Several Highly-Placed DOGE Workers Hit The Exits

Government Executive reports:

Several members of billionaire Elon Musk’s government efficiency team at the Interior Department are leaving the agency, joining other Musk associates and early President Trump appointees exiting agencies elsewhere in government. Stephanie Holmes, who had been acting as the Interior’s chief human capital officer, and Katrine Trampe, an advisor to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, are both leaving the department.

During their tenure, Holmes and Trampe had pushed for, and eventually got, high-level access to a personnel and payroll system run out of Interior as one of a few centralized systems the government uses to pay federal employees. Wired reported last week that many DOGE employees have vacated their GSA offices, leaving a trail of bedding and children’s toys in their wake.

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Several members of billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team at @Interior are leaving the agency, joining other Musk associates and early President Trump appointees exiting agencies elsewhere in government, via @EricM_Katz and @AlmsNatalie. https://t.co/ZDDy2QBJxh

— GovExec (@GovExec) July 29, 2025