Musk Connections: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Andreessen Horowitz-backed start up Comma.ai, Dupont Pioneer
DOGE Deployment: Chief Information Officer, Office of Personnel Management
GREG HOGAN IS THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AT THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL AND A KEY FIGURE IN IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE EMAIL SYSTEM
- Greg Hogan was installed as Chief Information Officer in the Office of Personnel Management. According to a court filing from OPM, Hogan was the reviewing official for the privacy impact assessment of the newly implemented Government-Wide Email System. OPM issued the impact statement after facing a lawsuit alleging it broke the law by failing to do so before implementation.
- According to Time Magazine, Hogan alarmed career OPM staff during the transition by asking questions about the agency’s “computer systems, how they are accessed, what the security measures are in place and how security patches get installed.”
- A federal judge ruled that OPM violated the Privacy Act by granting DOGE affiliates, other than Hogan in his role as CIO, access to OPM employee records that contained sensitive personal information.
HOGAN WAS AN EXECUTIVE AT COMMA.AI, AN ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ BACKED START UP THAT SKIRTED REGULATORY EFFORTS FROM THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA)
- Greg Hogan was VP of Infrastructure at Comma.ai, a startup that sells semi-autonomous driving technology, since 2018. Comma.ai received $3.1 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz.
- Comma.ai skirted regulatory guidelines from NHTSA by making its software open source and selling the hardware separately, while seemingly continuing to test its product on public roads without permits.
- In 2016, Comma.ai canceled its driver-assist product launch after NHTSA issued a standard order demanding the company answer questions related to its testing and safety. In 2018, Comma.ai began selling the hardware, with the software available separately via open source, claiming they are “not selling a consumer product” to avoid NHTSA scrutiny.
HOGAN WON MULTIPLE “BLACK BADGE” AWARDS FOR WINNING THE CAR HACKING COMPETITION AT THE DEF CON HACKING CONVENTION
- Hogan’s LinkedIn indicates that he won a DEF CON Black Badge in 2021, 2023, and 2024. According to its site, DEF CON is one of the “oldest” and “largest” hacker conventions. Github’s records indicate that Hogan won the award for “car hacking.”
- According to a participant in 2022, DEF CON’s car hacking competition tasks included trying to read a car’s vehicle identification number (VIN), open doors, and access its bluetooth. Criminals could use these skills to commit insurance fraud with a car’s VIN or hack into key fobs to steal cars. Nearly 100 people competed in the event.
As Elon Musk’s DOGE continues to tear through agencies with little oversight or transparency, the Revolving Door Project is publishing profiles of reported DOGE employees: who they are, where they came from, and any conflicts of interest that might make their unfettered access to the federal government dangerous to the public. Read them all here.