Thenetwork of the Department of Government Efficiency consists of affiliates and allies associated with theDepartment of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in thesecond presidency of Donald Trump. DOGE members entered or joined variousfederal agencies.[2] They took control of information systems to facilitatemass layoffs. DOGE actions have met variousresponses, includinglawsuits.
WhileElon Musk promised full transparency, the identity of DOGE personnel has not been publicly disclosed; staffers revealed byinvestigative journalists were youngcoders without government experience.[3] Roughly 40 affiliates are tied to Musk; others come fromSilicon Valley, the Trump administration, and conservative law.[4] In July 2025,ProPublica tracked down more than 100 DOGE members, of whom at least 23 made cuts at agencies regulating where they previously worked.[5]
DOGE's structure has not been published. Leadership was also blurred: whileAmy Gleason was named Acting Administrator[6] andSteve Davis reportedly managed daily operations,[7] Trump has described Musk as being "in charge",[8] and a court has declared himde facto leader.[9] Musk and his inner circle left DOGE at the end of May.[10]
On December 6, 2024,New York Times investigative journalists named Silicon Valley billionaires who tried to influence the Trump transition team toward deregulation of AI, crypto, and space industries:Marc Andreessen,Jared Birchall,Michael Kratsios,Shaun Maguire, and other Musk allies.[11] On January 12, they reported that "an unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful Republican donor, are preparing to take up unofficial positions in the U.S. government in the name of cost-cutting". Communication between them was encrypted throughSignal; Baris Akis,James Fishback, and Brad Smith were introduced, along with Matt Luby,Rachel Riley, and Joanna Wischer; Vinay Hiremath was the only one to comment.[12]
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On February 2,Wired revealed that DOGE hired six coders aged 19–24 with no experience in government: Akash Bobba,Edward Coristine,Luke Farritor,Marko Elez, Gautier Killian,Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.[3] They reportedly conducted video interviews with federal workers without identifying themselves, with queries such as "whom they would choose to fire from their teams if they had to pick one person",[13] and surprise code reviews, silently supervised by "extremely young men".[14] They have been called "Doge Kids" by officials, reporters, and social media users.[15][16][17]
Coristine has gone by the name "Big Balls" on the internet.[18] According toBrian Krebs, his past poses security risks:[19] the 19-year-old son of theLesserEvil owner[20] leaked information from the company where he was interning,[21] mingled with 'The Com', owned domains registered in Russia,[22] and provided tech support to another cybercrime group.[23] Kliger creditedRon Unz for his political awakening,[24] repostingNick Fuentes andAndrew Tate, along with supremacist memes.[25] Elez too has anedgelord past, with posts such as "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity" and "Normalize Indian hate."[26]
In February, Farritor and Kliger manually blocked payments for programs approved byMarco Rubio.[27][28] Court documents filed on March 14 have revealed that DOGE staffer Marko Elez violated Treasury policy by mishandling personal information.[29] In May, Kliger was said to have coerced Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff into a 36-hour shift.[30]
On February 4, Musk accused ofdoxing those who circulated the names of the DOGE kids.[31] The next day,Ed Martin stated this violated the law,[32] According to New York Times reporter Ken Bensinger, Musk was attempting to describe traditional journalism as doxing in order to invalidate the role of the media in government accountability.[33]
On February 4,Wired identified Rajpal at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.[34] The next day,The Guardian said Kliger, Farritor entered USAID withJeremy Lewin andPete Marocco.[17] On February 7,NPR noted the opacity of the scope of DOGE's work and the identities of its members; it named four with senior roles: Ricardo Biasini, Tom Krause, Amanda Scales, and Thomas Shedd, all with Musk ties;[35]CNN also said Farritor has been granted access to Department of Energy's information systems despite their chief information officer's objections,[36] and Kliger, Rajpal, and Chris Young were reported byWired at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;[37] laterBloomberg also revealed Lewin, Young, and Jordan Wick in that operation.
Days after it identified three lawyers tied to the Supreme Court,[38]ProPublica published on February 8 a list of who is involved in DOGE; it last updated its list on June 10, reaching 109 names; few have a known contractual status; some have tried to conceal their roles; the White House provided little information.[39] On February 11,Business Insider listed more than 30 DOGE members, and four new names: Kendall Lindemann, Adam Ramada, Kyle Schutt, and Austin Raynor;[40] ProPublica also disclosed new names: Jenn Balajada, Nicole Hollander, and Ryan Riedel.[41]Wired revealed the next day that the new chief information officers of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of personal Management (OPM), and the Department of Energy (DoE) were tied to Palantir or SpaceX.[42]The Washington Post published on the same day (February 7) that DOGE overtook 15 agencies with 30 DOGE operatives (staffers and allies); of the few it named, only Noah Peters and Alexandra Beynon were not known.[43]
On February 18,TechCrunch published a list of DOGE staffers, and the senior advisors coming from Musk's inner circle;[44] that list has been updated on May 20.[45] On February 24,Wired identified Farritor, Lewin, Rachel Riley, and Clark Minor at the National Institute of Health.[46] Days later, theNew York Times said much of DOGE's "operations are opaque, and most of its personnel have not been disclosed by the Trump administration"; they tracked the roles DOGE members officially took, and the agencies to which they were delegated, and also mapped the ties that could explain why the members were hired.[47]
