:	Replaced by Bisignano as confirmed commissioner, ProPublica reports dismissed in June

5/08/25

Gavin Kliger has basic access revoked for 2 systems at CFPB.

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

Gavin Kliger has elevated access revoked for Sharepoint 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

Gavin Kliger leaves the CFPB, officially because his detail had ended but his departure date is also the day he would be in violation of ethics rules for having not sold stock holdings prohibited to CFBP staff.

Person:	Gavin Kliger
Source:	DOGE Employee Who Screamed for CFPB Job Cuts Leaves Agency Bloomberg Law, 5/08/25
Agency:	CFPB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Trump abruptly fires three Democratic members of the board of the CPSC, eliminating quorum for the board and rendering the agency leadership inert.

Source:	Controversial OPM email server operates 'entirely' on government computers, agency says USA Today, 5/14/25
Agency:	CPSC
DOGE Project:	Impunity

c.5/08/25

Carter Farmer starts as Chief Information Officer at EPA.

Appointed:	Carter Farmer c.5/08/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Source:	Federal CIO outlines 16 operating principles for IT leaders Federal News Network, 5/08/25

5/14/25

An appeals court rules that DOGE must resume complying with FOIA requests filed by CREW about the organization’s internal operations. That work had been on hold since an administrative stay on April 18

Source:	Watchdog Effort to Obtain DOGE Records Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules The New York Times, 5/14/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

5/15/25

The NLRB confirms that its Inspector General is looking into the allegations of improper network access and data theft by DOGE.

Source:	National Labor Relations Board watchdog investigating DOGE, potential data breach FedScoop, 5/15/25
Agency:	NLRB
DOGE Project:	Impunity

5/16/25

A GAO spokesman confirms that DOGE had attempted to assign a team to the agency but had been rebuffed by agency leadership.

Source:	DOGE Seeks to Investigate Another Government Budget Watchdog The New York Times, 5/16/25
Agency:	GAO
DOGE Project:	Impunity

5/20/25

A memo directed to NRC from the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) declares that OIRA should have oversight over regulations made at the independent agency and that NRC staff “may not know or be privy to the bases for OMB decisions for why an action is significant.”

Source:	Regulation: US NRC Memo Outlines White House Interference Energy Intelligence, 6/06/25
Agency:	NRC
DOGE Project:	Impunity

5/21/25

Staff cleaning the USIP HQ after it is reclaimed by its owners find discarded marijuana, presumably left by DOGE staffers. It is currently illegal for federal workers to smoke pot, and especially so within government facilities.

Source:	Elon Musk’s failure in government The Economist, 7/02/25
Agency:	USIP
DOGE Project:	Impunity

5/23/25

The Supreme Court issues a stay on the shadow docket for an order from an appeals court that DOGE must start producing documents for CREW, meaning that DOGE is once again able to delay producing documents.

Source:	CREW v. DOGE The Supreme Court, 5/23/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

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

5/26/25

After Politico published a report that included an email from a 30-year veteran of the Bureau of Land Management which told staff to ignore instructions from Stephanie Holmes that they weren’t allow to sub in for empty roles, he is escorted out of the building by security.

Source:	Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department The Washington Post, 4/21/25
Agency:	DOI
DOGE Project:	Impunity

5/28/25

Steve Davis leaves role as Senior Advisor at DOGE (exits govt. service)

Appointed:	Steve Davis 1/20/25-5/28/25
Position Title:	Senior Advisor
Source:	The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26
Source:	Elon Musk’s Chief Lieutenant at DOGE Leaves Agency The Wall Street Journal, 5/09/25
Note:	assuming he started on 2025-01-20

Elon Musk leaves role at DOGE (exits govt. service)

Elon Musk 1/20/25-5/28/25

5/29/25

Katie Miller leaves role at DOGE (exits govt. service)

Appointed:	Katie Miller 1/20/25-5/29/25
Note:	no public details on when she started with DOGE, but date inferred

5/30/25

The judge in AFL-CIO vs. OPM examines Greg Hogan on the stand and asks if he had followed the principle of least privilege in providing system access to DOGE. The judge’s questions indicated that she seemed to be leaning towards a issuing a preliminary injunction against DOGE’s “chaotic” access to systems at OPM.

