“IT Modernization”
In the January 20th Executive Order “Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’” that established DOGE partially by renaming the US Digital Service, there was a section that described the formation and structure of DOGE teams that would operate at each federal agency(c) DOGE Teams. In consultation with USDS, each Agency Head shall establish within their respective Agencies a DOGE Team of at least four employees, which may include Special Government Employees, hired or assigned within thirty days of the date of this Order. Agency Heads shall select the DOGE Team members in consultation with the USDS Administrator. Each DOGE Team will typically include one DOGE Team Lead, one engineer, one human resources specialist, and one attorney. Agency Heads shall ensure that DOGE Team Leads coordinate their work with USDS and advise their respective Agency Heads on implementing the President’s DOGE Agenda.Despite the description, DOGE initially used IT Modernization as a cover for its activities to get a foot in the door, so that it could start its projects of spending control or eliminating agencies. However, DOGE has undertaken some IT modernization projects:
- Government Wide Email Server (GWES) the first project launched by DOGE was a system for emailing every federal employee. This was the underlying system for the Fork in the Road offer as well as the later Five Things email.
- The DOGE Website the DOGE website was launched in early January as a placeholder site. Over time, DOGE added more functionality that represented its perspective on what was important. First, they added an organizational chart, which was backed by a poorly secured and easily hacked database. Then, they added a Wall of Receipts for canceled contracts where the math didn’t add up. Lately, they have expanded it to include regulatory savings that are actually tallies of savings to businesses instead of the public.
- Automating RIFs DOGE has also assisted in automating the layoff process for reducing personnel
- Digital Retirement In late February, one of the cofounders of AirBnb named Joe Gebbia announced he had started on a project to fully digitize retirement processing at OPM and replace the existing paper-based processes. In May, they promoted it as a “cornerstone of the DOGE effort”. Unfortunately, it might also be a case of DOGE taking credit for work that had already been in progress for years.
- AI Assistants DOGE has also rolled out or accelerated the use of AI assistants within several agencies. More importantly, it has been using AI to suggest regulations for removal.
- Websites Perhaps the most notable IT Modernization work lately by DOGE has been launching various websites, with most of them created by the newer NDS.
Events
1/08/25
Official Action:
The leader of the Trump transition team for the Treasury Department sends an email requesting that Thomas Krause be incuded on the “day 1 team, to lead on Fiscal Services modernization efforts.”
Official Action:
The leader of the Trump transition team for the Treasury Department sends an email requesting that Thomas Krause be incuded on the “day 1 team, to lead on Fiscal Services modernization efforts.”
| Person: | Tom Krause |
| Source: | Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent, doc 48-1 Court Document, 3/14/25 |
| Agency: | Treas. |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
1/20/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Edward Coristine 1/20/25-6/09/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
1/24/25
Appointed:
Thomas Shedd starts as Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service at GSA.
Appointed:
Thomas Shedd starts as Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service at GSA.
| Appointed: | Thomas Shedd 1/24/25-2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Deputy FAS Commissioner / Administrator, Technology Transformation Service, Technology Transformation Service |
| Salary: | $150,160 |
| Source: | GSA’s new leadership mostly comes from tech, finance sectors Federal News Network, 1/20/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
1/27/25
Appointed:
Greg Barbaccia starts as Federal Chief Information Officer at OMB.
Appointed:
Greg Barbaccia starts as Federal Chief Information Officer at OMB.
| Appointed: | Greg Barbaccia 1/27/25 |
| Position Title: | Federal Chief Information Officer |
| Salary: | $195,200 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Gregory Barbaccia named federal CIO NextGov, 1/27/25 |
1/XX/25
Appointed:
Derek Geissler starts at GSA.
Appointed:
Derek Geissler starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Derek Geissler 1/XX/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
2/06/25
System Access:
The Washington Post reports that DOGE is feeding Department of Education data into an unidentified AI system hosted in Microsoft Azure.
System Access:
The Washington Post reports that DOGE is feeding Department of Education data into an unidentified AI system hosted in Microsoft Azure.
| Source: | Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts The Washington Post, 2/06/25 |
| Agency: | Ed. |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/13/25
Website:
DOGE announces that its website is now live. The site is launched with an organizational chart and tweets from the DOGE X account. It is presented as white text on a black background.
Website:
DOGE announces that its website is now live. The site is launched with an organizational chart and tweets from the DOGE X account. It is presented as white text on a black background.
| Source: | Tweet by DOGE X.com, 2/13/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Identification:
A story on a proposal to use AI at the Department of Education lists several DOGE staffers identified there within the last few weeks.
Identification:
A story on a proposal to use AI at the Department of Education lists several DOGE staffers identified there within the last few weeks.
| Person: | Alexandra Beynon, Brooks Morgan, Adam Ramada |
| Source: | Musk Staff Propose Bigger Role for A.I. in Education Department The New York Times, 2/13/25 |
| Agency: | Ed. |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/16/25
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Brady Glantz 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
| Appointed: | Thomas Kiernan 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
| Appointed: | Ted Malaska 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
| Appointed: | Sam Smeal 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
2/18/25
Appointed:
Joe Gebbia starts as Expert at OPM.
Appointed:
Joe Gebbia starts as Expert at OPM.
| Appointed: | Joe Gebbia 2/18/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert, Office of the Director |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | OPM New Hires Directory Document Cloud, 5/02/25 |
Report:
A custom AI chatbot based on xAI’s Grok model was discovered hosted on subdomain on the doge.gov site. It is linked to Christopher Stanley.
Report:
A custom AI chatbot based on xAI’s Grok model was discovered hosted on subdomain on the doge.gov site. It is linked to Christopher Stanley.
| Person: | Christopher Stanley |
| Source: | Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government ‘less dumb’ Techcrunch, 2/18/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/19/25
Official Action:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says only one person from DOGE is “looking at an outdated IT system, that’s all they’re doing.” Given that Marko Elez had resigned, this is likely a reference to Ryan Wunderly.
Official Action:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says only one person from DOGE is “looking at an outdated IT system, that’s all they’re doing.” Given that Marko Elez had resigned, this is likely a reference to Ryan Wunderly.
| Person: | Ryan Wunderly |
| Source: | Bessent Says DOGE Effort Has Save Estimated $50 Billion So Far Bloomberg, 2/19/25 |
| Agency: | Treas. |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/20/25
Official Action:
In emails with USDA staff to identify climate-related terms to look for and cancel in grants, Gavin Kliger also alludes to DOGE developing LLM models that would analyze grant descriptions in response to a USDA staffer suggestion to use AI more.
Official Action:
In emails with USDA staff to identify climate-related terms to look for and cancel in grants, Gavin Kliger also alludes to DOGE developing LLM models that would analyze grant descriptions in response to a USDA staffer suggestion to use AI more.
| Person: | Michael Cole, Gavin Kliger |
| Source: | The Sustainability Institute v. Trump, doc 67-2 Court Document, 4/17/25 |
| Agency: | USDA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Spending |
2/21/25
| Source: | Brehm v. Marocco, doc 7-3 Court Document, 3/06/25 |
| Agency: | USADF |
| DOGE Project: | Elimination, IT Modernization |
2/27/25
Official Action:
Joe Gebbia announces on his social media account that he will be working on a project at OPM to modernize retirement processing and move it away from paper records currently stored at a cave in Pennsylvania.
Official Action:
Joe Gebbia announces on his social media account that he will be working on a project at OPM to modernize retirement processing and move it away from paper records currently stored at a cave in Pennsylvania.
| Person: | Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | Tweet by Joe Gebbia X.com, 2/27/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/28/25
Appointed:
Sam Corcos starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Modernization at IRS.