On March 6,Fortune issued its list of "top players" at DOGE.[48]Bloomberg published the day after a list of DOGE members tied to Peter Thiel.[49]Wired followed suit, naming three affiliates tied to Palantir.[50] At the end of March,Politico listed names from DOGE's "legal army".[51]Wired mapped DOGE's corporate connections as known by the end of March.[4] Musk appeared at the end of the month onFox News, along seven DOGE advisors, whomThe Hill profiled.[52]The Washington Post published its own comprehensive list on April 8.[53]Bloomberg made a second list in mid-April, about Musk associates.[54]
While Musk promised "maximal transparency" and Trump revealed the size of DOGE (c. 100 people), details about its operations were not made public by the administration.[55] The structure of DOGE has not been published.[56] USDS staffers reported that the DOGE team embedded isolated themselves from the other members of the agency.[57]CNN sentFreedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests in February for security clearance records of DOGE members who were granted access to sensitive or classified government data; the response, from an OPM email address, was: "Good luck with that they just got rid of the entire privacy team". Sources told CNN that employees from the communications staff and those who handle FOIA requests were also dismissed.[58]
Administration officials have contested DOGE membership in internal communications, in public, and in courts.[59]Amy Gleason argued in group chat she had no control over DOGE members hired by other agencies, nor any responsibility regarding their actions, including firings.[60]General Services Administration (GSA) administrator and DOGE memberStephen Ehikian stated "there is no DOGE team at GSA"[61] even though DOGE leadership occupied the sixth floor at GSA protected by security, with IKEA bedroom furniture, a child's play area and washing appliances.[62][63] In a legal case involving theDepartment of Labor, DOGE lawyers objected to the plaintiffs' meanings of "DOGE employee", "sensitive systems", "access", "records", and "authority", which they deemed "vague and ambiguous"; they restricted the concept of DOGE employee to "individuals who have a formal relationship" with the US DOGE Service.[64][65] In a court case involving the"Fork in the road" mass email, DOGE memberJacob Altik has been presented as an OPM lawyer when trying to shut down theAfrican Development Foundation along with other DOGE members.[66]
Few DOGE members spoke to the press. Musk appeared on Fox News multiple times and spoke to Joe Rogan, but declined challenging interviews.[67]
One month after being taken over by DOGE, Multiple legacy USDS employees could not identify its leadership.[6] In a February 17 affidavit,Office of Administration director Joshua Fischer told JudgeTanya Chutkan that Musk was not the administrator or an employee of DOGE but aspecial government employee with no "authority to make government decisions". Trump declared two days later to have put "Musk in charge" of DOGE.[68] At a February 24 hearing, JudgeColleen Kollar-Kotelly questioned the constitutionality of retrofitting DOGE as theUnited States Digital Service and asked the government attorney, Bradley Humphreys, about its structure; he said that he ignored Musk's role beyond that of Trump advisor.[69] On the next day, Press SecretaryKaroline Leavitt said that Musk is "overseeing DOGE" but refused to identify its administrator.[70][71]
Later the same day, the White House named Amy Gleason, who worked from 2018 through 2021 atUS Digital Service (USDS), as acting administrator.[72][73] On February 28, Justice Department lawyer Joshua Gardner told JudgeTheodore D. Chuang that he was unable to identify the administrator of DOGE before Gleason.[74] In a filing submitted under seal but partly released in March, the Trump administration recognized that Gleason has been working atHealth and Human Services at the same time that she said having worked full-time as an administrator of the US DOGE Service.[75] At the end of February, neither the White House nor its lawyers could confirm who was running it.[6]
In his March 4 joint address to Congress, Trump repeated that DOGE "is headed by Elon Musk".[76][77] After being quoted in lawsuits days later, Trump reportedly told members of his Cabinet thatthey rather than Musk and DOGE were to make staffing decisions for their departments, but a few hours later remonstrated "If they don't cut, then Elon will do the cutting."[78] On March 18, Chuang determined that Musk was "the leader of DOGE" and that his actions in dismantling USAID violated theAppointments Clause.[9] In a May 21Supreme Court filing,Solicitor GeneralJohn Sauer told the court that Musk "is not part of" DOGE.[79] In a separate lawsuit involving Musk's company X, his own lawyers stated that he is "in charge of" DOGE.[80]
DuringTesla's earnings call on April 22, Musk told his investors that he planned to reduce his government work, but that he will "likely" continue for the remainder of Trump's term.[81][82][83] Musk clarified that he was not planning to step away from DOGE entirely, saying that he would "spend a day or two per week on government matters for as long as the president would like me to do so".[84] Musk beganworking remotely around the same time,[85] months after expressing his intent to ban remote work for federal workers.[86] Musk'soffboarding began on May 28 at the end of his scheduled time as a special government employee.[87][88] Top Musk lieutenantSteve Davis, top DOGE advisorKatie Miller and DOGE general counselJames Burnham would be leaving as well.[89] Trump officially thanked Musk during an Oval Office farewell on May 30, and said Musk was "not really leaving".[90] During an interview with Brett Baier on June 1, Muskcriticized theOne Big Beautiful Bill Act for undoing DOGE's work.[91] Shortly after, theTrump–Musk feud erupted.