Person:	Greg Hogan
Source:	Judge hits out at “chaotic” DOGE move into OPM systems Federal News Network, 5/30/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

c.6/02/25

In a meeting shortly after Trump signed executive orders relating to the NRC, DOGE staffer Adam Blake reportedly told the chair and top staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that they would be expected to “rubber stamp” any reactor designs which might be tested by the Department of Energy or the Department of Defense.

Question:	Fuzz: Meeting date just given as “early June”
Person:	Adam Blake
Source:	DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear E&E News, 7/14/25
Source:	How the NRC lost its independence E&E News, 2/17/26
Agency:	NRC
DOGE Project:	Impunity

c.6/05/25

Frank Bisignano is granted permission to remove any DOGE staff at his agency. According to the report, “Bisignano parted ways with one DOGE staffer from SSA, who in June moved to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.” The date and person isn’t named, but the CIO replacement at SSA and NASA connection suggest it’s Scott Coulter who was removed in early June.

Person:	Frank Bisignano, Scott Coulter
Source:	The Fight Between Musk Acolytes and the White House for Control of DOGE The Wall Street Journal, 6/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

6/05/25?

Aram Moghaddassi promoted to Chief Information Officer at SSA

Promotion:	Aram Moghaddassi 6/05/25?-9/03/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Source:	Social Security Administration makes another DOGE switch at CIO FedScoop, 6/28/25

6/06/25

In a 6-3 ruling on an emergency application, the US Supreme Court overturned rulings from lower courts that DOGE would have to comply immediately with records requests from CREW in their lawsuit. This rejection does not terminate the case, but it allows for an indefinite pause as cases are being considered.

Source:	Justices Grant DOGE Access to Social Security Data and Let the Team Shield Records The New York Times, 6/06/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The SSA website takes down for maintenance a page that provided service metrics. When it is restored after several weeks, certain metrics that would have shown the impact of DOGE like average phone wait times are no longer provided.

Source:	Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics The Washington Post, 6/20/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

A report in the New York Times suggests that Mike Russo and Aram Moghaddassi have essentially been acting as joint CIOs at the agency.

Person:	Aram Moghaddassi, Mike Russo
Source:	After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out. But DOGE Is Just Getting Started. The New York Times, 6/07/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

6/09/25

Judge Cote, presiding over AFGE v. OPM, grants a preliminary injunction against DOGE having access to systems at OPM and orders them to destroy any information they have copied. She finds that OPM failed to follow proper procedures for granting access.

Source:	AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 121 Court Document, 6/09/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

6/10/25

John Solly asks staff in the Social Security Administration’s CIO office (then possibly under the leadership of Scott Coulter or Aram Moghaddassi) to create a cloud environment to upload the NUMIDENT data to. The stated reason was purported reason for the project was to improve the way that SSA exchanges data.

Person:	Aram Moghaddassi, John Solly
Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity

Ruling in Brehm v. Marocco, Judge Leon denies the plaintiff’s request for a temporary restraining order, finding that Trump was likely within the bounds of the law when he removed board members of the USADF.

Source:	Case: Brehm v. Marocco Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, 3/06/25
Agency:	USADF
DOGE Project:	Impunity

6/11/25

John Solly modifies his request to instead ask to transfer NUMIDENT data to a test environment. This is not entirely unheard of, but it’s considered a very insecure practice to move production data into a testing environment that might not be authorized for that. DOGE then amends their request again to ask for full admin access to SSA’s cloud environment.

Person:	John Solly
Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

6/12/25

A career official writes up a Risk Acceptance Request Form to share with Aram Moghaddassi and another unnamed career official in the office of the CIO at Social Security about DOGE’s request to have administrative access to a separate Virtual Private Cloud within the Amazon Web Services infrastructure at SSA. The official classifies this as high-risk due a proposal to copy NUMIDENT data to a developer environment with looser access controls and security measures. DOGE developers would also be able to make this data publicly accessible without following the Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements for any new public services and install software not approved for operation in SSA infrastructure.

