Before the inauguration of Trump, the USDS administrator was Mina Hsiang. After his departure, Ted Carstensen was the leader of the most upscale USDS, but He resigned from the organization February 6.
“After Ted has resigned, we have not received any correspondence with regard to the head of this organization,” said a current USDS employee, who asked for anonymity due to concerns of reprisals.
Some cable people have met with Usds View Amy Gleason, a former USDS official who served in the first Trump administration, as a link between the USD, Doge inheritance and other agencies, but we know little about its official role. Steve Davis, a longtime musk partner and president of Boring Company, is another name that formally precedes Doge. Davis works with Musk for years and has led efforts to reduce the billionaire’s cost when taking care of Twitter, now X, in 2022. Davis went to Sleep in Twitter’s seat With his wife, Nicole Hollander and their child. (Hollander is now a head of the administration of high -level general services.)
“Steve Davis has always been articulated like the chief of Doge, but when I ask if he is the administrator, [managers] Let’s say we don’t know, “said a former USDS employee in Wired. “When I ask if he is the interim administrator, they say” we don’t know “. They said Brad Smith [a health care entrepreneur with ties to Davis] holds a role of chief of staff. »»
Meanwhile, while USS staff are trying to understand who runs their agency, dozens of them have been dismissed. Friday, around 50 people out of approximately 200 employees were dismissed. Sources indicate to Wired that product managers, designers and members of the talent team have been the hardest affected, as well as certain engineers.
“No rhyme or reason. Literally in the workplace, ”said another source about Friday evening layoffs. “We are so many of us.”
“I have heard that our directors at the USDS (Legacy) had still received no kinds of list or justification for the intention to end the emails sent on Friday evening,” said another source from the agency.
Last week, several agencies were shaken by sudden layoffs. Dozens of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Office have been dismissed After receiving emails that built their names and roles. Later in the week, the entire CFPB team responsible for investigating Big Tech was completed, said a former CFPB official in Wired. After the dismissals of the CFPB, other agencies, in particular the General Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Veterans, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Energy, ended thousands of workers.
The White House did not respond to several requests for comments.
While the Doges of Musk took over at the USDS last month, very few inherited employees interacted with their new colleagues. Earlier this month, Wired reported that Doge had built a “Firewall” Separate the Musk team from the rest of the organization’s workforce. The only time the inherited staff had a meeting with a Doge representative February 1 with Stephanie Holmeswho identified as the new HR person of the team.
The only other experiences of staff inherited from the USDS had with DOGE staff was Their surprise head interviews With engineers affiliated with Doge who refused to identify themselves during the first week of the Trump administration.