After theTrump–Musk feud in June, DOGE affiliates started to integrate other agencies, not as members of a separate organization embedded to them.Edward Coristine has disappeared from GSA's directory and joined the SSA,[92] alongside Aram Moghaddassi;Joe Gebbia has been appointed as the first chief design officer of the National Design Studio;Jeremy Lewin joined theDepartment of State; Zachary Terrell has become HHS chief information officer; Rachel Riley has become theOffice of Naval Research chief;Amy Gleason, presumably the acting administrator, became an adviser toRobert F. Kennedy Jr. in March;[93] Sam Beyda is nowCDC's chief of staff.[94] Legacy employees toldWired they were asked not to call them "DOGE".[2] DOGE has continued to recruit tech workers, promising up to $195,000.[95] According to Sahil Lavingia and other sources, Davis was still involved after he officially left, throughSignal.[2][96]
In the same month, OMB directorRussell Vought told lawmakers that DOGE affiliates have become "institutionalized" and that he envisioned them "as in-house consultants as a part of the agency's leadership".[97][98] In November 2025,Scott Kupor toldReuters that DOGE had ceased to exist and that the government-widehiring freeze was over.[99] In follow-up questions, he toldTime that OPM and OMB would "institutionalize" the changes made by DOGE.[100]
DOGE members have been classified into leadership, staffers and allies; allies either have no formal affiliation with DOGE[11][12] or joined the administration through other means.[47] Types of staffer resembleDOGE teams mentioned in the first executive order:[101] executive, tech, and lawyer.[a] An "affiliate" is thus either a leader or a staffer.[4]
DOGE involvement extends beyond employee status: personnel consisted of volunteers at first.[40] While theOffice of Presidential Personnel made political loyalty to Trump a cornerstone of its hiring strategy, DOGE employees were onboarded through a separate Musk-led process.[102] Musk said in March 2025 that there are around 100 employees and that he planned to double the staff.[103] Special government employees have an advisory role limited to a 130-day work period that can be paid or unpaid. Those who earn a substantial salary have to disclose it. Unlike federal workers, special employees are allowed to keep outside salaries and may not need to disclose conflicts of interest.[104][105]
Many DOGE members are embedded in other government units under specific roles.[106] At least 23 employees hired at the OPM between Jan. 20 and Feb. 20 worked for DOGE.[107] By March, DOGE was installed at GSA[108] and SSA.[109] DOGE teams have been detailed to almost everyexecutive branch agency; six members affiliated to GSA tried to embed DOGE teams in units outside of it.[110]
Wired mapped four connections: Musk (roughly 40 DOGE members were tied to him), conservative lawyers, Trump, and Silicon Valley.[4]ProPublica found 29 executive managers, 28 engineers, 16 investors, and 12 lawyers; more came from finance than any other field; it also found that most staffers are young (60% under 40) men (83% male) with limited government experience.[5]Bloomberg found connections between DOGE members and either Musk or Thiel.[54][49]
At least 23 DOGE officials are making cuts at agencies that regulate where they previously worked.[5] Many DOGE members made financial contributions to the Trump campaign.[111]
Besides appearing in lists, DOGE affiliates were covered with specific news of their exploits. Five were named whenNBC broke the news that DOGE transferred data out of the Department of Labor on February 13: Sam Beyda, Derek Geissler, Cole Killian, Adam Ramada and Jordan Wick.[112] On June 16, theNew York Times listed the key 8 DOGE official involved with SSA.[113]
| Name | Type | Roles | Ties | Involvement | See |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Abrahamson | Lawyer | DOT (Feb–Mar 2025);USDA senior advisor | Law – Munck Wilson Mandala;[114] Musk – Tesla lawyer | Worked at a department investigating Tesla[7] | [c][j] |
| Justin Aimonetti | Lawyer | EOP | Law – Dechert LLP,[115]FedSoc contributor;[116] Trump – first administration[117] | Entered USIP[115] and CCR;[118] contacted theVera Institute[119] | [c][j] |
| Baris Akis | Ally[b] | OPM recruiter (non-US resident)[120] | Musk – Human Capital co-founder;[121] | Directed e-meetings; assigned work to Lavingia at VA[120] | [l][f][b] |
| Jacob "Jake" Rodenhaus Altik | Lawyer | OPM | Law – New Civil Liberties Alliance,Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Trump – Neomi Rao clerk,Neil Gorsuch clerk;[38] | USADF standoff;[122] OPM'sFork in the road trial[66] | [c][f][j][n] |
| Marc Andreessen | Ally | West Palm Beach meetings and strategy[b] | Musk – a16z backed SpaceX, xAI, and Twitter; Trump – transition team | Networked to hire talents; pushed for return-to-office[123] | [b][e] |
| Anthony John Armstrong | Executive | OPM senior advisor to the Director (Feb–Apr, 2025)[124] | Musk – Twitter purchase;Morgan Stanley | Appeared on Fox News;[125] | [c][f][l][n] |
| Jennifer "Jehn" Balajadia | Leadership – aide | EOP;[41]ED | Musk – confidant and assistant,Boring | [c][l][f][e] | |
| Ankur Bansal | Executive | DOT | Startups – Homelight; SnapSaves | Identified grants to be canceled | [c] |
| Sam Beyda | Tech | DOL | Extracted DOL data[112]; turnedCDC deputy chief of staff[94] | ||
| Alexandra T. Beynon | Tech – engineer | ED[43] | Musk – Mindbloom,ketamine-assisted therapy company founded by her husband;[126]Goldman Sachs | [c][f] | |
| Riccardo NMN Biasini | Executive | OPM senior advisor | Musk – Boring,Twitter,Tesla; disclosed 1–5M in Boring stocks and 1–5M in Boring options[127] | Involved in the "Fork" email | [c][e][f][l][n] |
| Jared Birchall | Ally | DOGE (Nov 2024–) | Musk – wealth manager,Neuralink; Trump – transition team | InterviewedDOS candidates | [a] |