Appointed:
Sam Corcos starts as Senior Advisor for Technology and Modernization at IRS.
| : | Sam Corcos 2/28/25-c.5/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor for Technology and Modernization |
| Salary: | Volunteer (SGE) |
| Source: | New York v. Treasury, Doc 144 Court Document, 5/01/25 |
| Source: | DOGE seeks to use IRS tax records to check federal benefits The Washington Post, 3/01/25 |
| Note: | Start date inferred and likely earlier. |
2/XX/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| DOGE Detailed To: HHS Amy Gleason 2/XX/25 | |
| Source: | AFL-CIO v. DOL, doc 73-2 Court Document, 3/29/25 |
| Note: | assuming a detail from DOGE to HHS |
| Person: | Riccardo Biasini |
| Source: | DOGE Used a Meta AI Model to Review Emails From Federal Workers Wired Magazine, 5/22/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
c.3/03/25
| Person: | Riccardo Biasini, Derek Geissler, Tyler Hassen, Greg Hogan, Katrine Trampe |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | OPM, GSA, DOI |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Spending |
3/04/25
Converted to Permanent Position:
Amy Gleason converted to permanent position as Expert/Consultant at HHS
Converted to Permanent Position:
Amy Gleason converted to permanent position as Expert/Consultant at HHS
| Converted to Permanent Position: | Amy Gleason 3/04/25 |
| Position Title: | Expert/Consultant |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | HHS Onboarding Docs Document Cloud, 3/18/25 |
3/11/25
Appointed:
Antoine McCord starts as Chief Information Officer at DHS.
Appointed:
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 |
3/18/25
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Alison Childs 3/18/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Technology Transformation Services |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government 404 Media, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alison Childs LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Date guessed based on multiple sources, signed in first/only time on 3/18 |
| Appointed: | Bee Elvy 3/18/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects, |
| Source: | GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government 404 Media, 6/10/25 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Bee Elvy LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Month sourced from LinkedIn, signed in once on 3/18 (badging in after?) |
3/19/25
Report:
GSA hosts a deep-background media briefing to demo its GSAi tool with invitations sent to reporters from Bloomberg, The Atlantic, and Fox among other media organizations.
Report:
GSA hosts a deep-background media briefing to demo its GSAi tool with invitations sent to reporters from Bloomberg, The Atlantic, and Fox among other media organizations.
| Source: | ‘We Don’t Want an AI Demo, We Want Answers’: Federal Workers Grill Trump Appointee During All-Hands Wired Magazine, 3/20/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
3/25/25
Identification:
Tech staffers and contractors noticed a new DOGE staffer, Sahil Lavingia, was pushing code to a repo in the VA’s Github instance. He also appeared to be using an AI tool to write code. This later turns out to be code that is reviewing contracts to be terminated.
Identification:
Tech staffers and contractors noticed a new DOGE staffer, Sahil Lavingia, was pushing code to a repo in the VA’s Github instance. He also appeared to be using an AI tool to write code. This later turns out to be code that is reviewing contracts to be terminated.
| Person: | Justin Fulcher, Jon Koval, Sahil Lavingia, Payton Rehling, Christopher Roussos, Cary Volpert |
| Source: | Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs Wired Magazine, 4/04/25 |
| Agency: | VA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Spending |
3/28/25
Disruption:
Reports emerge that DOGE is planning to rewrite the entire COBOL codebase for Social Security to Java in months using generative AI.
Disruption:
Reports emerge that DOGE is planning to rewrite the entire COBOL codebase for Social Security to Java in months using generative AI.
| Person: | Steve Davis |
| Source: | DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse Wired Magazine, 3/28/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Disruption:
The Deputy CIO for Infrastructure/IT at SSA acknowledges an increased number of network crashes due to a newly-introduced fraud checking system created and rushed into production by DOGE.
Disruption:
The Deputy CIO for Infrastructure/IT at SSA acknowledges an increased number of network crashes due to a newly-introduced fraud checking system created and rushed into production by DOGE.
| Source: | Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff The Washington Post, 4/07/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Fraud, IT Modernization |
3/XX/25
Promotion:
Michael Grimes promoted to Executive Director, US Investment Accelerator at Commerce
Promotion:
Michael Grimes promoted to Executive Director, US Investment Accelerator at Commerce
| Promotion: | Michael Grimes 3/XX/25-2/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Executive Director, US Investment Accelerator |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Michael Grimes LinkedIn, |
Disruption:
Kyle Schutt and Edward Coristine repeatedly pressure staff over the next two months at DHS to use Grok, a chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, despite the fact it had not been approved for use in the agency. A DHS spokesperson later denied the allegations.
Disruption:
Kyle Schutt and Edward Coristine repeatedly pressure staff over the next two months at DHS to use Grok, a chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, despite the fact it had not been approved for use in the agency. A DHS spokesperson later denied the allegations.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Kyle Schutt |
| Source: | Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns Reuters, 5/23/25 |
| Agency: | DHS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
4/07/25
Disruption:
Newly-appointed director of CMS, Dr. Mehmet Oz, suggests replacing front-line healthcare workers with AI avatars for cost savings.
Disruption:
Newly-appointed director of CMS, Dr. Mehmet Oz, suggests replacing front-line healthcare workers with AI avatars for cost savings.
| Source: | Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall Wired Magazine, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | CMS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Disruption:
The Post confirms with multiple source that Social Security’s website has crashed repeatedly in recent weeks, with outages ranging from 20 minutes to an entire day. They speculate this is due to the introduction of an expanded fraud check system created by DOGE that wasn’t tested for scalability before being deployed.
Disruption:
The Post confirms with multiple source that Social Security’s website has crashed repeatedly in recent weeks, with outages ranging from 20 minutes to an entire day. They speculate this is due to the introduction of an expanded fraud check system created by DOGE that wasn’t tested for scalability before being deployed.
| Source: | Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff The Washington Post, 4/07/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | Fraud, IT Modernization |
4/08/25
Report:
Employees at the EPA report being told by Trump-appointed officials that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication tools (including Microsoft Teams) for anti-Trump or anti-Musk language.
Report:
Employees at the EPA report being told by Trump-appointed officials that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication tools (including Microsoft Teams) for anti-Trump or anti-Musk language.
| Source: | Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say Reuters, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | EPA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
c.4/10/25
Onboarding:
Scott Langmack sends a message to HUD staff announcing that “I’d like to share with you that Chris Sweet has joined the HUD DOGE team with the title of special assistant, although a better title might be ‘AI computer programming quant analyst.’”
Onboarding:
Scott Langmack sends a message to HUD staff announcing that “I’d like to share with you that Chris Sweet has joined the HUD DOGE team with the title of special assistant, although a better title might be ‘AI computer programming quant analyst.’”
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Scott Langmack, Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
c.4/15/25
System Access:
Christopher Sweet is reported to be using an AI model to analyze HUD regulations and suggest revisions. These are presented to HUD staff for review in a large spreadsheet. It is not clear how the AI system is making these determinations.
System Access:
Christopher Sweet is reported to be using an AI model to analyze HUD regulations and suggest revisions. These are presented to HUD staff for review in a large spreadsheet. It is not clear how the AI system is making these determinations.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
4/16/25
Interagency Coordination:
Three DOGE staffers – Marko Elez, Edward Coristine and Joe Gebbia – are reported to be working with staff from DHS, the State Department and USCIS on implementing an application process for a $5 Million “Gold Card” visa. It is unclear what agencies they are working for and how this partnership has been structured.
Interagency Coordination:
Three DOGE staffers – Marko Elez, Edward Coristine and Joe Gebbia – are reported to be working with staff from DHS, the State Department and USCIS on implementing an application process for a $5 Million “Gold Card” visa. It is unclear what agencies they are working for and how this partnership has been structured.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Marko Elez, Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | Musk’s Team Is Building a System to Sell ‘Gold Card’ Immigrant Visas The New York Times, 4/16/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, DHS, USCIS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
4/17/25
System Access:
Social Security introduces a new AI chatbot to help with general agency tasks but built from general OpenAI models and not trained on SSA data or content.