Person:	Aram Moghaddassi, John Solly
Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

6/16/25

White House Deputy Director Trent Morse sends a letter firing one of the five members of the board (and the only Biden appointee) for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Person:	Trent Morse
Source:	President Trump fires a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission National Public Radio, 6/16/25
Agency:	NRC
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for SSA sends an email to Aram Moghaddassi with his assessment that moving NUMIDENT data to the cloud would be at an unacceptably high risk for being hacked or stolen (computed on a 1-5 scale with a 3 for probability of risk and 5 for the impact of this risk)

Person:	Aram Moghaddassi
Source:	Unchecked and Unaccountable: How DOGE Jeopardizes Americans' Data Without Regard for Law and Congress Senate Homeland Security and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, 9/25/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

c.6/23/25

Edward Coristine is granted basic access to NUMIDENT at SSA.

System Access:	NUMIDENT: Numerical Identification System
:	read, c.6/23/25 Edward Coristine
Note:	NUMIDENT files that have been extracted from SSA systems, these contain SSNs for everybody
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

6/24/25

Jeremy Lewin signs off on an award to a Trump-backed aid group in Gaza, despite objections that the group failed to meet “minimum technical or budgetary standards” and waived mandatory counter-terrorism and fraud safeguards. The funding request was made by Kenneth Jackson, who ignored 58 objections raised by former USAID staff.

Source:	Former DOGE official rushed grant to Trump-backed Gaza aid group over staff objections Regional Media News, 7/09/25
Agency:	State
DOGE Project:	Impunity

6/25/25

Reportedly acting as a joint CIO at Social Security, Mike Russo overrides the concerns of junior staff in the Office of the CIO at the Social Security Administration and approves a request by John Solly to transfer NUMIDENT data into the new DOGE-controlled cloud environment.

Person:	Mike Russo, John Solly
Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

6/27/25

Two days after preventing a data sharing request from ICE due to concerns it would break the law, the acting counself for the IRS is fired and removed from his job. The Acting Counsel had replaced the prior agency counsel because he was considered more friendly to Trump’s interests.

Source:	The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE Pro Publica, 7/15/25
Agency:	IRS
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity

6/28/25

According to a page update on the Federal CIO site, Aram Moghaddassi is named the new CIO of the Social Security Administration, making him the third DOGE-affiliated CIO in a row at the agency. This follows on reports that he had been acting in a co-CIO role with former CIO Mike Russo. He replaces Scott Coulter who was the CIO as recently as late May.

Person:	Scott Coulter, Aram Moghaddassi, Mike Russo
Source:	Social Security Administration makes another DOGE switch at CIO FedScoop, 6/28/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

6/XX/25

Leland Dudek leaves role at SSA (exits govt. service)

Demotion:	Leland Dudek 5/06/25-6/XX/25
Source:	Senate confirms Bisignano to lead Social Security Administration as agency faces DOGE overhaul The Associated Press, 5/06/25
Source:	The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security Pro Publica, 9/08/25
Note:	Replaced by Bisignano as confirmed commissioner, ProPublica reports dismissed in June

7/07/25

An unidentified DOGE team member used the official DOGE VA account on X.com to send a direct message ridiculing a Republican donor who had proposed the imaginary “DOGE Dividend Check” for turning against Musk and creating an anti-Musk SuperPAC. According to the administration, that person no longer works for the VA.

Source:	White House looks into rogue employee who used a DOGE account to DM anti-Musk activist Politico, 7/07/25
Agency:	VA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

7/08/25

The Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Davis continues to exert control over DOGE via informal communications, despite having departed the agency after Musk left.

Person:	Steve Davis
Source:	The Fight Between Musk Acolytes and the White House for Control of DOGE The Wall Street Journal, 6/08/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

7/09/25

Charles Ezell demoted to Senior Advisor at OPM

Demotion:	Charles Ezell 7/09/25-10/XX/25
Position Title:	Senior Advisor, Office of the Director
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Charles Ezell LinkedIn,

7/10/25

A USDA employee tells Wired that they have been told to refer to the DOGE team at the agency as the USDA Digital Service instead.