| Frank Bisignano | Ally[f] | SSA commissioner | Fintech – Fiserv, First Data Corp[128] JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup[129] | Described himself as "fundamentally a DOGE person". | [f] |
| Brian N. Bjelde | Executive | OPM senior advisor | Musk – earlySpaceX employee,[130] terminated 80% ofTwitter workforce; NASA – Rain (autonomousBlack Hawk helicopters) | Instructed agencies to cut 70% of their workforces[131] | [c][f][l][n] |
| Adam Blake | Executive | NRC DOGE team lead[132] | Controlled NRC decisions;[133] questionedSteve Davis's continued influence at DOGE as a non-employee[134] | ||
| Akash Bobba | Tech – coder | OPM,GSA | Thiel – Palantir intern; Diversity Discovered CIO[135] | Worked on OPM's Online Retirement Application system;[136] accessed "every bit of data" at the SSA[137][138][113] | [c][f][e][h][i][n] |
| Ashley Boizelle | Lawyer | GSA attorney advisor | Trump – FCC, underAjit Pai;[139]Sandra Ikuta clerk;Gibson Dunn[117] | [c][j][f] | |
| Christina Angelina Bonnarrigo Villamil | OPM | [n] | |||
| Emily Bryant | CFPB[140] | Entered the FTC[141] | [c] | ||
| James Burnham | Lawyer – general counsel | EOP; USIP | Trump – first administration,Neil Gorsuch clerk;[38]FedSoc;[142]Jones Day | Resigned on May 29, 2025[89] | [c][j][f] |
| Nate Cavanaugh | Executive | USIP acting president[143] | Startups – Brainbase, FlowFi | ICH; enteredUSADF,IAF,IMLS,NEH,MBDA; contacted theVera Institute;[144] misrepresented USAID on Fox News[145] paid $120,500 by theGSA[105] | [c][e][c] |
| Alison Childs | Tech – web design | GSA | Musk – Dream Team | [c] | |
| Yat Choi | Tech – engineer (non-citizen)[2] | OPM | Gebbia – AirBnB engineer | Worked on OPM's Online Retirement Application system;[136] | [c] |
| Carl Coe | Executive | DOE chief of staff | Mango Practice Management[146] | Led DOGE efforts in the DOE[147] | |
| Brandon Mayhew | Senior Advisor | OPM | Musk – Twitter[148] | Facilitated restructurings | [n] |
| Michael Cole | Executive | USDA | Startups – Shareholder Capital | Appeared on Fox News | [c][f] |
| Miles Collins | DOL | Pronatalism – Fertility clinic, brother ofMalcolm Collins[149] | Named in GAO audit notes; has access to National Farmworker Jobs Program system[150][151] | [c] | |
| George Cooper | Ally – recruiter | DOGE | Thiel – Palantir engineer | Hired Palantir talent[50] | [e][h] |
| Sam Corcos | Advisor | USDT chief information officer | Andreessen – Levels co-founder; health influencer; wife tied toSuleyman Kerimov | Initiated Direct File termination after meeting with lobbyists;[152] accessed taxpayer and vendor information;[153] planned to develop an API for IRS data inPalantir's Foundry;[154] organized an IRS hackathon; appeared on Fox News;[155] granted access to Bureau of Fiscal Services system[156] | [c] |
| Edward "Big Balls" Coristine | Tech – coder | SSA senior advisor;[2]CISA;[157]GSA[92] | Musk – Neuralink intern; Tesla.sexy LLC owner;[22]LesserEvil; Path Network fired intern;[158]The Com;[19]Valery Martinov grandson | Appeared twice on Fox News;[159] left in June 2025 to work forSSA;[92] accessed CISA systems[157] granted access toUSCIS databases[160] | [c][l][c][f][e] |
| Scott Coulter | Executive | SSA chief information officer (Feb–March);NASA DOGE lead | Tiger Cubs – Cowbird Capital (now closed)[161] | Involved in the SSA takeover;[113] told SSA executives to take thefork; relabeled 6,100 living immigrants as dead[162] access NASA databases | [c][e][i] |
| Steve Davis | Leadership – second in command (Feb–May 2025)[89] | EOP,OPM,GSA | Musk – SpaceX,Twitter,Boring;Atlas Society advisor[163] | Occupied a GSA floor; involved in the SSA takeover;[113][125] tried to hold a meeting after having left[134] | [c][l][c][f][e][j] |
| Clayton James Cromer | OPM,USAID | Involved inUSAID shutdown[164] | [n] | ||
| Stephen Dominic Duarte | Executive – human resources | OPM | Musk – SpaceX,Bjelde colleague | [c][f][l][n] | |
| Leland Dudek | Ally – DOGE sherpa[f] | SSA acting commissioner (February to May, 2025) | Facilitated DOGE entry at SSA | Threatened to shutdown SSA;[16] placed on leave after contesting Trump's 40% claim;[113] wrote an op-ed in the New York Post[165] | [c][f] |
| Stephen Ehikian | Ally and Executive[f] | GSA acting administrator[108](Feb–July 2025)[166] | Musk – spouse worked at X;Salesforce; AI startup | Transferred USIP building to GSA at no cost; replaced byMichael Rigas[166] | [c][f] |
| Marko Elez | Tech – coder | USDT | Musk – SpaceX, X, xAI, Neuralink | Fired from DOGE for past racist posts; re-hired afterJD Vance's intervention; accidentally published anAPI key for 52xAILLMs in aGitHub repository[167] | [c][f][e][i] |
| Bee Elvy | Tech – web designer | GSA | Musk – Dream Team | [c] | |
| Luke Farritor | Operative | GSA senior advisor[168] | Musk – SpaceX;Thiel Fellowship | Helped DOGE recruitment;[50] accessed at least 12 databases (HHS,DOS, etc.) | [c][l][f][e][h][i] |
| Conor Fennessy | Executive | ED,HHS | [c] | ||
| James Fishback | Ally | DOGE (Feb–May 2025) | Trump – Launched his investment fund at Mar-a-Lago in December 2024 | Claimed to have advised DOGE, butKatie Miller disputed that he did.[169]Suggested a "DOGE dividend"; distanced himself from DOGE during theTrump–Musk feud[170] | [g][b] |
| Joshua ("Josh") Fox | Lawyer | Trump – Court of Federal Claims (Ryan T. Holte);[117]Charles Koch:Institute for Justice;[171] Alston & Bird | [j] | ||
| Justin Fox | Executive | GSA | Finance – Nexus Capital Management | Detailed:NLRB,USADF,IAF,NEH,USIP, theWilson Center,MEC, etc[144] | |
| Justin Fulcher | Executive | DOD,VA | Musk – longtime collaborator. Tech entrepreneur. | Accessed VA's systems; resigned from DOGE, promoted byHegseth atDOD;[172] resigned in July[173] | [c] |
| Nicholas Gallagher | Lawyer | GSA | Law – Clement & Murphy associate, clerked for Danny J. Boggs;National Review andReal Clear Politics author[174][175] | [c] | |