System Access:
Social Security introduces a new AI chatbot to help with general agency tasks but built from general OpenAI models and not trained on SSA data or content.
| Source: | SSA is rolling out a new chatbot for employees NextGov, 4/17/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
c.4/20/25
Interagency Coordination:
In a meeting between HUD and DOGE, Jacob Altik says they are planning to use Christopher Sweet’s AI model analyzing regulations at HUD to review the entire Code of Federal regulations for regulations to review.
Interagency Coordination:
In a meeting between HUD and DOGE, Jacob Altik says they are planning to use Christopher Sweet’s AI model analyzing regulations at HUD to review the entire Code of Federal regulations for regulations to review.
| Question: | Fuzz: Date is unspecified, just sometime earlier in April |
| Person: | Jacob Altik, Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations Wired Magazine, 4/30/25 |
| Agency: | HUD, DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
c.4/30/25
Disruption:
Social Security introduces a new AI-based agent for handling phone calls to 350 field offices in the Southeast and Northeast regions. It frustrates many users attempting to reach an actual person for assistance.
Disruption:
Social Security introduces a new AI-based agent for handling phone calls to 350 field offices in the Southeast and Northeast regions. It frustrates many users attempting to reach an actual person for assistance.
| Source: | How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring The Washington Post, 5/16/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
4/XX/25
| : | Yat Choi 4/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Technologist |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Yat Choi LinkedIn, |
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Source: | DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Wired Magazine, 12/02/25 |
| Note: | a Canadian working on temp visa which would disqualify for federal role. LinkedIn reports he worked on the retirement processing modernization project. Wired reports still involved in OPM retirement work in December 2025 |
5/05/25
Appointed:
Paul McInerny starts as Chief Information Officer at DOI.
Appointed:
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 |
5/06/25
Appointed:
Frank Bisignano starts as Commissioner at SSA.
Appointed:
Frank Bisignano starts as Commissioner at SSA.
| Appointed: | Frank Bisignano 5/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Commissioner |
| Source: | Senate confirms Bisignano to lead Social Security Administration as agency faces DOGE overhaul The Associated Press, 5/06/25 |
c.5/06/25
Promotion:
Sam Corcos promoted to Chief Information Officer at IRS
Promotion:
Sam Corcos promoted to Chief Information Officer at IRS
| Promotion: | Sam Corcos c.5/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Information Officer |
| Source: | DOGE rep Sam Corcos is Treasury’s new chief information officer, source says FedScoop, 5/06/25 |
| Note: | Date is approximate per reports. Will update as new details emerge. |
5/07/25
Report:
Representatives from OpenAI are reported to have met with several DOGE associates at the FDA to discuss using AI for drug evaluation work.
Report:
Representatives from OpenAI are reported to have met with several DOGE associates at the FDA to discuss using AI for drug evaluation work.
| Source: | OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation Wired Magazine, 5/07/25 |
| Agency: | FDA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
5/09/25
Official Action:
OPM reports it will rolling out a Online Retirement Application (ORA) system which replaces the paper-based system for federal departments served by the National Finance Center and Interior Business Center. This was a program originally started in the Biden Administration that is being accelerated without pilot programs.
Official Action:
OPM reports it will rolling out a Online Retirement Application (ORA) system which replaces the paper-based system for federal departments served by the National Finance Center and Interior Business Center. This was a program originally started in the Biden Administration that is being accelerated without pilot programs.
| Person: | Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | DOGE Announces Deadline for Major Retirement Change Newsweek, 5/09/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
5/23/25
Disruption:
Reuters reports that DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt and Edward Coristine have attempted to gain access to DHS employee emails in recent months and ordered staff to train AI to identify communications suggesting an employee is not “loyal” to Trump’s political agenda. Given earlier reports, the AI in question is like xAi’s “Grok” AI system.
Disruption:
Reuters reports that DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt and Edward Coristine have attempted to gain access to DHS employee emails in recent months and ordered staff to train AI to identify communications suggesting an employee is not “loyal” to Trump’s political agenda. Given earlier reports, the AI in question is like xAi’s “Grok” AI system.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Kyle Schutt |
| Source: | Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns Reuters, 5/23/25 |
| Agency: | DHS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
5/29/25
Oversight:
During a briefing to the Ways and Means Committee representatives and staff, DOGE members say they are very excited about the possibility of using AI to interface with and modernize legacy COBOL systems at the IRS.
Oversight:
During a briefing to the Ways and Means Committee representatives and staff, DOGE members say they are very excited about the possibility of using AI to interface with and modernize legacy COBOL systems at the IRS.
| Source: | Letter from Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee Office of House Rep. Gwen Moore, 12/10/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
6/02/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Brady Glantz 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Thomas Kiernan 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Ted Malaska 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
| Appointed: | Sam Smeal 2/16/25-6/02/25 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Source: | A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk The Washington Post, 6/08/25 |
Official Action:
In the budget for next year, the White House requests $45 million total for DOGE, forecasting 150 employees would work for the agency. From this amount, it allocates $10 million for a “software modernization initiative,” with $35 million being provided to DOGE through reimbursement from agencies where DOGE staff will be embedded.
Official Action:
In the budget for next year, the White House requests $45 million total for DOGE, forecasting 150 employees would work for the agency. From this amount, it allocates $10 million for a “software modernization initiative,” with $35 million being provided to DOGE through reimbursement from agencies where DOGE staff will be embedded.
| Source: | White House budget request includes $45 million in additional DOGE funding NextGov, 6/02/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Disruption:
NIH staff are forced to send all grant proposals through an AI tool that looks for topics banned by the Trump administration. This includes topics like “DEI, transgender, China, or vaccine hesitancy.” Staff are also ordered to check that medical research grants aren’t being awarded to certain schools like Harvard or Columbia which are seen as enemies of Trump.
Disruption:
NIH staff are forced to send all grant proposals through an AI tool that looks for topics banned by the Trump administration. This includes topics like “DEI, transgender, China, or vaccine hesitancy.” Staff are also ordered to check that medical research grants aren’t being awarded to certain schools like Harvard or Columbia which are seen as enemies of Trump.
| Source: | DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite The Washington Post, 6/02/25 |
| Agency: | NIH |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, IT Modernization, Spending |
6/06/25
Report:
ProPublica analyzes public code by Sahil Lavingia for an AI-powered tool to evaluate contracts at the VA and determine which ones are “munchable” (meaning they should be canceled). The analysis finds the AI was given poor instructions and lacks context to correctly make these decisions.
Report:
ProPublica analyzes public code by Sahil Lavingia for an AI-powered tool to evaluate contracts at the VA and determine which ones are “munchable” (meaning they should be canceled). The analysis finds the AI was given poor instructions and lacks context to correctly make these decisions.
| Person: | Sahil Lavingia |
| Source: | Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health Pro Publica, 6/06/25 |
| Agency: | VA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Spending |
6/09/25
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position at DOGE
Offboarding:
Edward Coristine ends detailed position at DOGE
| GSA Detailed To: DOGE Edward Coristine 1/20/25-6/09/25 | |
| Source: | AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, doc 211-5 Court Document, 4/15/26 |
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 122-2 Court Document, 2/17/26 |
6/13/25
Website:
DOGE staffers working with the Department of Commerce launch an informational site for the new proposed “Trump Card” gold visa, which would let people skip the lines for immigration visas by paying $5 million in fees. It is a single-page site with bold text and an email sign-up form for people who might be interested.
