# yaml-language-server: $schema=../schemas/aliases-file.json --- - id: CFPB-01 agency: CFPB name: Gavin Kliger evidence: - >- A declaration from [AFL-CIO vs. DOL](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150.73.2.pdf) outlines access granted to CFPB staff - >- The declaration names Jordan Wick, Chris Young, Nikhil Rajpal and Luke Farritor as well as 2 other CFPB staff not named (because they are not deemed DOGE employees) - >- In the declaration, Mr. Farritor used Entra ID to provide access to a member of the DOGE Team who is not a DOGE Employee to the systems necessary to update the CFPB's public-facing website. - Gavin Kliger is the only developer of those two - id: CFPB-02 agency: CFPB name: Jeremy Lewin evidence: - >- A declaration from [AFL-CIO vs. DOL](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150.73.2.pdf) outlines access granted to CFPB staff - >- The declaration names Jordan Wick, Chris Young, Nikhil Rajpal and Luke Farritor as well as 2 other CFPB staff not named - >- Based on reporting, Gavin Kliger and Jeremy Lewin were the other DOGE staff at the agency at the time of this action - Gavin Kliger has already been unmasked as CFPB-1 - id: ED-01 agency: Education name: Akash Bobba evidence: - Detail agreement from OPM is signed on 2025-02-12 - >- This person appears in a detail from OPM to SSA, but also a detail from SSA back to OPM and Education - >- This is the same person as OPM-3 because there is a detail document that appears with two diff redacted names - >- In a separate document in filing from OPM, Akash Bobba is listed as the only person from OPM and with a start date of 2025-02-03 positions: - id: detail-opm-education-akash-bobba type: detailed agency: Education from: OPM from_truth: verified signed_date: 2025-02-12 start_date: 2025-02-03 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-12 nte_date_truth: verified reimbursed: false source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028777-mou-20250212-opm-education-ed-1/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028810-mou-20250306-nasa-ssa-employee-2/ - id: ED-02 agency: Education name: Conor Fennessy evidence: - Onboarded by appointment as a Senior Advisor on 2025-01-31 with a salary of $195K - >- They included a list of DOGE staff at the agency and Conor Fennessy is listed as the only Senior Advisor on staff positions: - id: education-ed-2 type: appointed agency: Education start_date: 2025-01-31 start_date_truth: verified appt_type_code: 44 appt_type: Regular C pd_code: DBGS61164 title: Senior Advisor title_type: advisor pay_grade: GS-15/6 salary: "$195,200" series: '0301' supervisory: false office: Office of the Secretary source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028781-onboard-education-employee-2/ - id: ED-03 agency: Education name: Ethan Shaotran evidence: - >- Detail from GSA was signed on 2025-02-12 for an SGE position so it is not reimbursed and for a maximum of 135 days from start of SGE term - Position at GSA is listed as Software Engineer (Consultant) - >- In a separate document in the release, Ethan Shaotran is listed as being from GSA on 2025-02-03 and Edward Coristine on 2025-02-20 - >- IN the case of ED-1, the detail agreement seems to have been signed after the start date; very likely here as well positions: - id: detail-gsa-education-3 type: detailed from: GSA from_truth: verified agency: Education signed_date: 2025-02-03 start_date: 2025-02-12 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-26 nte_date_truth: verified reimbursed: false comment: ED-3 is Ethan Shaotran source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028797-mou-20250212-gsa-education-ed-3/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028797-mou-20250212-gsa-education-ed-3/ - id: ED-04 agency: Education name: Brooks Morgan evidence: - >- This is the only consultant position listed in [this legal document](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277216/gov.uscourts.dcd.277216.32.1.pdf) - >- Further down the same document, a table lists one consultant starting on the same date unredacted and it's Brooks Morgan positions: - id: education-employee-4 type: consultant comment: Part-time start_date: 2025-02-04 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2025-08-04 nte_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-08-04 end_date_truth: guessed end_type: resigned agency: Education salary: "$0" table_note: likely Brooks Morgan who does report starting a new role in August source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028771-onboard-education-employee-4/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooksmorgan/ - id: FBI-01 agency: FBI name: Justin Monroe evidence: - This person isn't named in the original NBC News report - But they're identified specifically in a ProPublica roundup as being this person - id: OPM-01 agency: OPM name: Greg Hogan evidence: - >- ["OPM’s former CIO Greg Hogan...