Nikhil Rajpal
Wrecker
, coder, age 30
An arrival to DOGE from Twitter, Nikhil Rajpal was a visible member in early Wrecker raids (including a foray into NOAA’s headquarter just outside of DC). Since mid-February, he has been exclusively based within the DOGE team at the Social Security Administration, which might explain the recent radio silence about his activities.
Positions
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1/24
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[as OPM-06] appointed Expert, Office of the Director (ED-00, excepted, volunteer) | |
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2/04
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likely detailed Axios | |
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2/07-3/21
detail end
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detail court doc | |
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2/26
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[as SSA-08] likely detailed (NTE 2026-02-26) |
Systems
| System | Dates | Notes |
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website
1/28
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1/28 | Agency Website
This is a stand-in for whatever website platform an agency is using (OPM) unknown access «listed as grant for “Web Admin” on 1/20. Not revoked as of 2/12» court doc |
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Databricks
1/28
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1/28 | Databricks
A hosted or self-hosted service that simplifies systems for processing big Data (OPM) admin access «listed as “OPM Data Azure Databricks Admin + NP / PRD Azure Subscriptions”» court doc |
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Databricks
1/28
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1/28 | Databricks
A hosted or self-hosted service that simplifies systems for processing big Data (OPM) admin access «listed as “OPM Data Azure Databricks Admin + NP / PRD Azure Subscriptions”» court doc |
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EHRI
1/28-2/06
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1/28-2/06 | Enterprise Human Resources Integration
The Enterprise Human Resources Integration Data Warehouse (“EHRI”) collects human resources, payroll, and training data from several dozen sources outside of OPM, including other federal agencies. (OPM) unknown access (never accessed) court doc |
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USA Performance
1/28
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1/28 | USA Performance
System tracking job performance of federal employees (OPM) unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - U.S. Office of Personnel Management”» |
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USA Staffing
1/28
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1/28 | USA Staffing
A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. (OPM) admin access «USA Staffing Core + Admin Portal - DEV/TST/STG/TRN/PRD» court doc |
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Google
2/05
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2/05 | Google Drive
(NOAA) read-write access granted by Agency Director Wired |
Events
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1/21
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Disruption:
Nikhil Rajpal and Cole Killian start screening all preexisting USDS staff with short interviews, asking them their views of DOGE and to name who they think are underperformers that should be fired.
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1/24
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1/27
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Access:
Charles Ezell sends an email to OPM IT staff stating that OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) “urgently” need access to several sensitive systems within the agency.
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1/28
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Access:
OPM grants OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) full administrative access to the systems USAJOBS, USA Staffing, USA Performance, eOPF, and EHRI. This access included “[c]ode read and write permissions.”
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2/04
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2/06
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Onboard:
A DOGE team consisting of Luke Farritor, Jeremy Lewin, Nikhil Rajpal, Gavin Kliger and Chris Young enters the CFPB headquarters and is given equipment and onboarded with a quick session on privacy policies in force at the CFPB.
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2/12
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Directory:
In a FOIA request, Democracy Forward names DOGE staff known to be at OPM at that time.
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2/20
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Directory:
Several DOGE staffers working at the agency are identified by Social Security Works (a nonprofit advocacy group).
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2/26
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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:
Wired reports that 10 DOGE staffers are currently visible in the Microsoft Teams directory of all employees at SSA
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3/21
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Offboard:
Nikhil Rajpal officially offboards from the CFPB, reportedly because his detail has ended. In a later court filing, CFPB reveals that he was not granted any system access nor did he perform any actions during his time at the CFPB.
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3/27
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Access:
In a sworn declaration, Leland Dudek justifies access to PII in SSA records for SSA-01 (Akash Bobba), SSA-05 (Cole Killian), SSA-08 (Nikhil Rajpal) and SSA-09 (Payton Rehling) on the DOGE team. This access is granted through the SSA’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) system. He asserts that DOGE staff are being granted only the minimum levels of schema access required.
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