Website:
DOGE staffers working with the Department of Commerce launch an informational site for the new proposed “Trump Card” gold visa, which would let people skip the lines for immigration visas by paying $5 million in fees. It is a single-page site with bold text and an email sign-up form for people who might be interested.
| Source: | trumpcard.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Agency: | DOGE, Commerce, State |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
c.6/23/25
Appointed:
Edward Coristine starts at SSA.
Appointed:
Edward Coristine starts at SSA.
| Appointed: | Edward Coristine c.6/23/25 |
| Source: | ‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration Wired Magazine, 6/26/25 |
6/25/25
Oversight:
Democratic Congressman Mark Takano sends an angry letter to Secretary Collins of the VA demanding answers about DOGE activities including if they have installed spyware on agency machines, if they have been piloting AI, and if they have accessed medical records. He also asks for detailed information on DOGE staff at the agency.
Oversight:
Democratic Congressman Mark Takano sends an angry letter to Secretary Collins of the VA demanding answers about DOGE activities including if they have installed spyware on agency machines, if they have been piloting AI, and if they have accessed medical records. He also asks for detailed information on DOGE staff at the agency.
| Person: | Justin Fulcher, Jon Koval, Sahil Lavingia, Payton Rehling, Christopher Roussos, Cary Volpert |
| Source: | House Democrat demands VA disclose any spyware, AI installed on agency computers as part of DOGE initiative Stars and Stripes, 6/27/25 |
| Agency: | VA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
6/XX/25
| : | Yat Choi 6/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Scientific Technologist |
| Source: | The foreigners working for DOGE Politico, 8/26/25 |
| Note: | working for GSA as a contractor from MSI Consulting because a not an American citizen |
| Appointed: | Dennis Li 6/XX/25 |
| Source: | The LinkedIn profile for Dennis Li LinkedIn, |
| Note: | Left prior job in May, December blog post said working past 6 months on OPM project to digitize paper retirements. Although lists job as NDS, this should be an OPM role. |
c.7/01/25
Action:
Christopher Sweet participates in a meeting at HUD to discuss more permanent hosting options for the AI deregulation tool which had been running internally. This could be the precursor to providing it as a service to other agencies.
Action:
Christopher Sweet participates in a meeting at HUD to discuss more permanent hosting options for the AI deregulation tool which had been running internally. This could be the precursor to providing it as a service to other agencies.
| Question: | Fuzz: Meeting reported as in week of 2025-06-30 |
| Person: | Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | This Is DOGE 2.0 Wired Magazine, 7/10/25 |
| Agency: | HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
7/07/25
Action:
Thomas Shedd announces that after a review of 7200 websites in the federal government, GSA is recommending that 332 of those should be eliminated. These cuts are not evenly distributed (the SBA will eliminate half of its websites). This initiative dates back to 2023 OMB guidance for the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, so this is not a DOGE-created project, but some of the websites and pages are for programs targeted by DOGE.
Action:
Thomas Shedd announces that after a review of 7200 websites in the federal government, GSA is recommending that 332 of those should be eliminated. These cuts are not evenly distributed (the SBA will eliminate half of its websites). This initiative dates back to 2023 OMB guidance for the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, so this is not a DOGE-created project, but some of the websites and pages are for programs targeted by DOGE.
| Person: | Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Agencies plan to decommission hundreds of .gov websites following GSA review Federal News Network, 7/07/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
7/10/25
Official Action:
The Pentagon releases a memo calling for “drone dominance,” including increasing manufacturing, embedding drones within armed units and assuming more risk in developing new technologies. The memo is signed by Pete Hegseth, but it was disributed with a DOGE Controlled tag and revealed the appointment of Owen West as the chief point of contact. This is a marked departure from DOGE’s spending control and personnel reduction efforts at the agency.
Official Action:
The Pentagon releases a memo calling for “drone dominance,” including increasing manufacturing, embedding drones within armed units and assuming more risk in developing new technologies. The memo is signed by Pete Hegseth, but it was disributed with a DOGE Controlled tag and revealed the appointment of Owen West as the chief point of contact. This is a marked departure from DOGE’s spending control and personnel reduction efforts at the agency.
| Person: | Owen West |
| Source: | Hegseth lashed out at DOGE official in tense Pentagon confrontation The Washington Post, 7/15/25 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
7/XX/25
| Appointed: | Tai Groot 7/XX/25 |
| Source: | New White House design team aims for ‘delightful’ websites — changing design ethos in the process NextGov, 2/23/26 |
| Note: | Guessing started at NDS because identified by White House as staffer |
8/01/25
| Source: | SEC Creates Task Force to Tap Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Innovation and Efficiency Across the Agency Securities and Exchange Commission, 8/01/25 |
| Agency: | SEC |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
8/04/25
Identification:
In a report about DOGE’s continued work on OPM’s Online Retirement Application (ORA) continuing to move ahead, Politico identifies DOGE staff that are working on the project under Joe Gebbia.
Identification:
In a report about DOGE’s continued work on OPM’s Online Retirement Application (ORA) continuing to move ahead, Politico identifies DOGE staff that are working on the project under Joe Gebbia.
| Person: | Akash Bobba, Yat Choi, Joe Gebbia, James Sullivan, Andrew Vilcsak |
| Source: | This DOGE project is still full steam ahead Politico, 8/04/25 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
8/13/25
Interagency Coordination:
In a call hosted by the US CIO, DOGE team lead Scott Langmack shares info on an AI tool named SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder developed by Christoper Sweet to review agency regulations for elimination. This is the same tool highlighted by DOGE in a presentation to the White House earlier in the month. Agency representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are on the call. Steve Davis also was on the call despite having left DOGE and asked if the tool could be open-sourced.
Interagency Coordination:
In a call hosted by the US CIO, DOGE team lead Scott Langmack shares info on an AI tool named SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder developed by Christoper Sweet to review agency regulations for elimination. This is the same tool highlighted by DOGE in a presentation to the White House earlier in the month. Agency representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are on the call. Steve Davis also was on the call despite having left DOGE and asked if the tool could be open-sourced.
| Person: | Steve Davis, Scott Langmack, Christopher Sweet |
| Source: | A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation Wired Magazine, 8/14/25 |
| Agency: | EOP, DOGE, EPA, State, FDIC, HUD |
| DOGE Project: | Deregulation, IT Modernization |
8/14/25
Website:
GSA launches a new website usai.gov to promote new partnerships between the agency and three different AI companies. The goal is to make it easier for agencies to embed AI internally. The site features large bold fonts, big images and an email contact form, and it also is 4 pages in total. This is the project that Bee Elvy and Alison Childs were reportedly working on.
Website:
GSA launches a new website usai.gov to promote new partnerships between the agency and three different AI companies. The goal is to make it easier for agencies to embed AI internally. The site features large bold fonts, big images and an email contact form, and it also is 4 pages in total. This is the project that Bee Elvy and Alison Childs were reportedly working on.
| Person: | Alison Childs, Bee Elvy |
| Source: | usai.gov General Services Administration, |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
8/21/25
Appointed:
Joe Gebbia starts as Chief Design Officer at NDS.
Appointed:
Joe Gebbia starts as Chief Design Officer at NDS.
| Appointed: | Joe Gebbia 8/21/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Design Officer, National Design Studio |
| Source: | Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder Gebbia to improve government websites, sources say Reuters, 8/21/25 |
| Note: | Position created in EO 14338 |
Official Action:
President Trump signs EO 14338, which creates the new National Design Studio within the EOP and tasks it with centralizing control over design across the federal government. Joe Gebbia is subsequently named the new Chief Design Officer. Similar to DOGE’s structure, the NDS contains a temporary organization within that can be used for hiring Special Government Employees (SGEs) to work for the government on a volunteer basis.