[was] formerly designated as OPM-1"](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) - id: OPM-02 agency: OPM name: Riccardo Biasini evidence: - Onboarded on 2025-01-20 as a volunteer SGE - PD Number 6A39741 in redacted documents matches one for Riccard Biasini in a FOIA release from OPM - '"Listed as the contact point for GWES on the PIA"' - '"On March 18, clearance was requested to convert him to permanent appointment"' positions: - id: opm-employee-2 type: appointed agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-20 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2025-07-18 nte_date_truth: verified description: Exc Appt NTE appt_type_code: 48 appt_type: Other excepted: true pd_code: 6A39741 title: Expert title_type: advisor pay_grade: ED-00 salary: "$0" series: '0301' supervisory: false office: Office of the Director table_note: info for alias SSA-2, who I've identified as him comment: I was able to confirm that OPM Employee 2 was Riccardo Biasini source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028787-onboard-opm-employee-2/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028780-opm-new-hires/ - id: OPM-03 agency: OPM name: Akash Bobba evidence: - >- This is the same person as ED-1 because there is a detail document that appears with two diff redacted names - Detail to SSA is signed on 2025-02-12 - PD number 6A39740 = one listed for Akash Bobba - See evidence that ED-1 is Akash Bobba - >- [He has also been appointed to SSA, which pays his salary, and DOE](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.121.0.pdf) positions: - id: opm-3 type: appointed agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-20 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2025-07-18 nte_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-07-18 end_date_truth: verified table_note: Testimony reports plan to convert position to permanent end_type: replaced replaced_by: opm-3-perm description: Exc Appt NTE appt_type_code: 48 appt_type: Other excepted: true pd_code: 6A39740 title: Expert title_type: advisor pay_grade: ED-00 salary: "$0" series: '0301' source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028792-onboard-opm-employee-3/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028780-opm-new-hires/ supervisory: false office: Office of the Director comment: I was able to confirm that OPM Employee 3 is Akash Bobba - id: opm-3-perm type: converted agency: OPM table_note: Court testimony reports conversion to permanent, restored access start_date: 2025-08-08 start_date_truth: verified salary: "$0" source: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.148.0.pdf - id: detail-opm-ssa-opm-3 type: detailed agency: SSA from: OPM from_truth: verified signed_date: 2025-02-12 start_date: 2025-02-03 start_date_truth: verified reimbursed: false source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028790-mou-20250212-ssa-opm-education-ed-1/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028790-mou-20250212-ssa-opm-education-ed-1/ - id: OPM-04 agency: OPM name: Edward Coristine evidence: - SF-50 is for GSA appointment on 2025-01-20 - Appointed as an expert at OPM on 2025-01-24 - >- Because OPM and GSA share an electronic personnel processing system (HR Links), a separate form SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) could not be generated for this separate appointment - Only person onboarded as an expert on 2025-01-24 was Nikhil Rajpal, but he's a match for OPM-6 - Possibly someone doing the affadavit late (3 other experts on 2025-01-20 - >- Judge Cote in [injunction in AFGE v. OPM](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.121.0.pdf) "OPM-4 is 19 years old. Press reports indicate that he is known online as 'Big Balls.'" positions: - id: opm-04 type: appointed agency: GSA start_date: 2025-01-24 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2025-07-23 nte_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-05-14 end_date_truth: verified end_type: detail_ended description: Exc Appt NTE appt_type_code: 48 appt_type: Other excepted: true sge: true pd_code: X0A1614 title: Senior Advisor title_type: advisor pay_grade: EF-00 salary: "$0" series: '0301' supervisory: false office: Immediate Office of the Administrator comment: This is GSA appointment same_as: