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 were finally made public, revealing that he was hired and then immediately detailed to SSA, where he has continued to work past his original projected end of term in June. So, there are still a lot of questions about what he has been up to.
Likely aliases: SSA-03
Positions
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2/18
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appointed Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary (Schedule C, NTE 2025-06-17, GS-11/01, $84,601) | |
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2/22
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[as SSA-03] detail (reimbursed up to $71,000) «MOU signed by Mike Russo, was this followed by being hired at SSA» | |
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3/05
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likely detailed as Executive Engineer 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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likely detailed as Special Advisor «identified by agency FOIA as having been at the agency, guessing detailed» American Oversight | |
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internal xfer NYT | |
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internal xfer NYT |
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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Access:
Despite claims by a CMS spokesperson to the contrary, multiple DOGE staff (Edward Coristine, Marko Elez and Aram Moghaddassi) are granted access to the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) after arriving at CMS headquarters. This system tracks all payments made by Medicare, among other expenditures.
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2/22
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3/05
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Access:
Edward Coristine, Zach Terrell, Aram Moghaddassi and Marko Elez are also 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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Access:
A second wave of DOGE members detailed to HHS (Edward Coristine, Marko Elez and Aram Moghaddassi) are granted read access to the CMS Acquisition Lifestye Management System (CALM), which tracks CMS aquisitions and contracts
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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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Access:
USCIS CIO William McElhaney sends a message to DHS Deputy Secretary asking them to review access that was granted to DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Edward Coristine, Aram Moghaddassi and Payton Rehling.
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3/28
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Official:
As part of an interview on Fox News, Aram Moghaddassi spreads an incorrect statistic that states 40% of all phones calls to SSA are from people committing fraud.
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3/29
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Legal:
In a legal filing, the DOJ identifies 4 DOGE staffers - Edward Coristine, Marko Elez, Luke Farritor and Amy Gleason - as present at CMS. It omits the names of several other staffers with access to the CALM system.
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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. This list included the names of 7 minors.
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4/10
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Access:
102 more names of living people are added to the Master Death File at SSA to destroy their ability to participate in society and to “self-deport” as a result.
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4/10
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Disruption:
Greg Pearre, a senior career executive overseeing technologists at the SSA, is forced out of his office by security guards after clashing with CIO Scott Coulter and calling his plan to forcibly declare immigrants dead both illegal and cruel
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4/11
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4/18
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Disruption:
Some immigrants have been forced to prove they aren’t dead after being added to the Master Death File in an attempt to force them to “self-deport.” The White House had falsely claimed nobody was really declared dead.
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5/16
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Directory:
In a response to a FOIA request made by American Oversight, SBA provides a list of all people who have been identified as communication on agency head Kelly Loefler’s behalf. It includes a number of people known to be DOGE and others with the title Senior Advisor who might also be doge.gov
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6/06
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Sighting:
A report in the New York 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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