Official Action:
President Trump signs EO 14338, which creates the new National Design Studio within the EOP and tasks it with centralizing control over design across the federal government. Joe Gebbia is subsequently named the new Chief Design Officer. Similar to DOGE’s structure, the NDS contains a temporary organization within that can be used for hiring Special Government Employees (SGEs) to work for the government on a volunteer basis.
| Person: | Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio Wired Magazine, 8/29/25 |
| Agency: | NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Website:
To accompany the creation of the National Design Studio, the organization launches the site ndstudio.gov to promote the group. The site features a single page of chunky bold text as well as an email signup form and a place to submit resumes.
Website:
To accompany the creation of the National Design Studio, the organization launches the site ndstudio.gov to promote the group. The site features a single page of chunky bold text as well as an email signup form and a place to submit resumes.
| Source: | ndstudio.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Agency: | NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Website:
The National Design Studio also launches americabydesign.gov to promote the America by Design initiative mentioned in EO 14338. This includes the oft-repeated quote from Joe Gebbia that government websites should offer an “Apple Store”-like experience. This site is a single page of large bold text, with a header video of a waving American flag. It also includes an email sign-up form.
Website:
The National Design Studio also launches americabydesign.gov to promote the America by Design initiative mentioned in EO 14338. This includes the oft-repeated quote from Joe Gebbia that government websites should offer an “Apple Store”-like experience. This site is a single page of large bold text, with a header video of a waving American flag. It also includes an email sign-up form.
| Source: | americabydesign.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Agency: | NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
c.8/26/25
Appointed:
Kaitlyn Koller starts as Director of Operations at NDS.
Appointed:
Kaitlyn Koller starts as Director of Operations at NDS.
| Appointed: | Kaitlyn Koller c.8/26/25 |
| Position Title: | Director of Operations |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Kaitlyn Koller LinkedIn, |
| Source: | ‘Sloppy’ Code and Accessibility Issues: The Trouble With Trump’s Silicon Valley-Inspired Web Design Project NOTUS, 12/01/25 |
| Source: | DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio Wired Magazine, 8/29/25 |
8/29/25?
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Edward Coristine 8/29/25? |
| Position Title: | Director of Engineering |
| Source: | Accessibility Matters National Design Studio, 2/27/26 |
| Source: | DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio Wired Magazine, 8/29/25 |
| Source: | DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Wired Magazine, 12/02/25 |
| Appointed: | Zach Terrell 8/29/25? |
| Source: | ‘Sloppy’ Code and Accessibility Issues: The Trouble With Trump’s Silicon Valley-Inspired Web Design Project NOTUS, 12/01/25 |
| Source: | DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio Wired Magazine, 8/29/25 |
| Note: | He has been linked to NDS but is still also at HHS? |
8/XX/25
Promotion:
Joshua Carter promoted to Associate Administrator at SBA
Promotion:
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, |
9/09/25
Official Action:
All employees at HHS and its subsidiary agencies receive an email informing them that ChatGPT will be rolled out to the entire agency immediately. The rollout is being managed by Clark Minor, and the email states that the deployment is secure enough that agency staff can even include procurement-sensitive data and “non-sensitive” PII into the chats, although sensitive PII, classified informatio and other confidential information should not be shared.
Official Action:
All employees at HHS and its subsidiary agencies receive an email informing them that ChatGPT will be rolled out to the entire agency immediately. The rollout is being managed by Clark Minor, and the email states that the deployment is secure enough that agency staff can even include procurement-sensitive data and “non-sensitive” PII into the chats, although sensitive PII, classified informatio and other confidential information should not be shared.
| Person: | Clark Minor |
| Source: | HHS Asks All Employees to Start Using ChatGPT 404 Media, 9/09/25 |
| Agency: | HHS, FDA, CDC, CMS, NIH |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
9/12/25
Promotion:
Samuel Berry promoted to Chief Information Officer at USDA
Promotion:
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 |
9/20/25
Website:
The Trump administration revamps the “Gold Card Visa” site that was originally launched in June. The visa now will cost $1 million and be an expedited EB-1 or EB-2 visa; the original proposal has been rebranded as the platinum card, which will be “coming soon.” The legality of this program still remains wildly unclear and demand is inflated because sign-up is through a public web form. This website is the first public work of recently-formed National Design Studio, although the previous version of the site was built by DOGE too.
Website:
The Trump administration revamps the “Gold Card Visa” site that was originally launched in June. The visa now will cost $1 million and be an expedited EB-1 or EB-2 visa; the original proposal has been rebranded as the platinum card, which will be “coming soon.” The legality of this program still remains wildly unclear and demand is inflated because sign-up is through a public web form. This website is the first public work of recently-formed National Design Studio, although the previous version of the site was built by DOGE too.
| Source: | trumpcard.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Source: | Want To Be American? For $1 Million, The ‘Trump Gold Card’ Visa Will Now Allow Entry Forbes Magazine, 9/20/25 |
| Agency: | Commerce, USCIS, NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
9/24/25
Report:
The New York Times reports on how the DOGE-led staffing cuts and technology changes have led to poor service, low morale and increased wait times for the public. In many field offices, the average wait for an appointment is now six weeks.
Report:
The New York Times reports on how the DOGE-led staffing cuts and technology changes have led to poor service, low morale and increased wait times for the public. In many field offices, the average wait for an appointment is now six weeks.
| Person: | Frank Bisignano |
| Source: | A Diminished Social Security Work Force, and Its Customers, Feel the Strain The New York Times, 9/24/25 |
| Agency: | SSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
c.9/25/25
Appointed:
Greg Barbaccia starts as Acting Chief Information Officer at USAID.
Appointed:
Greg Barbaccia starts as Acting Chief Information Officer at USAID.
| Appointed: | Greg Barbaccia c.9/25/25 |
| Position Title: | Acting Chief Information Officer |
| Source: | Members and Leadership The Chief Information Officers Council, |
| Note: | Not announced, just appeared on cio.gov page some time after 9/20 and before 9/30 |
9/XX/25
Appointed:
Aaron Jackson starts as Design Director, Founding Design Partner at NDS.
Appointed:
Aaron Jackson starts as Design Director, Founding Design Partner at NDS.
| Appointed: | Aaron Jackson 9/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Design Director, Founding Design Partner |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Aaron Jackson LinkedIn, |
10/06/25
Appointed:
Frank Bisignano starts as Chief Executive Officer at IRS.
Appointed:
Frank Bisignano starts as Chief Executive Officer at IRS.
| Appointed: | Frank Bisignano 10/06/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Source: | Trump's new IRS 'CEO': The head of Social Security The Washington Post, 10/06/25 |
| Note: | Technically, position doesn't exist and Scott Bessent is acting commissioner, but will be in charge. |
10/10/25
Website:
Working with the White House and HHS, the National Design Studio launches the TrumpRX to promote a forthcoming initiative from the White House to cap certain drug prices for private payers. This is the fourth website to bear the National Design Studio credit, and like the others it is a single-page site with expandable accordion elements of text and an email signup form.
Website:
Working with the White House and HHS, the National Design Studio launches the TrumpRX to promote a forthcoming initiative from the White House to cap certain drug prices for private payers. This is the fourth website to bear the National Design Studio credit, and like the others it is a single-page site with expandable accordion elements of text and an email signup form.
| Source: | TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare Gizmodo, 10/10/25 |
| Source: | trumprx.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Agency: | EOP, NDS, HHS, CMS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
10/24/25
Official Action:
The Trump Administration registers the domain techforce.gov and later launches a password-protected site with branding for the National Design Studio on it.
Official Action:
The Trump Administration registers the domain techforce.gov and later launches a password-protected site with branding for the National Design Studio on it.
| Source: | White House registers ‘techforce.gov’ domain FedScoop, 10/30/25 |
| Agency: | NDS, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
10/29/25
Website:
The National Design Studio launches a new website safedc.gov for the admnistration’s new DC task force. It features a single page of large bold text on a black background with a large (possibly AI-generated) picture of Trump on patrol with agents, links to job listings on USA Jobs and an email sign-up form. Weirdly, the NDS header also includes a clock.