gsa-opm-coristine table_note: A GSA employee too, but legal docs state dual appointment and not detail from GSA to OPM source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028768-onboard-opm-employee-4/ - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf - id: OPM-05 agency: OPM name: Gavin Kliger evidence: - Onboarded on 2025-01-20 as a provisional appt not to exceed 2025-05-20 - Senior Advisor to the Director for IT - PD 6A38025 = matches for Gavin Kliger in a FOIA release - GS-15/10 with pay of $195,200 - Converted to an excepted appointment on 2025-02-18 - Has been detailed to the GSA, the IRS, USAID, USDA, and the U.S. Agency for Global Media positions: - id: opm-temp-employee-5 type: appointed agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-20 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2025-05-20 nte_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-02-18 end_date_truth: verified end_type: replaced replaced_by: opm-perm-employee-5 description: Provisional Appt NTE appt_type_code: 44 appt_type: Schedule C excepted: true pd_code: 6A38025 title: Senior Advisor to the Director for Information Technology title_type: advisor pay_grade: GS-15 salary: "$195,200" series: '0301' supervisory: true office: Office of the Director table_note: hired at maximum salary for GS federal employee in DC source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028780-opm-new-hires/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028815-onboard-opm-employee-5/ - id: opm-perm-employee-5 type: converted agency: OPM start_date: 2025-02-18 start_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-12-XX end_date_truth: reported end_type: resigned description: Exc Appt NTE appt_type_code: 44 appt_type: Schedule C excepted: true pd_code: 6A38025 title: Senior Advisor to the Director for Information Technology title_type: advisor pay_grade: GS-15 salary: "$195,200" series: '0301' supervisory: true office: Office of the Director comment: converted from provisional to excepted position source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028780-opm-new-hires/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028815-onboard-opm-employee-5/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-kliger-5a339b157/ - id: opm-05-gsa type: detailed agency: GSA from: OPM from_truth: verified source: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.96.0.pdf table_note: detail in court doc - id: opm-05-usagm type: detailed agency: USAGM from: OPM from_truth: verified start_date: 2025-03-(01)~ start_date_truth: reported source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.96.0.pdf table_note: detail in court doc, date from Kliger spotted at VOA around start of March - id: OPM-06 agency: OPM name: Nikhil Rajpal evidence: - Onboarded on 2025-01-24 as a vounteer SGE with a term not to exceed 2025-07-22 - This is likely one of the other young DOGE crew like Jordan Wick or Luke Farritor, etc. - Detailed to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Has also been detailed to the SSA during the course of his appointment at OPM - PD 6A39738 listed on hiring forms = Nikhil Rajpal on FOIAed list of OPM positions positions: - id: opm-nikhil-rajpal type: appointed agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-24 start_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-07-02 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned description: Exc Appt NTE appt_type_code: 48 appt_type: Other excepted: true pd_code: 6A39738 title: Expert title_type: advisor pay_grade: ED-00 salary: "$0" series: '0301' supervisory: false office: Office of the Director comment: I confirmed that OPM Employee 6 is Nikhil but have no other info source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028794-onboard-opm-employee-6/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028780-opm-new-hires/ - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf - id: OPM-07 name: Brian Bjelde agency: OPM evidence: - On January 16, 2025, FSEM received 's new hire package - Clearance above were completed on January 17, 2025, and FSEM cleared to enter on duty at OPM - January 29, 2025, OPM's HR team requested clearance for to enter on duty on a permanent appointment - After a favorable review, was reciprocally approved for a permanent position on January 31 , 2025 - Referred to as "his" oath of office - Court docs include a PD code 6A39743 - This matches Brian Bjelde in a FOIAed list of OPM new hires positions: - id: opm-temp-employee-07 same_as: opm-brian-bjelde type: appointed agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-20 start_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-01-31 nte_date: 2025-07-18 nte_date_truth: verified end_date_truth: verified end_type: replaced replaced_by: opm-perm-employee-07 pd_code: 6A39743 title: Expert title_type: advisor office: Office of the Director pay_grade: ED-00 series: '0301' salary: "$0" table_note: likely Schedule C source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028776-onboard-opm-employee-7/ - id: opm-perm-employee-07 type: converted agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-31 start_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-05-16 end_date_truth: verified source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.97.