Luke Farritor
Although he doesn’t have the same brash presence as his collegues Edward Coristine or Gavin Kliger, Luke Farritor has proven to be one of the most ruthless operatives among the DOGE wreckers. From the start, he has been dispatched to multiple agencies from the GSA with the sole purpose of seizing control of their spending mechanisms (through grants or direct expenditures). At HHS, he has admin control of Grants.gov, which is used by 18 agencies to issue grants. And, at USAID, he worked with Gavin Kliger to completely lock out agency staff from being able to disburse funds, freezing millions in grants and making him directly responsible for likely hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide.
Positions
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1/20- |
appointed (volunteer) «verified as detailed from GSA to HHS on 1/21, so assuming onboarded on 1/20» |
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1/21- |
detail court doc |
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1/27- |
likely detailed Wash. Post |
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1/30- |
internal xfer «date guessed from first system access at CDC» |
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1/31- |
internal xfer «date guessed from first system access at CMS» |
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c.2/04-c.2/08 |
likely detailed (Ended) |
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2/07-3/04 |
detail (Detail ended) court doc |
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2/10- |
likely detailed as Senior Advisor, Bureau of Diplomatic Technology «info reported by news source» Wash. Post |
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2/24- |
internal xfer Wired |
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4/14- |
likely detailed «arrived at agency to do secondary round of grant reviews with other DOGE staff at HHS.» FedScoop |
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5/31- |
converted to permanent position Senior Advisor (GS-15, $167,603 - $195,200) «Salary range for GS-15 in DC» Wired |
| likely detailed «linked to DHS by NYT, no other info» NYT | |
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Systems
| System | Details |
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PMS
1/22-
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Payment Management System
admin access granted by CTO A shared-services program provided by HHS for managing payments for grants (HHS) court doc |
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Grant Sol.
1/27-
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Grant Solutions
read access granted by Deputy Director A shared-service provider tool for federal agencies to track grants across their entire lifecycles (HHS) court doc |
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eRA
1/27-
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NIH Grant Management System
read access granted by CIO FIXME (NIH) court doc |
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HCAS
1/29-
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HHS Consolidated Acquisition System
admin access granted by Deputy Director FIXME (HHS) court doc |
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ICE
1/30-
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Integrated Contracts Expert
read access granted by CIO A system for tracking contracts at CDC (CDC) court doc |
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HIGLAS
1/31-
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Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System
read access granted by CIO A single, integrated dual-entry accounting system that centralizes accounting for CMS programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. (CMS) court doc |
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CALM
2/03-
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CMS Acquisition Lifecycle Management System
read access granted by CIO System for tracking CMS acquisitions, contracts, milestones and audits. (CMS) court doc |
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APEX
2/04-
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Acquisition Performance and Execution
read access granted by CIO A relatively new (~2022) system for tracking procurement at the CDC (CDC) court doc |
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Office365
2/05-
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Microsoft Office 365
unknown access Microsoft Office 365 is used for agency email and knowledge management systems. (Energy) CNN |
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Microsoft AD
2/07-3/04
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Active Directory
unknown access granted by CIO A system for controlling access to other systems within an agency (CFPB) court doc |
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Entra
2/07-3/04
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Microsoft Entra ID
admin access granted by CIO A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. (CFPB) court doc |
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IDR
2/18-
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Integrated Data Repository
read access granted by CIO A data warehouse that receives all Medicare claims after they have been approved for payment (CMS) court doc |
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EHCM
2/28-
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Enterprise Human Capital Management System
admin access granted by ISSO FIXME (HHS) court doc |
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EBS
2/28-
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Oracle E-Business Suite
read access granted by CIO Oracle E-Business Suite is a comprehensive suite of applications for finance, order management, logistics, procurement, projects, manufacturing, asset lifecycle, and human capital management. (NIH) court doc |
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PRISM
2/28-
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Procurement Request Information System Management
read access granted by CIO System for tracking procurement and contracting (NIH) court doc |
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Grants.gov
3/21-4/18
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Grants.gov
admin access granted by Deputy Director A system run and administered by HHS that is used at 18+ agencies for publishing grants, finding recipients and delivering funds (HHS) court doc |
Events
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12/05
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Sighting:
Luke Farritor posts a recruitment message for DOGE in a Discord server for SpaceX interns stating that he is looking for volunteers to work at DOGE for 6 months
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1/27
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Sighting:
A DOGE official first arrives at USAID. Later, senior staff are summoned to a meeting with Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor.
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1/30
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Disruption:
Farritor and Kliger demanded that all senior managers at USAID be stripped of their power to authorize payments - and that they alone become the authorizers.
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1/30
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Access:
Luke Farritor is granted access to the CDC's Integrated Contract Expert (ICE) system for contracts
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1/30
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1/31
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Access:
Luke Farritor is granted access to the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS) which centralizes payments for CMS medical claims
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2/03
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2/04
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Access:
Luke Farritor is granted access to the CDC's Acquisition Performance and Execution (APEX) system that tracks procurements at the CDC
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2/06
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2/07
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2/09
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Disruption:
Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor completely remove all access to the payments system for all other USAID staff
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2/10
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Sighting:
Edward Coristine and Luke Farritor are posted to the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Technology
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2/24
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2/24
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3/04
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Directory:
Wired reports that some DOGE staff (Kyle Schutt, Nate Cavanaugh) are being paid as full-time GSA employees, but other staff are listed as volunteers for that agency
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3/04
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3/05
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Access:
Luke Farritor is 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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Directory:
The Intercept receives a list of 30 DOGE staffers working within the Executive Office of the President (EOP), including 4 lawyers previously not listed
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3/13
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Directory:
Wired reports that 10 DOGE staffers are visible in the Microsoft Teams directory of all employees at SSA
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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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3/20
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3/29
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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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4/12
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Disruption:
A DOGE engineer has apparently removed the ability of government agencies to post new grants to grants.gov and requiring them to all be sent to a new email address created this week for reviews
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4/14
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Sighting:
Three unidentified DOGE staffers show up at NSF headquarters, forcing all approved grants to go through a "secondary review." They were later identified as Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley and Zach Terrell.
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4/22
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Directory:
Three DOGE staffers are now at the National Science Foundation reviewing grants. Luke Farritor has a "Budget, Finance, and Administration" clearance, which a source said allows him to view and modify the agency's funding opportunity system.
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4/28
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Access:
Luke Farritor and Adam Ramada reportedly have had accounts for several weeks on systems and networks that handle classified material about nuclear weapons. This contradicts agency reports they had departed the agency within a few days of arrival.
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