| Mattieu Gamache-Asselin | Executive | HHS senior advisor | Startup – Alto | Advised on budgeting, grants and financial management | [c] |
| Joseph Nicholas "Joe" Gebbia | Ally[176] | OPM (Feb–Aug 2025); National Design Studio chief design officer (Aug 2025–)[177] | Musk – Tesla board;[178] Trump – supportsRobert Kennedy Jr[179] | Appeared on Fox News[125][159] rolled out OPM's fully digital retirement application system; left to lead new National Design Studio[180] | [f][n] |
| Derek Geissler | Tech | DOL | Extracted DOL data[112] | [c] | |
| Patrick George | Staff Operations | DoD | [c] | ||
| Brady Glantz | Tech – engineer | FAA | Musk – SpaceX engineer | Special employee for 4 days; still has an FAA email | [c][l] |
| Amy Gleason | Leadership–DOGE leader | USDS acting administrator | Smith – Russell Street Ventures;[181][182] Trump – USDS | Nominally overs both USDS and USDSTO and reports toSusie Wiles | [f][e] |
| Mike Gonzalez | Executive | OPM senior advisor | David Sacks: Zenefits; TraceHQ | Lamented the state and process of the federal budget; left after his role has been revealed | [c][g] |
| Antonio Gracias | Ally | SSA | Musk – old friend, Tesla and SpaceX early investor,America PAC funder; Trump – transition | Involved in the SSA takeover;[113] pushed anti-immigrants myths in media and townhall[183] | [c][l][f][i] |
| Michael Grimes | Ally[f] | DOC advisor | Musk – Twitter acquisition; Morgan Stanley | Expected to lead the new sovereign fund[184] | [c][l][f] |
| Josh Gruenbaum | Ally[f] | GSA: Federal Acquisition Service commissioner | Law; private equity | GSA – slashed its budget in half and ramped up monitoring of remaining staff;[185] accused Harvard of "racial discrimination"[186] | [f] |
| Joshua A. Hanley | Lawyer | NIH | Trump – DOJ;Federalist Society;Williams & Connolly[117] | Authored grant termination notices | [c][j][f] |
| Christina Zohny Zaki Hanna | Executive – human resources | OPM | Musk – SpaceX HR manager | [f][l][n] | |
| Tyler Hassen | Executive | DOI principal deputy assistant secretary[187] (Feb–Aug 2025) | John Fitzgibbons – Basin Holdings[187] | Failed to open theJones Pumping Plant;[188] Fox News appearance; sought access to the Federal Personnel Payroll System;[189] presumably left in August[190][191] | [c][f] |
| Jim Hickey | Staff Operations | DoD | Friend of Emil Michael | Left DOGE after Yinon Weiss joined | [c] |
| Vinay Hiremath | Ally – recruiter | DOGE (Dec 2024–Jan 2025) | Trump – transition team; Startups – Loom | Left DOGE to focus on himself[192] | [e][b] |
| Adam Hoffman | DOJ | Musk – Citadel invested in X and Tesla; Trump – White House Council of Economic advisors | Accessed DOJ files on immigrants | [c] | |
| Gregory John Hogan | Executive | OPM chief information officer | Musk – Comma.ai | Named in a lawsuit vs OPM | [c][f][n] |
| Nicole Hollander | Executive – real estate | GSA | Musk – Twitter, Married toSteve Davis | Initiated thousands of lease cancellations on federal buildings;[193][194] resigned on May 29, 2025[195] | [c][l][f][e][j] |
| Stephanie Holmes | Executive – human resources head | DOI (–July 2025)[196] | Federalist Society;[197]Jones Day lawyer;Oklo chief people officer; BrighterSideHR: anti corporateDEI (closed) | Involved in the three-phase DEI purge plan; involved in the Fork email;[198] sought write permissions to DOI's HR resources and credentialing systems | [c][f] |
| Jared Isaacman | Ally | NASA administrator[199] | Musk – SpaceX | Nomination pulled after the [[Trump–Musk feud]][200] then reupped[201] | [l] |
| Kenneth Jackson | Executive | USAID acting deputy administrator | Authored a memo about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation[202] | ||
| Anthony Jancso | Ally – recruiter | Thiel – Palantir software engineer, AccelerateX (partnership with Palantir)[50] | Recruited Palantir alumni to deploy AI in federal agencies[203] | [c][e][h] | |
| Rajasekar Jegannathan | Tech – engineer (data) | GSA | Musk – Tesla senior employee | [c] | |
| Erica Jehling | Executive | EPA,GSA | Musk – SpaceX purchasing director | [c] | |
| Thomas Kiernan | Tech – engineer (data) | FAA | Musk – SpaceX software engineer | Left on February 6; had an official email | [c][l] |
| Gautier "Cole" Killian | Tech – coder | EPA,DOL | Jump Trading (engineer)[204] | Extracted DOL data[112] | [f][e][i] |
| Gavin Ian Kliger | Tech – engineer | CFPB senior advisor to the Director,OPM,USAID,IRS | Musk – Tesla stock owner;Edgelord past;Ron Unz fan;Databricks: disclosed 1–5M in Databricks;LinkedIn | Manually blocked USAID payments authorized by Rubio; CFPB: abuse toward other CFPB employees; potential conflict of interest[205] | [c][f][e][n] |
| Andrew Richard Kloster | OPM | [n] | |||
| Keenan D. Kmiec | Lawyer | EOP | Law – federal circuit court (Samuel Alito), Supreme court (John Roberts), InterPop (Tezos), Sidley Austin;[38]Douglas Kmiec's son | [c][j] | |
| Jon Koval | Executive | SSA | Musk – Valor Equity Partners, co-founded by Gracias, invested in SpaceX and Tesla[206] | [c][l][i] | |
| Tom Krause | USDT actingFiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Feb–Jun 2025)[207] | Musk – Citrix and Twitter share underwriter; still CEO ofCloud Software Group, where he axed thousands of jobs, some leading to security weaknesses[208][g][209][210] | Granted access to Bureau of Fiscal Services system;[156] appeared on Fox News; involved in USAID's dismantlement; disclosed interests conflicting with USDT[211] | [c][l][c][f][e] | |
| Michael Kratsios | Ally – recruiter | Trump – Chief Tech Officer in the first administration, wrote the 2020 pro-AI investment executive order; Thiel – Thiel Capital[206] | Helped find the DOGE core members | [e][h] | |
| Scott Kupor | Ally[b] | OPM director (July 2025–)[212] | Andreessen – a16z; self-help author; National Venture Capital Association[213] | Replaced Charles Ezell | [f][g] |