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf table_note: permanent position approved title: Expert title_type: advisor office: Office of the Director pay_grade: ED-00 series: '0301' - id: OPM-08 agency: OPM name: James Sullivan evidence: - PD code matches his name in FOIAed list of OPM new hires - Title and start date also match - '"James Sullivan (formerly known as OPM-8)" in a ruling by Judge Cote' positions: - id: opm-employee-08 type: appointed start_date: 2025-01-20 start_date_truth: verified appt_type: SES Noncareer title: Senior Advisor to the Director title_type: advisor pay_grade: ES-00 salary: "$195,200" series: '0301' pd_code: 6A37370 agency: OPM source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028778-onboard-opm-employee-8/ - id: OPM-09 agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 1/31, likely started just before - >- Based on known starts, this could be Edward Coristine, Justin Monroe, Christopher Stanley, Chris Young or Austin Raynor - >- Chris Young identified as OPM-14, Austin Raynor as OPM-10, Edward Coristine as OPM-04, leaving Justin Monroe and Christopher Stanley - Was given administrative access to USA Performance, FEHB, PSHB, and OPM Data - >- [Govt letter states left on 2025-06-06](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) - Chris Stanley's LinkedIn says he left govt in June 2025, but could have left OPM earlier - Leaning towards this being Christopher Stanley, but need more confirmation. positions: - id: opm-employee-09 type: unknown agency: OPM sort_date: 2025-01-31 start_date: 2025-01-(31)~ start_date_truth: inferred end_date: 2025-06-06 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned table_note: Start date guessed from system access. source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf - id: OPM-10 agency: OPM name: Austin Raynor evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 1/31, likely started on 1/30 - >- Based on known starts, this likely could be Justin Monroe, Christopher Stanley, Chris Young or Austin Raynor - >- Government stated still working at OPM on 12/5. This would eliminate Christopher Stanley and Chris Young. Justin Monroe's status unknown. - >- ["OPM-10 is a lawyer associated with DOGE. He was appointed on January 30 as a Senior Advisor in the OPM Office of the Director"](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.177.0.pdf) - Austin Raynor is a lawyer and Justin Monroe is not so it's Austin Raynor positions: - id: opm-employee-10 type: appointed agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-30 start_date_truth: inferred title: Senior Advisor office: Office of the Director table_note: Start date guessed from system access same_as: opm-austin-raynor source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.177.0.pdf - id: OPM-11 agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Perfomance on 2/7 - Based on start, likely could be Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Christina Hanna or Stephen Duarte - >- [Govt reports left position on 2025-03-05](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) positions: - id: opm-employee-11 type: unknown agency: OPM sort_date: 2025-02-07 start_date: 2025-02-(07)~ start_date_truth: inferred end_date: 2025-03-05 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned table_note: Start date guessed from system access. source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf - id: OPM-12 agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 2/7 - Based on start, likely could be Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Christina Hanna or Stephen Duarte - >- [Govt reports left position on 2025-03-05](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) positions: - id: opm-employee-12 type: unknown agency: OPM sort_date: 2025-02-07 start_date: 2025-02-(07)~ start_date_truth: inferred end_date: 2025-03-05 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf table_note: Start date guessed from system access. - id: OPM-13 agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 1/31 - >- Starts on 1/31 or earlier: Anthony Armstrong, Riccardo Biasini, Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Clayton Cromer, Gavin Kliger, Noah Peters, James Sullivan, Joanna Wischer, Amanda Scales, Greg Hogan, Edward Coristine, Justin Monroe, Christopher Stanley, Chris Young or Austin Raynor - Greg Hogan and Amanda Scales are not aliased in OPM filings, so not them - >- Already identified as other aliases - Riccardo Biasini, Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Gavin Kliger, James Sullivan, Edward Coristine, Chris Young, Austin Raynor - >- [Govt reports left position on 2025-02-16](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) - >- This is Clayton Cromer, Justin Monroe or Christopher Stanley. Clayton Cromer left OPM in March. Christopher Stanley did not leave govt until June, but could have left OPM earlier. - Leaning towards this being Justin Monroe, but need more confirmation. positions: - id: opm-employee-13 type: appointed agency: OPM sort_date: 2025-01-31 start_date: 2025-01-(31)~ start_date_truth: inferred end_date: 2025-02-16 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf table_note: Start date guessed from system access. - id: OPM-14 name: Chris Young agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 2/7 - >- Based on start, likely could be Chris Young, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Christina Hanna or Stephen Duarte - >- According to [Judge Cote ruling](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.121.0.pdf), OPM-14 is detailed from OPM to USDS and CFPB - >- Chris Young is the only OPM alias linked to CFPB who hadn't been identified elsewhere (Nikhil Rajpal and Gavin Kliger already identified) - >- [Govt reports left position on 2025-06-06](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) positions: - id: opm-employee-14 type: unknown same_as: opm-chris-young agency: OPM sort_date: 2025-02-07 start_date: 2025-02-(07)~ end_date: 2025-06-06 end_date_truth: verified start_date_truth: inferred source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf table_note: Start date guessed from system access. - id: OPM-15 agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 2/7 - Based on start, likely could be Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Christina Hanna or Stephen Duarte - >- [Govt reports left position on 2025-03-05](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) positions: - id: opm-employee-15 type: unknown agency: OPM sort_date: 2025-02-07 start_date: 2025-02-(07)~ start_date_truth: inferred end_date: 2025-03-05 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf table_note: Start date guessed from system access. - id: OPM-16 name: Jacob Altik agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 1/31 - >- Based on known starts, this likely could be Edward Coristine, Justin Monroe, Christopher Stanley, Chris Young or Austin Raynor - >- According to [Judge Cote ruling](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.121.0.pdf). OPM-16 is a lawyer associated with DOGE. Similar to OPM14, he is identified in the Feleke declaration as having been involved in the termination of the employment of individuals at USADF. - Chris Young is only other OPM person linked to USADF, but he is already identified as OPM-14 - >- [Govt reports left position on 2025-06-27](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) positions: - id: opm-employee-16 type: unknown agency: OPM same_as: opm-jacob-altik start_date: 2025-01-(31)~ start_date_truth: inferred end_date: 2025-06-27 end_type: resigned end_date_truth: reported source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf table_note: Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt on 6/27 - id: OPM-17 agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 1/31 - >- Starts on 1/31 or earlier: Anthony Armstrong, Riccardo Biasini, Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Clayton Cromer, Gavin Kliger, Noah Peters, James Sullivan, Joanna Wischer, Amanda Scales, Greg Hogan, Edward Coristine, Justin Monroe, Christopher Stanley, Chris Young or Austin Raynor - Greg Hogan and Amanda Scales are not aliased in OPM filings, so not them - >- Already identified as other aliases - Riccardo Biasini, Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Gavin Kliger, James Sullivan, Edward Coristine, Chris Young, Austin Raynor - >- [Govt reports left position on 2025-06-06](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf) - >- Austin Raynor was