Source:	This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25
Agency:	USDA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

A USDA staffer (and USDA spokesperson later confirms) that the DOGE team in the agency is now referred to as the USDA Efficiency Team or “E Team.”

Source:	DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers National Public Radio, 7/10/25
Agency:	USDA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

7/15/25

In a setback for the Trump administration, an appeals court rules in CREW v. DOGE that the agency must comply with records requests being made by CREW and that the official DOGE administrator Amy Gleason must be made available to testify. This came after CREW modified its initial request to exclude certain communications that the Supreme Court had ruled should be exempted. Those changes were enough to satisfy the appeals court.

Person:	Amy Gleason
Source:	DOGE Head Must Testify in Records Access Fight, Court Rules Bloomberg, 7/14/25
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

Acting in his role as the CIO for Social Security Administration, Aram Moghaddassi authorizes a Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) for the project of moving the NUMIDENT data from Social Security’s controlled environment into the special cloud soley operated by DOGE. As the CIO, he is allowed to assume the risk of bypassing mandatory security requirements, but not if it violates federal law or puts sensitive data at risk of being stolen. According to the testimony of several whistleblowers, the cloud project is reportedly being run by Edward Coristine.

Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Source:	Unchecked and Unaccountable: How DOGE Jeopardizes Americans' Data Without Regard for Law and Congress Senate Homeland Security and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, 9/25/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

7/21/25

Stephen Ehikian demoted to Deputy Administrator at GSA

Demotion:	Stephen Ehikian 7/21/25-9/03/25
Position Title:	Deputy Administrator
Source:	GSA deputy Stephen Ehikian to ‘transition out’ of current role Federal News Network, 9/03/25
Source:	Trump installs new GSA acting administrator, sidelines DOGE leaders Politico, 7/01/25
Note:	Had been in the Deputy Administrator role since 1/20 but serving as Acting Administrator

7/31/25

Luke Farritor ends detailed position at DOGE

GSA Detailed To: DOGE Luke Farritor 1/24/25-7/31/25
Source:	The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26

7/XX/25

Ross Graber starts as Chief Information Security Officer at NNSA.

Appointed:	Ross Graber 7/XX/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Security Officer
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Ross Graber LinkedIn,

Kendall Lindemann leaves role as Senior Advisor for Technology and Efficiency at DOGE (exits govt. service)

Appointed:	Kendall Lindemann c.2/10/25-7/XX/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:	Former McKinsey business analyst hired to Musk’s DOGE ‘nerd army’ Consulting.us, 2/14/25
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Kendall Lindemann LinkedIn,
Note:	Departure from own LinkedIn

Ross Graber leaves role as Chief Information Officer at DOE

Appointed:	Ross Graber 3/13/25-7/XX/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Ross Graber LinkedIn,
Source:	Energy Department CIO Graber Resigns, Sources Say MeriTalk, 4/28/25
Source:	Energy appoints Twitter, Google and DOGE alum as new CIO NextGov, 3/13/25
Note:	Reported to have resigned on 4/18, but LinkedIN reports working into July

Clayton Cromer leaves role at DOJ (exits govt. service)

Appointed:	Clayton Cromer 3/XX/25-7/XX/25
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Clayton Cromer LinkedIn,
Source:	Controversial OPM email server operates 'entirely' on government computers, agency says The Washington Post, 3/11/25
Note:	Rep. Vindman reported in early March being contacted by Cromer at the DOJ

8/01/25

Thomas Shedd leaves role as Chief Information Officer at DOL

Appointed:	Thomas Shedd 3/14/25-8/01/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Source:	TTS director tapped to serve as Labor CIO NextGov, 3/18/25
Source:	Thomas Shedd departs as Labor CIO NextGov, 8/04/25

8/11/25

Expressing concerns that the lax security of DOGE’s cloud could lead to the leak of every American’s social security number (and the requirement ro reissue new ones), the Chief Data Officer of the Social Security Administration contacts Edward Coristine and John Solly to request information about the security of DOGE’s cloud. He is never granted a reply and learns that the SSA Office of General Counsel (headed by DOGE member Mark Steffensen) has advised employees not to respond to his inquiries.

