Elon Musk’s so-called staff Ministry of Government Efficiency Wired learned that strong taxpayer-funded salaries are being taken from federal agencies that are being cut and burned.
Jeremy Lewin, one of the mission employees to demolish the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), also played a role in the invasion of the Governor. National Institutes of Health and Consumer Financial Protection BureauWired has confirmed that, earning $167,000 per year earned. Lewin is assigned to the General Services Administration’s administrator’s office.
Kyle Schutt, a software engineer with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Bureau, was listed as earning $195,200 in salary through the GSA, where he was assigned to the office of the deputy administrator. That’s Maximum amount Any “general timetable” federal employee can be formulated annually, including bonuses. “In no case can more be offered,” the GSA compensation and benefits website reads.
Nate Cavanaugh is a 28-year-old tech entrepreneur who plays a visible internal role Interview with GSA employees As part of Doge’s work at the agency, it is listed as paying over $120,500 a year. According to Doge Official websiteaverage GSA employees earned $128,565 and worked at the agency for 13 years.
When Elon Musk began recruiting Doge in November, he describe The work is “boring” and points out “zero compensation.” Wired previously reported that Doge recruitment efforts relied on part of Team of engineers related to Peter Thiel And on platforms like Discord.
Since Trump took office in January, Doger has overseen active layoffs within the GSA, including 18F was eliminated recentlythe institution’s unit is committed to technical efficiency. The same is true A plan was made More than 500 government buildings are sold.
Although Musk described Doge as “maximum transparency”, it did not make its expenditure or wages public. Doge’s funds Have grown According to a recent report by ProPublica, as of February 20, there were about $40 million. The White House did not answer questions about the salary range of Doge employees, or how to allocate budgets to pay.
Some Doge team members, including Musk, have been designated as “special government employees”, and the position is limited to a 130-day working period. These positions can be paid or paid; SGES divides the salary above Must submit Financial disclosure forms, but the volunteers did not. This type of employee does not have the same rules as a typical federal worker. They are allowed Continue to paint salary In some cases, there is no need to disclose a conflict of interest. Other famous SGE staff Together with Doge, include top assistant Katie Millerthey continued her previous public relations work through transition and continued to work within more than a month of the current government. According to the Wall Street Journal, her company’s clients include Apple and Saudi-funded golf leagues.
