Aram Moghaddassi
Wrecker
, coder, age 26
Tech Industry Links: Neuralink, Twitter
A former employee at both X and Neuralink, Aram Moghaddassi arrived as a hire at the Department of Labor in February and has been detailed to other agencies like Social Security or DHS to work at important projects for Musk, whether it’s trying to detect fraud at SSA or building a surveillance state for immigration. His hiring arrangements at DOL have not yet been made public, but SSA was reimbursing DOL for his time at $71,000 per quarter, so I’m assuming he is a paid employee there.
Likely aliases: SSA-03
Positions
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2/XX
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unknown «assuming start at DOL because listed later as detailee from there» | |
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2/22
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[as SSA-03] detail (reimbursed $71,000 per quarter) «Unclear if this ended bc named to CIO» | |
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3/05
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likely detailed court doc | |
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3/05
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internal xfer court doc | |
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6/XX
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promoted to Chief Information Officer (supervisory) FedScoop | |
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likely detailed NYT | |
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Systems
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HIGLAS
2/05
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2/05 | Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System
A single, integrated dual-entry accounting system that centralizes accounting for CMS programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. (CMS) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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Grant Solutions
2/19
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2/19 | Grant Solutions
A shared-service provider tool for federal agencies to track grants across their entire lifecycles (HHS) read access granted by Deputy Director court doc |
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CALM
3/05
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3/05 | CMS Acquisition Lifecycle Management System
System for tracking CMS acquisitions, contracts, milestones and audits. (CMS) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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IDR
3/05
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3/05 | Integrated Data Repository
A data warehouse that receives all Medicare claims after they have been approved for payment (CMS) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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NDNH
3/06-4/18
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3/06-4/18 | National Directory of New Hires
A system for tracking wages and new hires that’s used for child support location (HHS) read access granted by CTO court doc |
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CIS
3/17
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3/17 | Central Index System
The CIS contains information about immigrants who use Alien Numbers, or A-Numbers. (USCIS) unknown access granted by CIO Antoine McCord FedScoop |
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ELIS
3/17
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3/17 | Electronic Immigration System
ELIS acts as a case management system for USCIS and includes information about green cards and petitions, as well as details related to Temporary Protected Status and DACA applicants (USCIS) unknown access granted by CIO Antoine McCord FedScoop |
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DBIS
3/17
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3/17 | USCIS Data Business Intelligence Services
A system for tracking payments and business operations of USCIS (USCIS) unknown access granted by CIO Antoine McCord FedScoop |
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FLAG
4/18
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4/18 | Foreign Labor Application Gateway
This newly-modernized portal will help U.S. employers find qualified workers while ensuring protections for U.S. and foreign workers. (DOL) admin access «granted “OIG-level” admin access» Wired |
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REO
4/18
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4/18 | Reentry Employment Opportunities
System which tracks funding provided for justice-involved youth and young adults and adults who were formerly incarcerated. (DOL) unknown access Wired |
Events
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2/05
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2/22
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3/05
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Access:
Aram Moghaddassi and Marko Elez are granted read access to the Integrated Data Repository (IDR), a data warehouse of all Medicare claims
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3/05
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3/05
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Onboard:
Business Insider reports Marko Elez, Aram Moghaddassi, and Miles B. Collins are new DOGE arrivals at Department of Labor
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3/12
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Directory:
In a sworn declaration, Florence Felix-Lawson notes “the SSA DOGE Team currently consists of ten SSA employees: four SSA special government employees (Employees 1, 4, 6, and 9) and six detailees to SSA from other government agencies and offices (Employees 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10)”
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3/13
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Directory:
As later reported in a declaration in AFL-CIO et al. vs. Department of Labor, HHS employee Mark Samburg finds DOGE staff at the agency listed in an online directory as Executive Engineers (and Rachel Riley as a Senior Advisor)
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3/28
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3/28
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Official:
As part of an interview on Fox News, Aram Moghaddassi spreads the debunked statistic that 40% of call to SSA are from fraudsters
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4/08
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Access:
Aram Moghaddassi adds 6300 names of suspected immigrants to the “death master file” as a way of forcing them to “self-deport” by making it impossible to use financial products. It included 7 minors.
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4/11
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6/06
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Sighting:
A report in the Times suggests that Mike Russo and Aram Moghaddassi have essentially been acting as joint CIOs at the agency.
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6/23
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Sighting:
Edward Coristine is reportedly sighted at the Woodlawn, MD location of the Social Security Administration alongside Aram Moghaddassi. It is later confirmed that he is now working as a Special Government Employee (SGE) for the agency after he had resigned his position at GSA.
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6/28
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Disruption:
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.
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Open Questions
- When did Aram Moghaddassi start at the Department of Labor and what was his salary?
All signs point to Aram Mohgaddassi starting at the DOL by mid-February, but what was the actual start. Also assuming salaried because details from DOL reimbursed