DOGE's Marko Elez is back on U.S. payroll
Source: Politico
DOGE's Marko Elez is back on U.S. payroll
The software engineer fired over racist social media posts is now a Labor Department aide detailed to multiple agencies, according to a new court filing.
Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House on March 9, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP
By KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN
03/29/2025 06:29 PM EDT
A member of Elon Musk's DOGE team -- fired from the Treasury Department after the discovery of racist social media posts -- has been working for weeks on sensitive systems at the Department of Health and Human Services, new government disclosures revealed Saturday.
Marko Elez, whom Musk vowed to rehire after Trump allies pushed back on his termination, rejoined the administration in February as a Labor Department employee before he was detailed on March 5 to HHS, the administration acknowledged earlier this week in answers to a court-ordered demand for information in connection with a pending lawsuit.
In addition to HHS, Elez is detailed to the Department of Government Efficiency core staff at the White House, as well as at least four other government agencies, according to the documents filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Elez, 25, now has access to systems that help enforce child support orders, Medicare and Medicaid payments, and HHS contracts, the court filings indicate. Spokespeople for the White House, the Labor Department and HHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday.
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NEW: Marko Elez is back in govt (and has been for weeks); Amy Gleason's job is to recommend DOGE detailees to agencies (who can say no), Luke Farritor has access to 12 sensitive databases.
New details on DOGE in Saturday court filing.
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Here are the details on Farritor's extensive access as well as the system's Elez can see. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/29/doge-marco-elez-software-engineer-us-payroll-00259303
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Elez also works at Departments of Labor and has been detailed to at least four other agencies simultaneously. He has been denied access to two DOL systems. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/29/doge-marco-elez-software-engineer-us-payroll-00259303
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take their jobs seriously?
On edit: Revised post with image feels a little gloaty. 