Website:
The National Design Studio launches a new website safedc.gov for the admnistration’s new DC task force. It features a single page of large bold text on a black background with a large (possibly AI-generated) picture of Trump on patrol with agents, links to job listings on USA Jobs and an email sign-up form. Weirdly, the NDS header also includes a clock.
| Source: | safedc.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Source: | "Design is in the White House" says America's first chief design officer Joe Gebbia Dezeen, 11/18/25 |
| Source: | SCOOP: Trump expands DC crime task force with hiring push of nationwide law enforcement FOX News, 10/29/25 |
| Agency: | NDS, DHS, CPB, ICE |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
10/30/25?
Appointed:
Rachel Riley starts as Chief of Naval Research at DOD.
Appointed:
Rachel Riley starts as Chief of Naval Research at DOD.
| Appointed: | Rachel Riley 10/30/25? |
| Position Title: | Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval Research |
| Source: | SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr The Bulwark, 10/30/25 |
10/31/25
Report:
The DOGE team at the Pentagon is reported to be leading efforts to change how the military procures and uses drones and is expected to submit a report to leadership in the coming weeks. One of their goals is reportedly to acquire 30,000 drones in the next few months before ramping up further. The team’s work is being led by Owen West, who also co-authored a drone memo in June.
Report:
The DOGE team at the Pentagon is reported to be leading efforts to change how the military procures and uses drones and is expected to submit a report to leadership in the coming weeks. One of their goals is reportedly to acquire 30,000 drones in the next few months before ramping up further. The team’s work is being led by Owen West, who also co-authored a drone memo in June.
| Person: | Owen West |
| Source: | Pentagon's DOGE unit to revamp military drone program, sources say The Straits Times, 10/31/25 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
10/XX/25
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Nate Brown 10/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Creative Officer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Nate Brown LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Is Helping Out on Viral Fraud Videos Now Wired Magazine, 4/03/26 |
| Appointed: | Greg Hogan 10/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Hacker in Residence |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Greg Hogan LinkedIn, |
| Appointed: | Michael Novia 10/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Creative Director |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Michael Novia LinkedIn, |
| Appointed: | Darshan Phillips 10/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Executive Creative Director |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Darshan Phillips LinkedIn, |
| Appointed: | Caelin Sutch 10/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Member of the Technical Staff |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Caelin Sutch LinkedIn, |
| Source: | New White House design team aims for ‘delightful’ websites — changing design ethos in the process NextGov, 2/23/26 |
11/25/25
Website:
The Department of Energy launches a new “Genesis Mission” to heavily use AI tools for scientific research. The website for this endeavor is created by the National Design Studio and features the classic hallmarks of their work: bold fonts on a black background with animations all on a single page with no navigation and an email signup form. According to Edward Coristine’s twitter account, this page took 3 weeks to make.
Website:
The Department of Energy launches a new “Genesis Mission” to heavily use AI tools for scientific research. The website for this endeavor is created by the National Design Studio and features the classic hallmarks of their work: bold fonts on a black background with animations all on a single page with no navigation and an email signup form. According to Edward Coristine’s twitter account, this page took 3 weeks to make.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | Genesis Mission Dept. of Energy, |
| Source: | Tweet from Edward Coristine's X account X.com, 11/25/25 |
| Source: | Tweet from Joe Gebbia's X account X.com, 11/25/25 |
| Agency: | DOE, NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
11/XX/25
Appointed:
Sahil Lavingia starts at IRS.
Appointed:
Sahil Lavingia starts at IRS.
| Appointed: | Sahil Lavingia 11/XX/25 |
| Source: | Former DOGE Engineer Is Now Back in Government Wired Magazine, 12/04/25 |
| Note: | Reportedly a career employee at the IRS (not a political appointee) |
12/08/25
Official Action:
Sahil Lavingia shares a revision to the IRS homepage’s look and feel which makes it look more like LinkedIn or similar. Design critics note that it has 3 different Sign In buttons, which Sahil states it will save the user time depending on where their cursor is.
Official Action:
Sahil Lavingia shares a revision to the IRS homepage’s look and feel which makes it look more like LinkedIn or similar. Design critics note that it has 3 different Sign In buttons, which Sahil states it will save the user time depending on where their cursor is.
| Person: | Sahil Lavingia |
| Source: | Tweet from Sahil Lavingia's X account X.com, 12/08/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
12/10/25
Oversight:
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee send a letter to Scott Bessent asking for more information about DOGE’s possible use of AI to interface with and modernize COBOL code running at the IRS. They receive no reply.
Oversight:
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee send a letter to Scott Bessent asking for more information about DOGE’s possible use of AI to interface with and modernize COBOL code running at the IRS. They receive no reply.
| Source: | Letter from Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee Office of House Rep. Gwen Moore, 12/10/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
Website:
Trump officially launches the trumpcard.gov
website, which has been modified to now accept more formal online
applications and a $15,000 processing fee. This change was presumably
made by the National Design Studio, who did the last revamp of the site
originally developed by DOGE. More importantly, it now has a more
detailed signup form that promises payment processing of the $15,000
processing fee as well. With this change, NDS has added a second page.
Website:
Trump officially launches the trumpcard.gov
website, which has been modified to now accept more formal online
applications and a $15,000 processing fee. This change was presumably
made by the National Design Studio, who did the last revamp of the site
originally developed by DOGE. More importantly, it now has a more
detailed signup form that promises payment processing of the $15,000
processing fee as well. With this change, NDS has added a second page.
| Source: | Trump’s ‘gold card’ program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person The Associated Press, 12/10/25 |
| Source: | trumpcard.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Agency: | NDS, USCIS, Commerce |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
12/14/25
Website:
The National Design Studio launches merrychristmas.gov, a site for the America Bt Design to highlight 12 days of “GovDesign History.” In a marked departure from typical NDS style, this page features smaller text on a white background, snow that can be toggled on and off and a different URL for each day as well as a page linking to NORAD’s Santa tracker. These pages meant the site comprises 14 pages in total (the largest for any NDS site)
Website:
The National Design Studio launches merrychristmas.gov, a site for the America Bt Design to highlight 12 days of “GovDesign History.” In a marked departure from typical NDS style, this page features smaller text on a white background, snow that can be toggled on and off and a different URL for each day as well as a page linking to NORAD’s Santa tracker. These pages meant the site comprises 14 pages in total (the largest for any NDS site)
| Source: | 12 Days of GovDesign History National Design Studio site, 12/14/25 |
| Agency: | NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
12/15/25
Website:
The National Design Studio and OPM launch techforce.gov, a new site recruiting technical staff for a 2-year term to work on technical projects within agencies, a model that sounds similar to 18F and USDS, which were respectively completely destroyed and hollowed out by DOGE. The site features the typical design of NDS websites – a single page of large bold fonts on a black background with accordion elements to expand information. It also features AI images of a figure with a computer monitor head.
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The National Design Studio and OPM launch techforce.gov, a new site recruiting technical staff for a 2-year term to work on technical projects within agencies, a model that sounds similar to 18F and USDS, which were respectively completely destroyed and hollowed out by DOGE. The site features the typical design of NDS websites – a single page of large bold fonts on a black background with accordion elements to expand information. It also features AI images of a figure with a computer monitor head.
| Source: | Tech Force Tech Force, 12/15/25 |
| Agency: | NDS, OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
12/16/25
Official Action:
Acting in his role as CIO for the Treasury, Sam Corcos approves spending up to $1.5 million on up to 3000 licenses for ChatGPT at the agency, with more than $500,000 already obligated.
