DODGEY
- Feb 15
- 7 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
CONTEXT
WHAT IS DOGE?
Executive Order - ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY"
"DOGE Teams. In consultation with USDS, each Agency Head shall establish within their respective Agencies a DOGE Team of at least four employees, which may include Special Government Employees"
"Each DOGE Team will typically include one DOGE Team Lead, one engineer, one human resources specialist, and one attorney. Agency Heads shall ensure that DOGE Team Leads coordinate their work with USDS and advise their respective Agency Heads on implementing the President ‘s DOGE Agenda."
"Agency Heads shall take all necessary steps, in coordination with the USDS Administrator and to the maximum extent consistent with law, to ensure USDS has full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems. USDS shall adhere to rigorous data protection standards."
"General Provisions.
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations."
WHO IS DOGE?
Does Elon Musk have a handful of kids, or "lost boys" as The New York Times put it, with little education and experience working for him, as you've been led to believe? Or is DOGE populated by all the science, tech, engineering, and legal all-stars you know the man and his businesses to be surrounded by and can easily call upon? Well, here is a small sample of some of the folks we know to be working with DOGE (and whom seemingly every Democrat and supporter is calling to be arrested for unstated crimes):
Brad Smith, 42
- Rhodes Scholar and health-care entrepreneur who served in Trump's first administration on the board of the COVID-19 vaccine development program, Operation Warp Speed
Alexandra Beynon, 36
- formerly a software engineer with Goldman Sachs and director of engineering at Symphony.com
Nicole Hollander, 42
- previously senior vice president of retail asset management at JBG Smith before joining X
Brian Bjelde, 44
- associate engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and who has worked for SpaceX for more than 20 years
Keenan Kmiec, 45
- clerked on the Supreme Court, for Chief Justice John Roberts, before transitioning to a corporate law firm. He was a partner in a small law firm focused on insider-trading litigation and worked for the Tezos Foundation