named as a DOGE Counsel in an August news report, so can't have left in June. Anthony Armstrong reportedly left OPM in April - >- This leaves Clayton Cromer, Christopher Stanley and Justin Monroe. Clayton Cromer left OPM in March however. positions: - id: opm-employee-17 type: unknown agency: OPM sort_date: 2025-01-31 start_date: 2025-01-(31)~ start_date_truth: inferred end_date: 2025-06-06 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned source: - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.138.0.pdf - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.163.0.pdf table_note: Start date guessed from system access. No longer in govt 6/06 - id: OPM-18 agency: OPM evidence: - Granted access to USA Performance on 1/24 - Court declaration states was appointed Senior Advisor in Office of the Director on 1/20 - >- Granted accces to STAMP on 2/3 (only Charles Ezell and Amanda Scales were also granted access to that) - >- Starts on 1/24 or earlier: Anthony Armstrong, Riccardo Biasini, Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Clayton Cromer, Gavin Kliger, Noah Peters, James Sullivan, Joanna Wischer, Amanda Scales, Greg Hogan - Greg Hogan and Amanda Scales are not aliased in OPM filings, so not them - >- Already identified as other aliases - Riccardo Biasini, Brian Bjelde, Akash Bobba, Gavin Kliger, James Sullivan - This leave Noah Peters, Jacob Altik, Clayton Cromer and Joanna Wischer - >- Stated still at agency on 12/5, so not Jacob Altik (also prev identified him as OPM-14). Clayton Cromer also left govt service - >- Could be either Noah Peters or Joanna Wischer; Joanna Wischer is now at an OMB position, but could still technically be in OPM, but leaning towards Noah Peters positions: - id: opm-employee-18 type: appointed agency: OPM start_date: 2025-01-20 start_date_truth: verified title: Senior Advisor title_type: advisor office: Office of the Director table_note: Start date guessed from system access source: >- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.177.0_2.pdf - id: PeaceCorps-02 agency: PeaceCorps evidence: - Email address from USAID is detailed to Peace Corps - Could be Edward Coristine, Clayton Cromer, Luke Farritor, Gavin Kliger or Jeremy Lewin positions: - id: peace-corps-02 type: detailed agency: PeaceCorps from: USAID from_truth: verified table_note: Redacted email says person detailed to Peace Corps from USAID source: https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/r_9nu.fNf5II/v0 - id: SSA-01 agency: SSA name: Akash Bobba evidence: - Appointed to position as "Expert" on 2025-02-10 - Appointment is as Expert with a salary of $90K - Doing analysis of SSA payment data as focus - Software engineer with 5 years of experience and some leadership experience - Date matches Akash Bobba start - >- [Akash Bobba's resume](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25940536-25-hq-0774-f-resumes-redacted-3/) lists 5 years of engineering experience and leadership skills positions: - id: ssa-employee-1 type: appointed source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028785-onboard-ssa-employee-1/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25940536-25-hq-0774-f-resumes-redacted-3/ title: Expert title_type: advisor office: Office of the Chief Information Officer pd_code: KNX0350 start_date: 2025-02-09 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-08 nte_date_truth: verified description: EXC APPT NTE appt_type_code: 171 pay_grade: ED-00 series: '0301' supervisory: false salary: "$90,025" qualifications: >- Hands-on software engineer that is an expert in modern computer programming languages, cloud and other infrastructure, AI, etc. 5 years of experience using numerous computer code languages, leadership of teams in technical, software design, and infrastructure areas. agency: SSA - id: SSA-02 agency: SSA name: Scott Coulter evidence: - Employees is detailed from NASA to SSA on 2025-02-18 - Scott Coulter is identified at NASA on 2025-03-14 - Scott Coulter is identified at SSA on 2025-03-13 - Signed SF-61 as CIO of SSA on 2025-03-24 - Scott Coulter was named the CIO of SSA on 2025-03-24 positions: - id: detail-nasa-ssa-employee-2 type: detailed from: NASA from_truth: verified agency: SSA start_date: 2025-02-18 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-18 nte_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-03-23 end_date_truth: verified end_type: replaced replaced_by: ssa-employee-2-cio signed_date: 2025-03-06 reimbursed: true comment: Followed by Employee 2 being appointed the CIO reimbursement_amount: hourly, maximum of $120,579 