Official Action:
Acting in his role as CIO for the Treasury, Sam Corcos approves spending up to $1.5 million on up to 3000 licenses for ChatGPT at the agency, with more than $500,000 already obligated.
| Person: | Sam Corcos |
| Source: | DOGE leader at Treasury is looking to buy thousands of ChatGPT licenses Fast Company, 12/16/25 |
| Agency: | IRS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
12/17/25
Website:
The National Design Studio launches another single-page site trumpaccounts.gov in cooperation with the US Treasury. This is to promote a program of special investment accounts that was passed by Congress but presented as if it’s a result of Trump’s personal largesse. It conveys a softer tone than many other of their sites, but still sticks to the same convention of a single page of text, with a FAQ presented as expandable accordions and a form to sign up for a mailing list.
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The National Design Studio launches another single-page site trumpaccounts.gov in cooperation with the US Treasury. This is to promote a program of special investment accounts that was passed by Congress but presented as if it’s a result of Trump’s personal largesse. It conveys a softer tone than many other of their sites, but still sticks to the same convention of a single page of text, with a FAQ presented as expandable accordions and a form to sign up for a mailing list.
| Source: | trumpaccounts.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Source: | Bessent unveils new Trump Accounts website as part of push to encourage saving for children CBS News, 12/17/25 |
| Agency: | NDS, Treas. |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
12/XX/25
Appointed:
Gavin Kliger starts as Chief Data Officer at DOD.
Appointed:
Gavin Kliger starts as Chief Data Officer at DOD.
| Appointed: | Gavin Kliger 12/XX/25 |
| Position Title: | Chief Data Officer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Gavin Kliger LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Tweet from the Department of Defense CTO office X.com, 3/06/26 |
1/09/26
Website:
The National Design Studio launches realfood.gov with HHS. Evoking more of a nostalgic and warm tone rather than the technocratic darkness of some prior sites, it is still a one-page site with large bold text, expandable accordions but now also with some scrolling animation.
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The National Design Studio launches realfood.gov with HHS. Evoking more of a nostalgic and warm tone rather than the technocratic darkness of some prior sites, it is still a one-page site with large bold text, expandable accordions but now also with some scrolling animation.
| Source: | realfood.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Source: | LinkedIn post from Matt Lira LinkedIn, 1/09/25 |
| Agency: | NDS, HHS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
c.1/10/26
Action:
After GSA officials raised concerns that the xAI Grok model was a safety risk because it was too syncophantic and susceptible to manipulation, Josh Gruenbaum defends the inclusion of the company’s models into the government’s USAi site. Susie Wiles is satisfied by his explanation, but usage of the model by government agencies has been low, except in some cases where security testers have needed to simulate a bad actor.
Action:
After GSA officials raised concerns that the xAI Grok model was a safety risk because it was too syncophantic and susceptible to manipulation, Josh Gruenbaum defends the inclusion of the company’s models into the government’s USAi site. Susie Wiles is satisfied by his explanation, but usage of the model by government agencies has been low, except in some cases where security testers have needed to simulate a bad actor.
| Person: | Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | Government Agencies Raise Alarm About Use of Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot The Wall Street Journal, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
1/20/26
Promotion:
Todd Newnam promoted to Chief Financial Officer at IRS
Promotion:
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 |
1/23/26
Report:
Speaking in a podcast interview, Joe Gebbia reports that the National Design Studio is working to revise every government website, adding that “look like they’re from the mid-90s.” He also states that the NDS is going to deliver a refresh of some existing websites by July 4, 2026 and that the team will eventually consist of approximately 15 engineers and 15 designers and is currently employing brilliant veterans of Silicon Valley.
Report:
Speaking in a podcast interview, Joe Gebbia reports that the National Design Studio is working to revise every government website, adding that “look like they’re from the mid-90s.” He also states that the NDS is going to deliver a refresh of some existing websites by July 4, 2026 and that the team will eventually consist of approximately 15 engineers and 15 designers and is currently employing brilliant veterans of Silicon Valley.
| Person: | Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | National Design Studio looks to overhaul 27,000 federal websites — and is hiring a team to do it Federal News Network, 1/23/26 |
| Agency: | NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
1/28/26
Onboarding:
In a post on LinkedIn, Amanda Scales announces she has returned to a role at OPM, overseeing the recruitment and hiring for the new Tech Force initiative to bring in technical staff from Silicon Valley companies into federal service for 2-year terms.
Onboarding:
In a post on LinkedIn, Amanda Scales announces she has returned to a role at OPM, overseeing the recruitment and hiring for the new Tech Force initiative to bring in technical staff from Silicon Valley companies into federal service for 2-year terms.
| Person: | Amanda Scales |
| Source: | LinkedIn post by Amanda Scales LinkedIn, 1/28/26 |
| Agency: | OPM |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization, Anti-Personnel |
1/30/26
Report:
Speaking at the ACT-IAC Summit, Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia touted the work of the National Design Studio and reported that OMB is working closely with NDS to “coalesce” the administration’s website design, comparing it to how certain hotel brands will all look and smell the same. He reports there are internal sandboxes running for new designs and a redesigned site for CIO.gov will soon illustrate the new look. The NDS is also reportedly leaning heavily into using AI for its work. In addition, 35,000 people have applied to the administration’s Tech Force initiative and they are reviewing 6,000 applicants.
Report:
Speaking at the ACT-IAC Summit, Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia touted the work of the National Design Studio and reported that OMB is working closely with NDS to “coalesce” the administration’s website design, comparing it to how certain hotel brands will all look and smell the same. He reports there are internal sandboxes running for new designs and a redesigned site for CIO.gov will soon illustrate the new look. The NDS is also reportedly leaning heavily into using AI for its work. In addition, 35,000 people have applied to the administration’s Tech Force initiative and they are reviewing 6,000 applicants.
| Person: | Greg Barbaccia, Joe Gebbia |
| Source: | Federal CIO sees website redesign as key to digital services' "one government" approach FedScoop, 1/30/26 |
| Agency: | OMB, NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
1/XX/26
Appointed:
Braden Steffaniak starts as Software Engineer at NDS.
Appointed:
Braden Steffaniak starts as Software Engineer at NDS.
| Appointed: | Braden Steffaniak 1/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Software Engineer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Braden Steffaniak LinkedIn, |
Promotion:
Ankur Bansal promoted to Managing Director, AI Infrastructure at DOE
Promotion:
Ankur Bansal promoted to Managing Director, AI Infrastructure at DOE
| Promotion: | Ankur Bansal 1/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Managing Director, AI Infrastructure |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Ankur Bansal LinkedIn, |
2/05/26
Website:
The Trump RX site formally relaunches with a lookup option to find savings codes for various prescriptions. Like many other National Design Studio sites, it features a mix of Apple Store-style titles and text styling alongside gilt images of an American map and an eagle and bombastic language extolling Trump himself. In a first for NDS sites, it also features a site search to look up specific medications, each of which has their own page URL.
Website:
The Trump RX site formally relaunches with a lookup option to find savings codes for various prescriptions. Like many other National Design Studio sites, it features a mix of Apple Store-style titles and text styling alongside gilt images of an American map and an eagle and bombastic language extolling Trump himself. In a first for NDS sites, it also features a site search to look up specific medications, each of which has their own page URL.
| Source: | trumprx.gov National Design Studio site, |
| Source: | Trump’s Online Drugstore Opens for Business The New York Times, 2/05/26 |
| Agency: | HHS, CMS, NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/06/26
Appointed:
Adam Bhaloo starts at NDS.
Appointed:
Adam Bhaloo starts at NDS.
| Appointed: | Adam Bhaloo 2/06/26 |
| Source: | Tweet by Adam Bhaloo X.com, 2/06/26 |
Disruption:
The head of the Pentagon’s division for Responsible AI announces his resignation in a LinkedIn post. He stepped down over concerns that safety and governance were being sidelined in the Department of Defense’s push to expand AI usage. He also had circulated memos critical of xAI’s Grok model for its security and ethics.
