Conor Fennessy
Wrecker, analyst, age 32
There aren’t many public details about Conor Fennessy, except that he apparently has a background in finance. Whatever his story, he joined up early with DOGE, starting as a part-time consultant at the Department of Education before heading over to HHS and then the Department of the Interior. His main specialization seems to be reviewing grants for cancellation if they match certain verboten topics like climate change or “DEI.”
Likely aliases: ED-02
Positions
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| Education |
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| HHS |
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| SBA |
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Systems
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CALM
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System for tracking CMS acquisitions, contracts, milestones and audits. read access granted by CIO «revoked earlier» |
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Grant Solutions
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A shared-service provider tool for federal agencies to track grants across their entire lifecycles read access granted by Deputy Director |
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Grants.gov
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A system run and administered by HHS that is used at 18+ agencies for publishing grants, finding recipients and delivering funds read access granted by Deputy Director |
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HCAS
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This appears to be a system used at HHS for tracking acquisition and procurement efforts across the agency. read access granted by Deputy Director |
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EBS
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Oracle E-Business Suite is a comprehensive suite of applications for finance, order management, logistics, procurement, projects, manufacturing, asset lifecycle, and human capital management. read access granted by CIO |
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PRISM
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System for tracking procurement and contracting read access granted by CIO |
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FBIS
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A system for tracking business operations at HHS read access granted by Deputy Director «revoke date likely earlier» |
Events
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| 1/17 DOGE |
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Sighting:
The public calendar of Riley Sennott mentions a 30-minute “SGE Ethics Discussion” meeting with other new DOGE members Derek Geissler, Brooks Morgan and Conor Fennessy included on the invitation. SGE stands for Special Government Employee.
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| 2/03 CMS |
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Access:
Multiple DOGE staff (Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley, Conor Fennessy and Jeremy Lewin) at CMS are granted read-only access to the CMS Acquisition Lifestye Management System (CALM) which tracks CMS aquisitions and contracts.
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| c.2/04 Education |
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Disruption:
The head of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) meets with multiple DOGE personnel with her main point of contact being Conor Fennessy. She describes the interactions with DOGE as chaotic and unclear, with many of their requests being filtered down thorugh multiple layers of leadership.
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| 3/29 HHS |
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Directory:
In a court declaration in AFL-CIO vs. DOL, counsel for the plaintiffs Alexa Milton provides the names of two DOGE staffers at HHS who were not included in the government’s list of staffers provided as part of legal discovery.
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| 5/07 DOI |
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Disruption:
A spreadsheet created by Conor Fennessy outlines a reported $26 million in grant reductions for programs in the National Parks, including those identified as “DEI” or studying climate change. It also axes a popular Scientists in Parks program, that provides educational opportunities for early-career scientists and students. A $400K project to make a park accessible for children with disabilities was also targeted because it was “DEI.”
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| 5/16 SBA |
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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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