source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028810-mou-20250306-nasa-ssa-employee-2/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028775-onboard-ssa-employee-2/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028810-mou-20250306-nasa-ssa-employee-2/ - id: ssa-employee-2-cio type: appointed agency: SSA title: Chief Information Officer title_type: cio start_date: 2025-03-24 start_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-06-(05)~ end_type: removed table_note: >- Was listed as CIO on May 30, but Aram took over in June. WSJ reports on removal of SSA employee back to NASA in June. Aram/Russo listed as co-CIOs on 6/6 supervisory: true source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028775-onboard-ssa-employee-2/ - https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/doge-elon-musk-left-control-92770407 - id: SSA-03 agency: SSA name: Aram Moghaddassi evidence: - Employee is detailed from DOL to SSA on a reimbursed basis (ie, not a volunteer SGE) on 2025-02-22 - Marko Elez and Aram Moghaddassi are both DOL-based and seemingly paid - Marko Elez was already identified as SSA-7 by NPR - Cole Killian another possibility, but he appears to be a volunteer SGE - >- Flick testimony - "_we began onboarding and training Employee 3, a Schedule C Policy Advisor, detailed from the Department of Labor to SSA_" with it finalized on February 22. "_His duties currently relate to improper payments and SSA's Death Master File._" - Aram was linked to changed to the Death Master File on the week of 2025-04-08 positions: - id: detail-dol-ssa-employee-3 type: detailed agency: SSA from: DOL from_truth: verified start_date: 2025-02-22 start_date_truth: verified reimbursed: true reimbursement_amount: up to $71,000 table_note: MOU signed by Mike Russo, was this followed by being hired at SSA source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028813-onboard-ssa-employee-3/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028784-mou-20250222-dol-ssa-employee-3/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028784-mou-20250222-dol-ssa-employee-3/ - id: SSA-04 agency: SSA name: Antonio Gracias evidence: - >- [NPR has done analysis on docs to identify directly](https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting) positions: - id: ssa-antonio-gracias type: appointed agency: SSA pd_code: KNX0370 start_date: 2025-02-23 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-22 nte_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-07-01 end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned title: Expert pay_grade: ED-00 salary: "$0" series: '0301' office: Office of the Chief Information Officer qualifications: >- Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of [REDACTED]. Over 25 years of experience in private equity investing. comment: SF-50 is a correction source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028768-onboard-opm-employee-4/ - id: SSA-05 name: Cole Killian agency: SSA evidence: - Onboarded as a volunteer on 2025-02-18 as a detail from the DOGE service - >- Flick testimony - SSA began onboarding and training Employee 5, an engineer, detailed from the United States DOGE Service to SSA" with an inter-agency agreement to DOGE. - >- A nonprofit identified that Marko Elez, Cole Killian, Nikhil Rajpal, Ethan Shaotran were at SSA on 2/18 - Of this list, only Cole Killian was hired at DOGE positions: - id: ssa-employee-5 type: detailed agency: SSA from: DOGE from_truth: verified start_date: 2025-02-18 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-07-04 nte_date_truth: verified table_note: limited onboarding docs, court docs about them comment: All I have is the date they completed training source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028773-onboard-ssa-employee-5/ - id: SSA-06 agency: SSA name: Jon Koval evidence: - >- [NPR has done analysis on docs to identify](https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting) positions: - id: ssa-employee-6 type: appointed agency: SSA start_date: 2025-02-23 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-22 nte_date_truth: verified pd_code: KNX0360 pay_grade: ED-00 salary: "$0" title: Expert title_type: advisor office: Office of the CIO description: Excepted Appointment NTE source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028793-onboard-ssa-employee-6/ - id: SSA-07 agency: SSA name: Marko Elez evidence: - >- [NPR has done analysis on docs to identify](https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting) positions: - id: detail-dol-ssa-employee-7 type: detailed agency: SSA from: DOL from_truth: verified