Disruption:
The head of the Pentagon’s division for Responsible AI announces his resignation in a LinkedIn post. He stepped down over concerns that safety and governance were being sidelined in the Department of Defense’s push to expand AI usage. He also had circulated memos critical of xAI’s Grok model for its security and ethics.
| Source: | LinkedIn post by Dr. Matthew Johnson LinkedIn, 2/06/26 |
| Source: | Government Agencies Raise Alarm About Use of Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot The Wall Street Journal, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/10/26
Report:
The news site Nextgov reports that the National Design Studio’s new site realfood.gov is directing users directly to Elon Musk’s Grok AI product. After being contacted by reporters for comment, the link is instead labeled as “Ask AI” but stll points to the Grok site.
Report:
The news site Nextgov reports that the National Design Studio’s new site realfood.gov is directing users directly to Elon Musk’s Grok AI product. After being contacted by reporters for comment, the link is instead labeled as “Ask AI” but stll points to the Grok site.
| Source: | Trump's nutrition website directs users to Elon Musk's Grok NextGov, 2/10/26 |
| Agency: | NDS, HHS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/11/26
Website:
The CIO Council launches a new version of its website cio.gov which has been redesigned by the National Design Studio. This site also includes a new design system, which outlines a new style for websites but it lacks instructions, standardized CSS tags or web components found in other design systems like the US Web Design System and it has poor scores for accessibility. Nevertheless, with this launch, the National Design Studio has rebuilt a site with dozens of pages and has also implemented a site search for the first time.
Website:
The CIO Council launches a new version of its website cio.gov which has been redesigned by the National Design Studio. This site also includes a new design system, which outlines a new style for websites but it lacks instructions, standardized CSS tags or web components found in other design systems like the US Web Design System and it has poor scores for accessibility. Nevertheless, with this launch, the National Design Studio has rebuilt a site with dozens of pages and has also implemented a site search for the first time.
| Source: | Federal Chief Information Officers Council The Chief Information Officers Council, |
| Agency: | OMB, NDS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/19/26
Appointed:
Greg Barbaccia starts as Deputy FAS Commissioner / Acting Administrator, Technology Transformation Services at GSA.
Appointed:
Greg Barbaccia starts as Deputy FAS Commissioner / Acting Administrator, Technology Transformation Services at GSA.
| Appointed: | Greg Barbaccia 2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Deputy FAS Commissioner / Acting Administrator, Technology Transformation Services |
| Source: | Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA GovExec, 2/19/26 |
Demotion:
Thomas Shedd demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention at GSA
Demotion:
Thomas Shedd demoted to Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention at GSA
| Demotion: | Thomas Shedd 2/19/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor for Fraud Prevention |
2/20/26
Official Action:
Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit, White House OSTP Director Micheal Kratsios announces that the Peace Corps will launch a new Tech Corps initiative to promote AI worldwide. Volunteers will be deployed to countries participating in the American AI Exports Program, service for 12-27 months overseas. The launch includes a new site for signups that looks like it was developed by the National Design Studio.
Official Action:
Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit, White House OSTP Director Micheal Kratsios announces that the Peace Corps will launch a new Tech Corps initiative to promote AI worldwide. Volunteers will be deployed to countries participating in the American AI Exports Program, service for 12-27 months overseas. The launch includes a new site for signups that looks like it was developed by the National Design Studio.
| Person: | Michael Kratsios |
| Source: | Peace Corps launches Tech Corps initiative Peace Corps, 2/20/26 |
| Agency: | Peace |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/24/26
Report:
In a tweet on his personal X account, National Design Studio member Tyler Kim confirms that the content on cio.gov was “almost entirely generated by our internal ai agent system [end-to-end].”
Report:
In a tweet on his personal X account, National Design Studio member Tyler Kim confirms that the content on cio.gov was “almost entirely generated by our internal ai agent system [end-to-end].”
| Person: | Tyler Kim |
| Source: | Tweet by Tyler Kim X.com, 2/24/26 |
| Agency: | NDS, OMB |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
2/XX/26
| Appointed: | Tyler Kim 2/XX/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Tyler Kim LinkedIn, |
| Source: | New White House design team aims for ‘delightful’ websites — changing design ethos in the process NextGov, 2/23/26 |
Offboarding:
Michael Grimes leaves role as Executive Director, US Investment Accelerator at Commerce (exits govt. service)
Offboarding:
Michael Grimes leaves role as Executive Director, US Investment Accelerator at Commerce (exits govt. service)
| Promotion: | Michael Grimes 3/XX/25-2/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Executive Director, US Investment Accelerator |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Michael Grimes LinkedIn, |
3/06/26
Onboarding:
The Department of Defense names Gavin Kliger as its Chief Data Officer, overseeing aspects of the Pentagon’s AI strategy and coordination with private AI firms. The press release also stated that Mr. Kliger also oversaw the launch of the GenAI.mil site as well as the Drone Dominance program that involved other DOGE staffers.
Onboarding:
The Department of Defense names Gavin Kliger as its Chief Data Officer, overseeing aspects of the Pentagon’s AI strategy and coordination with private AI firms. The press release also stated that Mr. Kliger also oversaw the launch of the GenAI.mil site as well as the Drone Dominance program that involved other DOGE staffers.
| Question: | Fuzz: Weirdly, Gavin’s own LinkedIn listed him with the title of Chief Data Officer in December last year. |
| Person: | Gavin Kliger |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Gavin Kliger LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Tweet from the Department of Defense CTO office X.com, 3/06/26 |
| Agency: | DOD |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
3/09/26
Appointed:
Ahmad Sandid starts as Design Engineer at NDS.
Appointed:
Ahmad Sandid starts as Design Engineer at NDS.
| Appointed: | Ahmad Sandid 3/09/26 |
| Position Title: | Design Engineer |
| Source: | LinkedIn post by Ahmad Sandid LinkedIn, 3/06/26 |
| Note: | Post announcing move on Friday before |
3/XX/26
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | Luis Bizarro 3/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Member of Technical Staff |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Luis Bizarro LinkedIn, |
| Appointed: | Aldous Waites 3/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Engineer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Aldous Waites LinkedIn, |
4/14/26
Official Action:
Speaking at a conference about AI, Chase Ausley, a USDS director stationed who is serving as a senior advisor to CMS reports that USDS is currently 90 people with the goal of being 100 staffers soon. This is a dramatic improvement over the approximately 70 staffers listed in January, but still far below the 230 employees working for USDS in late 2024.
Official Action:
Speaking at a conference about AI, Chase Ausley, a USDS director stationed who is serving as a senior advisor to CMS reports that USDS is currently 90 people with the goal of being 100 staffers soon. This is a dramatic improvement over the approximately 70 staffers listed in January, but still far below the 230 employees working for USDS in late 2024.
| Source: | US DOGE Service is alive and growing, organization official says FedScoop, 4/14/26 |
| Agency: | DOGE, CMS |
| DOGE Project: | IT Modernization |
4/20/26
Appointed:
Abdulwahab Omira starts as Design Engineer at NDS.
Appointed:
Abdulwahab Omira starts as Design Engineer at NDS.
| Appointed: | Abdulwahab Omira 4/20/26 |
| Position Title: | Design Engineer |
| Source: | LinkedIn post by Abdulwahab Omira LinkedIn, |
4/XX/26
Appointed:
Appointed:
| Appointed: | John Cafazza 4/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Product Designer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for John Cafazza LinkedIn, |
| Appointed: | James DeBrock 4/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Interactive Designer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for James DeBrock LinkedIn, |