Luke Farritor
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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
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appointed (volunteer) «verified as detailed from GSA to HHS on 1/21, so assuming onboarded on 1/20» | |
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1/21
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detail court doc | |
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1/27
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likely detailed Wash. Post | |
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1/30
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internal xfer «date guessed from first system access at CDC» | |
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1/31
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internal xfer «date guessed from first system access at CMS» | |
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c.2/04
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likely detailed | |
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2/07-3/04
detail end
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detail court doc | |
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2/10
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likely detailed as Senior Advisor, Bureau of Diplomatic Technology «info reported by news source» Wash. Post | |
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2/24
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internal xfer Wired | |
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4/14
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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
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converted to permanent position Senior Advisor (GS-15, $167,603 - $195,200) «Salary range for GS-15 in DC» Wired | |
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6/XX
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likely detailed «Only info I have is Wired confirmed he was detailed to Labor» Wired | |
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likely detailed «linked to DHS by NYT, no other info» NYT | |
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internal xfer NYT | |
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internal xfer NYT | |
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internal xfer NYT |
Systems
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PMS
1/22
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1/22 | Payment Management System
A shared-services program provided by HHS for managing payments for grants (HHS) admin access granted by CTO court doc |
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Grant Solutions
1/27
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1/27 | 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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eRA
1/27
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1/27 | NIH Grant Management System
FIXME (NIH) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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HCAS
1/29
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1/29 | HHS Consolidated Acquisition System
This appears to be a system used at HHS for tracking acquisition and procurement efforts across the agency. (HHS) admin access granted by Deputy Director court doc |
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ICE
1/30
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1/30 | Integrated Contracts Expert
A system for tracking contracts at CDC (CDC) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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HIGLAS
1/31
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1/31 | 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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CALM
2/03
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2/03 | 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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APEX
2/04
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2/04 | Acquisition Performance and Execution
A relatively new (~2022) system for tracking procurement at the CDC (CDC) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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Office365
2/05
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2/05 | Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office 365 is used for agency email and knowledge management systems. (Energy) unknown access CNN |
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AD
2/07-3/04
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2/07-3/04 | Active Directory
A system for controlling access to other systems within an agency (CFPB) unknown access granted by CIO court doc |
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Microsoft Entra ID
2/07-3/04
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2/07-3/04 | Microsoft Entra ID
A centralized identity provider used to support single-sign-on (SSO) and centralize access control for agencies. (CFPB) admin access granted by CIO court doc |
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IDR
2/18
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2/18 | 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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EHCM
2/28
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2/28 | Enterprise Human Capital Management System
This system is used at HHS for managing all aspects of human-capital related tasks, including staffing notes and performance plans. (HHS) admin access granted by ISSO court doc |
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EBS
2/28
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2/28 | Oracle E-Business Suite
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) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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PRISM
2/28
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2/28 | Procurement Request Information System Management
System for tracking procurement and contracting (NIH) read access granted by CIO court doc |
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Grants.gov
3/21-4/18
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3/21-4/18 | Grants.gov
A system run and administered by HHS that is used at 18+ agencies for publishing grants, finding recipients and delivering funds (HHS) admin access granted by Deputy Director «The govt reported he had blocked all access a week earlier, so I doubt it» 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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1/20
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1/27
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Onboard:
Still convinced that USAID is deliberately committing insubordination against the executive order, Peter Marocco arrives at USAID with DOGE staffers Luke Farritor, Edward Coristine and Clayton Cromer to audit USAID’s accounts.
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1/27
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Disruption:
After the arrival, senior staff are summoned to a meeting with Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor. They then presented agency leadership with a list of 57 employees involved with payments to be placed on immediate administrative leave. The list reportedly made little sense and involved many staff not involved with payments.
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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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Report:
DOGE presents their evidence that the employees should be placed on leave based on a single email analysis made by Luke Farritor and sent to other DOGE members. “I could be wrong. My numbers could be off.” he writes, but the conclusions are not questioned or checked.
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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:
Adam Ramada shows up in the Department of Energy’s online directory, along with Luke Farritor. There also is reportedly a third DOGE staff at the agency.
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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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Directory:
Four DOGE staffers are indentified with email addresses linked to NIH
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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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Offboard:
Luke Farritor officially offboards from the CFPB and all his system access is revoked. The reason given is that his detail had ended.
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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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Directory:
A partial copy of the GSA’s A-Suite access list includes multiple DOGE personnel listed as based in GSA
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4/11
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Disruption:
Luke Farritor uses his admin access to lock out all government officials at multiple agencies from using grants.gov to issue new grants. Instead, all grants must not be sent to a new email address which will be reviewed by DOGE before grants can be posted.
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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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5/31
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Report:
Edward Coristine and Luke Farritor are both converted into regular positions at the GSA at the GS-15 level, which would mean an annual salary of $167,603 - $195,200 in Washington, DC. This is the maximum level possible for a general government worker, and it often takes years or decades to reach.
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6/26
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Official:
In an email to agency partners, the operators of grants.gov declare that the revised mechanism added in April that routed all Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) through a DOGE email address has been reversed. Instead, agencies are to return to using the tool like that did previously. This doesn’t necessarily mean that DOGE or political appointees will not be reviewing grants, but they have no longer locked other users out of the system.
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