Chase Ausley, a director within the U.S. DOGE Service and senior advisor at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks on stage at AITalks on April 14, 2026. (Photo via Scoop News Group)
Chase Ausley, a director within the USDS stationed at CMS, told FedScoop the organization has roughly 90 employees across agencies and is “actively growing.”
Amy Ritualo, the State Department’s acting chief data and AI officer, speaks during a fireside chat at AITalks on April 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)
The agency is focusing on attracting early career professionals for the technical role as its annual hiring window for air traffic controllers draws near.
An ICE agent stands alongside a long line of travelers waiting to pass through a TSA Checkpoint at the Philadelphia International Airport on March 28, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)
DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Traffic Management Specialists monitor airline traffic at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in Warrenton, Virginia. The facility balances air traffic demand with system capacity in the National Airspace System (NAS) and is part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control system. (Photo by Pete Marovich For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Ankur Saini, chief product and technology officer at the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, speaks during the FedScoop-produced MongoDB event on April 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)
A sign masks the location of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters building on Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, formerly the Old Executive Office Building and originally the State, War, and Navy Building, is part of the White House compound and houses agencies within the Executive Office of the President, including the Office of the Vice President, Office of Management and Budget, and National Security Council, in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – APRIL 11: Department Of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building on April 11, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
The seal for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen in the Commission’s briefing room during a meeting at FCC headquarters on Feb. 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)