Before Trump was inaugurated, the USD administrator was Mina Hsiang. After leaving, Ted Carstensen was the highest USDS leader, but the highest He resigned from the organization on February 6th.
“After the resignation of TED, we have not received any correspondence for the head of this organization,” says a current USDS employee, who applied for anonymity due to concerns about retaliation.
Some people with whom the USD View Amy Gleason, a former USDS officer, in the first Trump government as a connection between Legacy -SD, Doge and other agencies, languages, but little is known about their official role. Steve Davis, a long -time Musk Associate and President of Bowing Company, is another name that officially leads. Davis worked with Musk for years and led the billionaire cost reduction efforts when taking Twitter, now X, in 2022. Davis went as far as Sleep in the Twitter headquarters With his wife Nicole Hollander and her child. (Hollander is now a high -ranking civil servant of the general service management.)
“Steve Davis was always articulated as head of Dogy, but when I ask whether he is the administrator, say (manager) that we don’t know,” says a former USDS employee. “When I ask if he is the interim administrator, they say that we don’t know. You said Brad Smith (an entrepreneur of the healthcare system with connections to Davis) is in a chief of staff. “
While the USDS employees try to find out who heads their agency, dozens of them were released. Around 50 employees of around 200 employees were released on Friday. Sources say cables that product managers, designers and members of the talent team are toughest at toughest together with some engineers.
“No rhyme or reason. In the truest sense of the word in the middle of work, ”said another source about the burnings on Friday evening. “There are so many of us.”
“I have heard that our directors at USD (Legacy) have not yet received a list or justification for the intention of ending e -mails sent on Friday evening,” says another source of the agency.
Several agencies were shaken by sudden layoffs last week. Dozens of employees from the financial protection office for consumers were released After receiving e -mails that mess up your names and roles. Later a week, the entire CFPB team, which was commissioned to investigate Big Tech, ended, said a former CFPB officer Wired. According to the CFPB writings, other agencies, including the General Services Administration, the centers for the control and prevention of diseases, the Ministry of Education, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Energy, the Energy Ministry, thousands of employees.
The White House did not respond to several inquiries about comments.
While Musk’s Doge worker took over at USDS last month, very few Legacy employees have transformed their new colleagues. At the beginning of this month, Wired reported that Doge A had built “Firewall” Separate Musk’s team from the rest of the organization workforce. The only time that Legacy had a meeting with a representative of Dogy was On February 1st with Stephanie Holmeswhich identified as the new staff of the team.
The only other experiences of the Legacy -USD employee with the employees of Doge were Your surprise individual interviews With engineers associated with Doge who refused to identify themselves in the first week of the Trump management.