Person:	Edward Coristine, Aram Moghaddassi, John Solly, Mark Steffensen
Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

8/18/25

In a letter to the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, the Acting Inspector General for the Social Security Administration reports she has no intention of investigating how DOGE added individuals to the Death Master File. She states that DOGE was directed to do this change by Leland Dudek. also reports that the changes were reverted in June 2025 under the order of Frank Bisignano.

Person:	Frank Bisignano, Leland Dudek, Aram Moghaddassi
Source:	Letter from the SSA OIG to Ron Wyden The Senate Finance Committee, 8/18/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

8/26/25

Ruling in Burleigh v. FCC, Judge Amy Berman Jackson denies a preliminary injunction that would compel the FCC to make all documents about DOGE activities available for FOIA by October 10th. Nevertheless, the judge ordered DOGE to provide more details on its activities at the agency, expressing concern at the skimpy 35 pages of documentation that the agency had provided so far.

Source:	Judge unhappy with FCC’s “vague and uninformative” response to DOGE lawsuit Ars Technica, 8/27/25
Agency:	FCC
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The Chief Information Officer for NIH departs her role after only eight months on the job. She was the first CIO at NIH after a vacancy of two years and it’s unclear if anybody at NIH will serve as Acting CIO.

Source:	NIH’s top IT official, Adele Merritt, has left the agency FedScoop, 8/26/25
Agency:	NIH
DOGE Project:	Impunity

The Chief Data Officer of the Social Security Administration, Charles Borges, submits a public whistleblower complaint alleging that DOGE cut corners and skirted mandatory IT oversight in order to copy sensitive NUMIDENT data of the social security numbers of all Americans into a private cloud environment that only they controlled.

Source:	Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Charles Borges Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, Gross Mismanagement, and Substantial and Specific Threat to Public Health and Safety at the Social Security Administration Government Accountability Project, 8/08/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

8/29/25

Russell Vought starts as Acting Director at USAID.

Appointed:	Russell Vought 8/29/25
Position Title:	Acting Director
Source:	Rubio hands off USAID closeout to OMB Director Vought Politico, 8/29/25

Reporting that retaliation and abuse have made it impossible for him to do his job, whistleblower Charles Borges resigns from his position at the Social Security Administration. Retaliation against whistleblowers is a prohibited personnel practice for federal staff, but it can be difficult to prove and enforce.

Source:	Social Security whistleblower who claims DOGE mishandled sensitive data resigns ABC News, 8/29/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

8/XX/25

David Taggart starts as Acting General Counsel at NRC.

Appointed:	David Taggart 8/XX/25
Position Title:	Acting General Counsel
Source:	DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator Pro Publica, 3/20/26

Joshua Carter promoted to Associate Administrator at SBA

Promotion:	Joshua Carter 8/XX/25
Position Title:	Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Josh Carter LinkedIn,

c.9/01/25

Zach Terrell promoted to Chief Technology Officer at HHS

Promotion:	Zach Terrell c.9/01/25
Position Title:	Chief Technology Officer
Source:	HHS has a new DOGE-affiliated technology chief FedScoop, 9/29/25

Zach Terrell is named as the new Chief Technology Officer at HHS. He reportedly is also continuing to hold a role at NSF, supervising DOGE activities there.

Person:	Zach Terrell
Source:	HHS has a new DOGE-affiliated technology chief FedScoop, 9/29/25
Agency:	HHS
DOGE Project:	Impunity

9/02/25

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

9/03/25

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

Aram Moghaddassi promoted to Chief Information Officer (Technology and Customer Products) at SSA

Promotion:	Aram Moghaddassi 9/03/25-1/XX/26
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer (Technology and Customer Products)
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Aram Moghaddassi LinkedIn,
Source:	Social Security Announces Executive Leadership Team Social Security Administration, 9/03/25
Source:	Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now Wired Magazine, 4/16/26
Note:	Had reportedly been in an informal co-CIO role with Mike Russo since June, now made official

Mike Russo promoted to Chief Information Officer (Core Business Functions) at SSA

Promotion:	Mike Russo 9/03/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer (Core Business Functions)
Salary:	$195,200
Source:	Social Security Announces Executive Leadership Team Social Security Administration, 9/03/25

Stephen Ehikian leaves role as Deputy Administrator at GSA (exits govt. service)

Demotion:	Stephen Ehikian 7/21/25-9/03/25
Position Title:	Deputy Administrator
Source:	GSA deputy Stephen Ehikian to ‘transition out’ of current role Federal News Network, 9/03/25
Source:	Trump installs new GSA acting administrator, sidelines DOGE leaders Politico, 7/01/25
Note:	Had been in the Deputy Administrator role since 1/20 but serving as Acting Administrator

Commissioner Frank Bisignano issues a press release announcing the new leadership structure for the Social Security Administration. This officially confirms the reports that DOGE members Aram Moghaddassi and Mike Russo had effectively been acting as co-CIOs, with Mr. Moghaddassi named to the title of Chief Information Officer (Technology and Customer Products) and Mr. Russo to Chief Information Officer (Core Business Functions)

Person:	Frank Bisignano, Aram Moghaddassi, Mike Russo
Source:	Social Security Announces Executive Leadership Team Social Security Administration, 9/03/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

9/12/25

Samuel Berry promoted to Chief Information Officer at USDA

Promotion:	Samuel Berry 9/12/25
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer
Source:	Agriculture taps DOGE associate as its tech lead, reassigning previous CIO NextGov, 9/12/25

In an email to all staff, USDA announces that the existing Chief Information Officer for the agency will now be moved to a new role named Chief Innovation Officer and that DOGE team member Samuel Berry will be the next CIO for the agency.

Person:	Samuel Berry
Source:	Agriculture taps DOGE associate as its tech lead, reassigning previous CIO NextGov, 9/12/25
Agency:	USDA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

9/16/25

SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano replies to the letter from the Senate Finance Committee about the allegations of the whistleblower. He claims that all proper procedures were followed and that DOGE did not transfer data to a private cloud within the SSA Amazon Web Services accounts.

Person:	Frank Bisignano
Source:	Response from Frank Bisignano to the Senate Finance Committee The Senate Finance Committee, 9/16/25
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

9/25/25

The ranking Democratic member of the Senate Comittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs releases a report “Unchecked and Unaccountable” detailing DOGE security transgressions at several agencies, including poor security for the NUMIDENT data at SSA and activities within GSA and OPM

Source:	Unchecked and Unaccountable: How DOGE Jeopardizes Americans' Data Without Regard for Law and Congress Senate Homeland Security and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, 9/25/25
Agency:	DOGE, SSA, GSA, OPM
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

10/01/25

In an email sent to members of the National Council on the Humanities, the White House fires all the people on this board which advises the National Endowment for the Humanities

Source:	Trump Fires Members of Humanities Council The New York Times, 10/01/25
Agency:	NEH
DOGE Project:	Impunity

10/XX/25

Charles Ezell leaves role as Senior Advisor at OPM (exits govt. service)

Demotion:	Charles Ezell 7/09/25-10/XX/25
Position Title:	Senior Advisor, Office of the Director
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Charles Ezell LinkedIn,

c.11/15/25

Sam Beyda promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff at CDC

Promotion:	Sam Beyda c.11/15/25
Position Title:	Deputy Chief of Staff
Source:	Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research Science, 11/21/25
Source:	DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Wired Magazine, 12/02/25

11/XX/25

Tyler Hassen leaves role at DOI (exits govt. service)

:	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

12/05/25

The government files a motion to dismiss the case in AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM arguing that the PII risk cited in the complaint is now no longer an issue because many DOGE staff have left and the few remaining have had access revoked or moderated. Although the bulk of the provided exhibits are under seal, it does provide a more detailed listing of when various DOGE staff have left OPM and who is still remaining.

