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DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System


At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more, according to records and internal documents viewed by WIRED.

Four representatives of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency(DOGE) task force have been installed at the National Institutes of Health, according to multiple sources. Riley works closely with Brad Smith, a former health care entrepreneur and DOGE leader prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to The New York Times. On Saturday, employees throughout the federal government were left in confusion after receiving an email from the OPM demanding that they reply with “approx 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week.”

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