Apr 2026
Disruption:
GSA has announced it is hiring approximately 400 positions in the Public Building Service division that handled facilities acquisition and maintenance. The division had been hit doubly hard by DOGE’s efforts to remove personnel as well as cancel government leases, losing hundreds of employees in March 2025.
Disruption:
GSA has announced it is hiring approximately 400 positions in the Public Building Service division that handled facilities acquisition and maintenance. The division had been hit doubly hard by DOGE’s efforts to remove personnel as well as cancel government leases, losing hundreds of employees in March 2025.
| Source: | A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees Wired Magazine, 4/03/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
Report:
Edward Coristine appeared on the podcast of conservative influencer Nick Shirley to discuss efforts from DOGE to search for fraud. During the podcast, they discussed the new Medicaid dataset released by DOGE. On the podcast, Coristine alleges that a lot of federal money is being stolen and siphoned out of the country by immigrants as well as disproven theories that a lot of dead people are receiving social security benefits and are registered to vote. Coristine also discussed the NDS, and revealed that the chief creative office is Nate Brown.
Report:
Edward Coristine appeared on the podcast of conservative influencer Nick Shirley to discuss efforts from DOGE to search for fraud. During the podcast, they discussed the new Medicaid dataset released by DOGE. On the podcast, Coristine alleges that a lot of federal money is being stolen and siphoned out of the country by immigrants as well as disproven theories that a lot of dead people are receiving social security benefits and are registered to vote. Coristine also discussed the NDS, and revealed that the chief creative office is Nate Brown.
| Person: | Nate Brown, Edward Coristine |
| Source: | Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Is Helping Out on Viral Fraud Videos Now Wired Magazine, 4/03/26 |
| Agency: | OPM, HHS, CMS |
Legal:
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.
Legal:
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 |
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 |
Appointed:
John Cafazza starts as Senior Product Designer at NDS.
Appointed:
John Cafazza starts as Senior Product Designer at NDS.
| Appointed: | John Cafazza 4/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Product Designer |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for John Cafazza LinkedIn, |
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Alexander Tullman 4/XX/25-4/XX/26 |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Tullman LinkedIn, |