Source:	AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 164 Court Document, 12/05/25
Agency:	OPM
DOGE Project:	Impunity

1/09/26

A whistleblower files a complaint alleging that a member of DOGE who left SSA in October to work for a private contractor had illegally retained their agency laptop and highly-sensitive data. The complaint alleges the unnnamed person had unredacted copies of the NUMIDENT database and the Master Death Files and that they boasted of “God-level” access to SSA data. The DOGE member reportedly wanted assistance to move data from a thumb drive to their personal equipment so they could scrub the data of personal identifiers and use for a company project. When informed by agency personnel that this would be highly illegal, the person allegedly said they would be able to receive a full presidential pardon if they did anything wrong. Although unnamed in the original reporting, he is revealed to be John Solly.

Person:	John Solly
Source:	Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Washington Post, 3/10/26
Source:	John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job Wired Magazine, 3/12/26
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Impunity

1/16/26

In a filing in AFL-CIO v. SSA, the government amended several declarations that had been made in Leland Dudek’s testimony on March 24, 2025. For starters, although DOGE access was revoked on that day, a member of DOGE was running queries against PII in the NUMIDENT database up to the moment. Also, the DOGE team at SSA sent encrypted sensitive SSA data to DOGE and the Department of Labor. A member of the DOGE team also signed an agreement to share information with an outside advocacy group without clearing it through proper legal channels.

Source:	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. SSA, doc 197 Court Document, 1/16/26
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Fraud, Impunity

1/20/26

Todd Newnam promoted to Chief Financial Officer at IRS

Promotion:	Todd Newnam 1/20/26
Position Title:	Chief Financial Officer
Source:	IRS Criminal Chief Retires as Trump Spurs Leadership Shift Bloomberg Tax, 1/20/26

Acting IRS CEO Frank Bisignano announces a major shake-up for leadership at the IRS, which had already been struggling with vacancies after DOGE-driven reductions last year. Bisignano has announced he will be co-leading tax compliance at the agency. He also promoted DOGE team lead Tom Newnam to the role of Chief Financial Officer, giving him oversight over procurement, facilities and privacy at the agency.

Person:	Frank Bisignano, Todd Newnam
Source:	IRS Criminal Chief Retires as Trump Spurs Leadership Shift Bloomberg Tax, 1/20/26
Agency:	IRS
DOGE Project:	Impunity

1/XX/26

Aram Moghaddassi leaves role as Chief Information Officer (Technology and Customer Products) at SSA (exits govt. service)

Promotion:	Aram Moghaddassi 9/03/25-1/XX/26
Position Title:	Chief Information Officer (Technology and Customer Products)
Source:	LinkedIn profile for Aram Moghaddassi LinkedIn,
Source:	Social Security Announces Executive Leadership Team Social Security Administration, 9/03/25
Source:	Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now Wired Magazine, 4/16/26
Note:	Had reportedly been in an informal co-CIO role with Mike Russo since June, now made official

2/02/26

A new report issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office determines that the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education have cost the federal government more than $28 million. The Department of Education has been blocked from implementing a reduction in force that would reduce the office to 10% of its former size but it has effectively eliminated civil rights enforcement at the agency.

Source:	The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says National Public Radio, 2/02/26
Agency:	Ed.
DOGE Project:	Anti-DEI, Elimination, Impunity

2/19/26

Thomas Shedd demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention at GSA

Demotion:	Thomas Shedd 2/19/26
Position Title:	Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention

3/18/26

DOGE files an appeal to the US Supreme Court against lower court orders that DOGE was required to comply with legal discovery in a case about whether DOGE is subject to FOIA requests. The agency continues to maintain that its work is considered Presidential Records (which would delay disclosure for decades).

Source:	DOGE again attempts to delay discovery in CREW records case Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, 3/23/26
Agency:	DOGE
DOGE Project:	Impunity

4/14/26

In response to “alarming” developments about DOGE’s handling of sensitive data and collaboration with an outsider advocacy group to share voter data, a judge lifted a pause on a case and granted the plaintiffs’ request for discovery. This could force SSA and DOGE to hand over documents, emails and even provide testimony under oath about their activities.

Source:	Court orders probe of DOGE’s secret voter data deal after ‘alarming’ revelations Democracy Docket, 4/16/26
Agency:	SSA
DOGE Project:	Immigration, Impunity