| Scott Langmack | Executive – real estate manager | HUD senior advisor | Real-estate: Kukun COO; wroteThe Fast Track to Your Ideal Job; became a loan shark during the 2008 recession | Holds read and write access to two HUD core systems;[214] Pitching SweetREX deregulation AI to other agencies[215][216] | [c][f] |
| Sahil Lavingia | Ally – volunteer | VA advisor to the Chief of staff (–May 2025) | Musk fan, brother was working at Twitterc. 2022;Gumroad CEO who fired most of his employees in 2015, to replace them with bots | Wanted to "digitize the agency" withvibe coding; "got the boot" in May, after theFast Company interview;[217] suspected that DOGE will fizzle out after Musk's departure[218][219][220][221][222] | [c] |
| Jeremy Lewin | Lawyer | USAID chief operating officer; received $167,000 from GSA;[105]DOS acting head of foreign assistance (April 2025)[223] | Musk – Munger, Tolles & Olson (Tesla); Trump – defended Matt Gaetz[17] | Authorized USAID shutdown; overrode 58 objections to grant theGaza Humanitarian Foundation $30 million[202] racism and violence issues[224] | [c][j][f][e] |
| Jeremy Lichtman | USDA senior advisor | Involved in terminating Harvard grants[186] | |||
| Kendall M. Lindemann | Executive – human resources | EOP,USDS | Smith – Russell Street Ventures associate | [c][f][h] | |
| Kathryn Armstrong Loving | EPA federal detailee | Musk – Tesla;Brian Armstrong's sister;Y Combinator | Looking for contractscontra Trump's agenda; resigned on May, 23 | [c] | |
| Matt Luby | Executive | DOI advisor[225] | Ramaswamy – chief of staff and childhood friend; Startups – Outreach, Subsplash[226] | Decided to approve new spendings; has requested access to GrantSolutions[189] | [b] |
| Shaun Maguire | Ally – recruiter | DOGE | Trump – supporter; Musk – Sequoia Capital (throughRoelof Botha) | Screened candidates; vocal DOGE fan on Musk's social | [g][b] |
| Tarak Makecha | Executive | FBI,DOJ,DOS senior advisor | Musk – Tesla | Fired by Rubio. Advised outside the executive government (the DOJ) on grant cuts[119][227] | [c][f] |
| Ted Malaska | Tech – engineer | FAA (Jan-Feb 2025) | Musk – SpaceX software engineer | Left on February 6, 2025, after being given an ethics waiver | [c][l][g] |
| David Malcher | Executive – finance | GSA,VA | Musk – SpaceX senior financial analyst | [c] | |
| Allan Mangaser | Executive | GSA,OMB senior advisor | Thiel – Palantir | [c] | |
| Jonathan Mendelson | Executive | GSA,SEC senior advisor,USDT | Partner atAccel | Identified across multiple financial regulators | [c] |
| Katie Miller | Leadership – spokesperson (Jan-May 2025) | Trump – Mike Pence press secretary during the first administration, wife of White House deputy chief of staffStephen Miller[228] | SSA takeover;[113] left to work with Musk on May 25, 2025[89] | [c][f][e] | |
| Clark Minor | Executive | HHS chief information officer | Thiel – Palantir: disclosed a $244,000 Palantir salary, and between 1 and 5M in Palantir stocks | [c][h] | |
| Michael Alexander Mirski | Executive – real estate | FHFA andHUD | Real estate – TCC Management, a mobile-home park business with a possibly predatory model[216][50] | Gained access to HUD's Enforcement Management System | [c][f] |
| Eliezer Mishory | Lawyer | SEC | Law – Kalshi attorney; Trump – Commodity Futures Trading Commission official | SEC – spearheaded a DOGE team, sought access to email, personnel, contract and payment systems[229] | [c] |
| Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski | Executive – human resources | OPM | Musk – SpaceX HR Manager | [c][l][f] | |
| Aram Moghaddassi | Executive | SSA chief information officer[2] | Musk – Neuralink, Twitter | Detailed atDOL; appeared on Fox News; froze aid payments atUSDT[230] granted access toUSCIS databases[160] | [c][e][l][n] |
| Justin Charles Monroe | Tech – security | FBI | Musk – SpaceX;Navy information warfare officer[231] | [c][f][l][n] | |
| Brooks Morgan | ED | Podium Education | [c][f] | ||
| Elon Musk | Leadership – de facto leader | Senior advisor to the president (Sep 2024–May 2025) | Trump – spent $290 million to elect him, spent weeks atMar-a-Lago | Authored an op-ed;[232] involved in the SSA takeover;[113] appeared on Fox News five times;[67] resigned in May[233][89] | [c][e] |
| Todd Newnam | IRS | Encore Technology Group CEO;The Carlyle Group; Sovereign Intelligence | Declared holding Intuit stocks;[211] granted access to Bureau of Fiscal Services system[156] | [c] | |
| Donald Park | Executive | SBA,GSA,VA | Private equity investor and gym owner | Sought access to SBA systems;[234] appeared on Fox News[235] | [c][f] |
| Matthew Parkhurst-Session | GSA | [c] | |||
| Noah Barnett Peters | Lawyer | OPM,Executive Office senior advisor | Law – Jared Taylor lawyer,Federalist Society; Trump – first administration,Project 2025 | Authored the work-from-home termination memo;[236] placed USAID officials on leave;[43] pleaded in court to keep RIFs secret[237] | [c][j][f][n] |
| McLaurine Elizabeth Pinover | OPM | [n] | |||
| Nikhil "Nik" Rajpal | Tech – coder | CFPB,NOAA,OPM | Musk – Twitter | NOAA[34] | [c][e][f][i][n] |
| Adam Ramada | Executive | EOP,DOL,ED | Musk – investment firm tied to a SpaceX alumnus | ED: planned to introduce AI[238] | [c][l][f][h] |
| Vivek Ramaswamy | Leadership – co-leader | DOGE (Nov 2024–Feb 2025) | Startup – Roivant Sciences;Thiel – Strive[239] Trump – endorsed his Republican nomination, endorsed by him | Authored aWall Street Journal op-ed;[232] recruited first candidates; lobbied Vought;[240] left on January 20, 2025[241] | |
| Austin Lewis Raynor | Lawyer | OPM,Executive Office senior advisor | Federalist Society; clerk forClarence Thomas;[112][242]DOJ;Pacific Legal Foundation | Condones Trump'sBirthright Citizenship challenge | [c][f][h][j][n] |
| Payton Rehling | Tech – coder | SSA | Musk – Valor Equity Partners, an early Tesla investor[243] | Granted access toUSCIS databases[160] | [c][l][i] |