start_date: 2025-02-18 start_date_truth: verified reimbursed: true reimbursement_amount: up to $71,000 table_note: MOU signed by Mike Russo, was this followed by being hired at SSA source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028803-onboard-ssa-employee-7/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028769-mou-20250317-dol-ssa-employee-7/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028769-mou-20250317-dol-ssa-employee-7/ - id: SSA-08 agency: SSA name: Nikhil Rajpal evidence: - Detailed from OPM to SSA on 2025-02-26 - His duties currently relate to improper payments and death data. - >- On 3/13, Wired reported that 10 staffers were visible at SSA Teams Directory. They were Akash Bobba, Marko Elez, Luke Farritor, Cole Killian, Jon Koval, Nikhil Rajpal, Payton Rehling, Ethan Shaotran, Antonio Gracias, Scott Coulter - Of this list, only Akash Bobba and Nikhil Rajpal wre hired from OPM - Akash Bobba has already been identified positions: - id: detail-opm-ssa-8 type: detailed from: OPM agency: SSA signed_date: 2025-02-26 start_date: 2025-02-26 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-26 nte_date_truth: verified reimbursed: false source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028818-mou-20250226-opm-ssa-employee-8/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028783-onboard-ssa-employee-8/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028818-mou-20250226-opm-ssa-employee-8/ - id: SSA-09 agency: SSA name: Payton Rehling evidence: - >- [NPR has done analysis on docs to identify](https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting) - >- In their qualifications, thety list being a Senior Associate, Data Engineer with a backgroun in AI, Airflow and Genetic Algorithms. Also built a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for home battery deployments positions: - id: ssa-employee-9 agency: SSA type: appointed start_date: 2025-02-23 start_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-07-XX end_date_truth: inferred nte_date: 2026-02-22 nte_date_truth: verified pd_code: KNX0380 pay_grade: ED-00 salary: "$0" title: Expert title_type: advisor office: Office of the CIO description: Excepted Appointment NTE source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028808-onboard-ssa-employee-9/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/payton-rehling/ - id: SSA-10 agency: SSA name: Ethan Shaotran evidence: - Onboarded as a volunteer on 2025-02-18 as a detail from the GSA - >- Flick testimony - Employee 10, a software engineer, was detailed from the Office of the Administrator at the General Services Administration to SSA" - Ethan Shaotran was also detailed from GSA to USADF as an unpaid GSE on 2025-02-21 - Ethan Shaotran is identified for the first time at SSA on 2025-02-20 positions: - id: detail-gsa-ssa-employee-10 type: detailed from: GSA from_truth: verified agency: SSA signed_date: 2025-02-18 start_date: 2025-02-18 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-02-26 nte_date_truth: verified reimbursed: false source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028814-mou-20250218-gsa-ssa-employee-10/ - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028766-onboard-ssa-employee-10/ mou: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028814-mou-20250218-gsa-ssa-employee-10/ - id: SSA-11 agency: SSA name: John Solly evidence: - Started as a paid staffer at SSA on 2025-03-16 - Has 10 years of software development experience in geospatial software - Unclear if this matches the DOGE people we know - >- This [Wired article](https://www.wired.com/story/next-stage-doge-elon-musk/) names a software dev with DOGE with geospatial experience at SSA positions: - id: ssa-employee-11 type: appointed start_date: 2025-03-16 start_date_truth: verified nte_date: 2026-03-15 nte_date_truth: verified end_date: 2025-06-XX end_date_truth: verified end_type: resigned title: Expert title_type: advisor office: Office of the Chief Information Officer pay_grade: ED-00 salary: "$162,672" pd_code: KNX0390 table_note: LinkedIn reports left SSA on 9/2025 qualifications: > is a Senior Software Engineer with over ten years of experience building cloud-native geospatial solutions. Adept at architecting geospatial infrastructures, implementing geospatial algorithms, and leading full- stack development. Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities and driving technical decisions and best practices. agency: SSA source: - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028805-onboard-ssa-employee-11/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsolly/