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In response to questions from WIRED, Solly\u2019s lawyer says, \u201cIt is critical to note that both SSA and Leidos have conducted comprehensive investigations, including forensic audits of their computer systems, and unequivocally determined that Mr. Solly did not access or share any [Personally Identifiable Information]. He has always strictly adhered to both institutions\u2019 rules and procedures and will continue to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amanda Scales was one of the early DOGE team members who appeared at OPM within the first week of Trump\u2019s presidency, where she was installed as the agency\u2019s chief of staff.<\/p>\n
Scales had come from xAI, Musk\u2019s AI company, where she worked on the talent team. Before xAI, she worked at Human Capital, a venture firm founded by close Musk associate Baris Akis, who acted as both a recruiter for DOGE team members and an unofficial member of the group\u2019s leadership team. (Akis was reportedly not able to formally join DOGE because he is a Turkish citizen.) Human Capital has investments in the defense tech startup Anduril and the betting platform Kalshi, amongst others.<\/p>\n
Scales left OPM in April 2025, briefly returning to xAI before joining Arsenal Pulse, a talent recruitment firm that counts the Boring Company, also founded by Musk, as one of its clients. According to her LinkedIn, Scales officially returned to OPM in January 2026, and appears to have retained her position as a partner at Arsenal Pulse. In a LinkedIn post, Scales said that she would be helping to recruit people into the newly formed US Tech Force. In response to a request for comment, OPM spokesperson McLaurine Pinover told WIRED that Scales \u201cis currently contracted by OPM to help with recruitment efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the first Trump administration, Ashley Boizelle was the acting general counsel for the Federal Communications Commission. She then went on to work as Amazon\u2019s senior corporate counsel before she joined DOGE in March 2025. From August 2025 until January 2026, Boizelle served as senior counsel to the president.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, she left government to join Hadrian, a manufacturing startup focused on the defense and space industries. In 2025, Hadrian raised $260 million in investments, co-led by Peter Thiel\u2019s Founders Fund. Thiel cofounded the defense contractor Palantir. Boizelle did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
Adam Ramada came to DOGE from Spring Tide Capital, a Miami-based venture firm. On January 23, 2025, he joined the government, working across the DOL, Department of Energy, and Department of Education. At the Energy Department, Ramada had access to networks that included information about the US government\u2019s nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n
At the Department of Education and DOL, Ramada was part of teams cutting government contracts and programs. In a statement submitted to a DC court on February 13, 2025, Ramada described his role at the Department of Education as \u201cauditing contract, grant, and related programs for waste, fraud, and abuse\u201d and helping \u201csenior Department leadership obtain access to accurate data and data analytics to inform their policy decisions at the Department.\u201d At the Department of Education, Ramada worked with Brooks Morgan, another DOGE member, who had previously founded a startup called Podium Education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n