| Ryan Riedel | Tech – engineer | DOE chief information officer | Musk – SpaceX network security engineer; U.S. Army Cyber Command | [c][f] | |
| Rachel Riley | Executive | HHS senior advisor(–Mar 2025) | Smith – colleague;McKinsey & Company | Requested access to Medicare payment systems; declared a stake in Patriot Family Homes;[244] resigned in March, 2025; replaced the admiral in charge of theOffice of Naval Research in OctoberCeder, Riley (2025-10-30)."Navy replaces admiral leading naval research with former DOGE staffer".Navy Times. Retrieved2025-11-01. | [c][l][f][b] |
| Christopher Roussos | Executive – human resources | VA advisor to the chief of staff | Tech – AllerVie Health, 24 Hour Fitness, Sequel Youth and Family Services | [c] | |
| Michael Russo | Executive | SSA chief information officer (Mar–Jun 2025),[2] special advisor[245] | Musk – Shift4,Starlink, founded by Isaacman | Involved in the SSA takeover;[113] | [c][f][e][i] |
| Amanda Danielle Scales | Executive | OPM chief of staff (Jan–May 2025) | Musk – xAI; Baris Akis – Human Capital;Uber | "Fork on the road" operation; returned to xAI by May 20, 2025[246] | [c][l][f][g][n] |
| Frank Schuler | Executive – real estate | GSA senior advisor (Jan-Aug 2025)[247] | Real estate: syndicated real estate deal, land development[248] | OPM: Fork in the road email;[196] collaborated with Nate Cavanaugh on interviews, Senior Advisor to Stephen Ehikian, Acting Administrator of GSA.[249] | [f] |
| Kyle Schutt | Tech – engineer (software) | GSA;[105] CISA[157] | Startup – Outburst, DOGE web host; Trump – Revv andWinRed raised funds for theRepublican Party; | Deobligated FEMA funds; accessed UAC portal; granted access toUSCIS databases[160] | [c][e][h] |
| Riley Sennott | Executive | NASA,GSA senior advisor | Musk – Tesla; Thiel – Palantir | Conducted DOGE interviews[250] | [c] |
| Bryton Shang | Executive | NOAA senior advisor[251] | Unsuccessfully attempted to turn on water at theJones Pumping Plant[188] | ||
| Ethan Shaotran | Tech – coder | GSA,[168]ED | Musk – xAIhackathon runner-up;OpenAI grantee with Energize.ai, on "democratic methods to decide the rules that govern AI systems"[252] | Requested access to a decade's worth of GSA data; involved in the SSA takeover;[113] interviewed byJesse Watters[159] | [c][f][e][j] |
| Gary Shapley | IRS acting administrator (–Apr 2025) | Trump – first administration | Put into the role by Musk without having consulted with Trump orScott Bessent; fired, and replaced byMichael Faulkender[253] | ||
| Ryan Shea | GSA | [c] | |||
| Thomas Shedd | Ally[f] | GSA (TTS acting director),[254] chief information officer (DOL) | Musk – Tesla engineer | Lead ai.gov | [c][l][f][e][j] |
| Roland Shen | Tech – engineer | USDT[2] | Thiel – Ramp | ||
| Alexander Simonpour | Executive | NASA | Musk – Tesla | Involved in terminating Harvard grants;[186] appeared on Fox News[235] | [c][l] |
| Mike Slagh | Staff Operations | DoD | Andreessen – Founder of company that received funding froma16z | Left after Yinon Weiss took over DOGE at DoD | [c] |
| Sam Smeal | Tech – engineer | FAA | Musk – SpaceX software engineer | Had an official email; left on February 6, 2025 | [c] |
| Brad Smith | Leadership – chief of staff | DOGE (Jan–May 2025);DOS (Sept–) | Trump – FEMA,CMMI,Jared Kushner friend;[255] Musk – met with him andLutnick at Mar-a-Lago | Requested access to the Medicare payment system atHHS;[75] appeared on Fox News; left with Musk in June[256] | [c][c][g][b] |
| John Solly | SSA | Analyzed death data inNumident[2] | |||
| Branden Spikes | Tech | OPM (Jan–Mar 2025) | Musk – PayPal, Zip2 Tesla, SpaceX; Spikes Security; California Russian Association[257] | Left after two months | [e] |
| Christopher Allan Stanley | Tech | OPM,Fannie Mae | Musk – SpaceX principal engineer, Twitter security engineer; Trump – assistedJanuary 6 rioters; leakedLizardStresser's database[258] | Named onFannie Mae board, resigned; installed Starlink terminals on the Whitehouse | [c][f][e][l][n] |
| Jack Stein | GSA(started April 15) | Salem Partners | TargetedUSIP[144] | ||
| Brian Stube | Executive | DOT senior advisor | Musk – former Citadel quant | Has a DOT email address; introduced to employees as DOGE member | [c] |
| Jamie Sullivan | OPM | OPM: Online Retirement Application system[136] | |||
| Christopher Sweet | Tech – coder | HUD | Developed an AI for deregulation[215] accessed PIH data[259] | ||
| Zachary Terrell | Executive | DHH,NHS | Brian Armstrong – Early Spindl employee | Has access to sensitive systems, including information about those receiving Medicare benefits; reviewed and vetoedNSF grants[260] | [c] |
| Katrine Trampe | Executive | DOI advisor (–July 2025)[196] | Sought access to the Federal Personnel and Payroll System[261] | [c] | |
| Tullman Alexander D. | Executive | GSA and HHS advisor | Proctor & Gamble | Worked on centralizing government acquisition systems | [c] |
| Andrew Vilcsak | OPM | Gebbia – AirBnB engineer | OPM: Online Retirement Application system[136] | [l] | |
| Cary Volpert | VA | Recruited by Baris Akis | [c] | ||
| Russell "Russ" Vought | Ally – insider[b] | OMB acting director | Trump – same role under the first administration;Project 2025;Heritage Action;Center for Renewing America[262] | Named himself acting administrator of the CFPB to shut it down[263] | [f] |
| Yinon Weiss | Executive | DOD | left DOGE in July[264] | [c] | |
| Owen West | Executive | DOD | Trump – assistant secretary of defense in first administration;Goldman Sachs former financial analyst | Involved in push for US drone dominance[264] | |
| Linda Whitridge | USDT | Declared holding Intuit stocks;[211] granted access to Bureau of Fiscal Services system[156] | |||
| Jordan M. Wick | Tech – coder | CFPB,DOL | Thiel – Accelerate SF;Waymo | Granted extensive access to CFPB data; posted firing bot snippets on GitHub;[265] suspected of having extracted NLRB data;[266]USDA: payment system access[267] | [c][f][e] |
| Joanna Rose Miller Wischer | Executive – policy analyst | OPM | Trump – speech writer | DOL[112] | [b][f][n] |
| Marshall Wood | GSA (April 21-)[144] | Jefferies | DFC;[268]USAGM: cancelled contracts | [c] | |
| Ryan Wunderly | Executive | USDT special advisor | Thiel – Anduril | Granted access to Bureau of Fiscal Services system[156] | [c][f][h] |
| Christopher Jordan "Chris" Young | Leadership–top political advisor[269][270] | CFPB,Executive Office | Trump – America PAC's director and treasurer;Bobby Jindal staffer;PhRMA lobbyist; Republican National Committee | Gets between 100K and 1M from Musk while at CFPB | [c][e][h][n] |
| Bridget Youngs | Ramp Charging, New Energy Capital | Asked to accessPeace Corps' financial records[271] | [c] |
It marks the first time a judge has ruled that Musk is likely exercising enough independent authority to require him to be confirmed by the Senate under the Constitution's Appointments Clause. "The record of his activities to date establishes that his role has been and will continue to be as the leader of DOGE, with the same duties and degree of continuity as if he was formally in that position,'" wrote Chuang, an appointee of former President Obama. Chuang rejected the Trump administration's argument that Musk is not the DOGE administrator and is instead merely a senior adviser to the president who has no independent authority.
[T]he full recording reveals that [Leland Dudek] went much further, citing not only the actions being taken at the agency by the people he repeatedly called "the DOGE kids"
USAid security personnel were defending a secure room holding sensitive and classified data in a standoff with [DOGE] employees when a message came directly from Elon Musk: give the Doge kids whatever they want.
Experts say it is extremely difficult for former members of violent street gangs to gain a security clearance needed to view sensitive or classified information held by the U.S. government [...] The Com is the English-language cybercriminal hacking equivalent of a violent street gang.
Davi Ottenheimer, a longtime security operations and compliance manager, says many factors about Coristine's employment history and online footprint could raise questions about his ability to obtain security clearance.
The structure of DOGE is unlike that of any previous office of the federal government, and it has been an opaque and changing organization from the beginning.
I currently serve as acting administrator of the U.S. Doge Service (formerly U.S. Digital Service). That's separate from (1) the embedded agency Doge teams — who are hired directly into each agency — and (2) the broader Doge policy agenda that Elon Musk advises the President on
Kel McClanahan, counsel for the plaintiffs, wrote in the Monday notice that with the relevant information about Altik, "it has become apparent that [Department of Justice attorney] Ms. [Elizabeth] Shapiro may have misrepresented — knowingly or unknowingly — his affiliation to the Court on 6 February — perhaps to preserve the illusion that OPM's counsel were ignorant of what OPM was doing with the Government-Wide Email System, or perhaps to obscure the role of DOGE and the White House in this case."
"Based on the limited record I have before me I have some concerns about the constitutionality of the ... USDS's structure and operation," said Kollar-Kotelly, using the acronym of the U.S. Digital Service that President Donald Trump renamed and restructured as the U.S. DOGE Service on his first day in office.
The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), noted in its Thursday discovery request that lawyers for Musk told a judge last week, in a case concerning his company X, that he was too busy to sit for a deposition because the White House had put him "in charge of Establishing and implementing" DOGE.
Later Sunday, Kupor appeared to take issue with the Reuters story, without challenging any of its facts.
The White House's Presidential Personnel Office has made loyalty a cornerstone of its hiring strategy, scouring social media accounts and grilling applicants about their Trump bona fides. But DOGE hires, selected through a separate Musk-led process, didn't undergo the same level of scrutiny, according to a Trump official granted anonymity to describe the process.
[Lewin] acknowledged that authorizing the funds would be controversial, writing: "I'm taking the bullet on this one."
Peters submitted his written testimony to support the Trump administration's argument that RIF plans are moving targets and should not be made public
Wick posted the code for a tool that automatically downloads DMs from Twitter accounts. The code specifies Twitter accounts, which existed only until the social platform rebranded to "X" in October 2023, suggesting the possibility that the tool could be used to search through the digital past of government employees looking for disagreeable opinions or references. Another tool appeared to be designed for collecting sensitive data from government agency org charts. The tool contained fields for capturing the employee's office, a 1-5 satisfaction rating, union status, and whether or not their position is statutorily mandated.
Berulis said he noticed five PowerShell downloads on the system, a task automation program that would allow engineers to run automated commands. There were several code libraries that got his attention — tools that he said appeared to be designed to automate and mask data exfiltration. There was a tool to generate a seemingly endless number of IP addresses called "requests-ip-rotator," and a commonly used automation tool for web developers called "browserless" — both repositories starred or favorited by Wick, the DOGE engineer, according to an archive of his GitHub account reviewed by NPR.
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