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Did any of the 10,000 vetted names get federal jobs, and did agencies confirm?

Research question: Were any of the roughly 10,000 vetted names from the Project 2025 candidate pool placed into a federal job, and has any agency confirmed hiring them?

The records show that the transition team reached out to potential hires whose names came from the Project 2025 database of more than 10,000 vetted candidates 121315. Transition official Howard Lutnick, however, said the team had not touched the database 16. The records do not link any named federal appointee to that database, so they do not establish that any of those names was placed. Recent hires, such as Paul Winfree and Daniel Heil at the Fed 1 and Dennis Kirk at Interior's inspector general's office 2, are Project 2025 contributors, but no fact says they came from the candidate pool. The Federal Reserve declined to comment on its hires 7, and no agency is shown confirming that it hired anyone from the database. The newest fact is from August 10, 2026 25, about two months before today.

Checked 2026-10-21. Only documented and supported facts are used.
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Two conservative researchers, Paul Winfree and Daniel Heil, were hired by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh as temporary contractors, according to a person familiar with the matter.
"The two are "working as temporary contractors to support Warsh in his policy analysis and planning on special projects in the areas in which they have worked with him over time," the person said."
Fed Chair Warsh makes first hires at central bank, including 'Project 2025' author
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Multiple sources reported that Dennis Kirk, a Project 2025 contributor, had already been installed as a political appointee in the Interior Department inspector general's office before his formal nomination.
"Kirk had been installed as a political appointee"
Project 2025 contributor nominated for government watchdog position - Government Executive
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Russell Vought, a principal author of Project 2025, is Trump's pick to direct the Office of Management and Budget.
"Vought — Trump’s pick to direct the Office of Management and Budget in his first and second terms — wrote a chapter outlini"
The key Project 2025 authors now staffing the Trump administration
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Paul Winfree wrote the chapter on the Federal Reserve in the Project 2025 policy book.
"The two researchers are Paul Winfree, the author of the chapter on the Federal Reserve in the conservative policy blueprint "Project 2025," and Daniel Heil, a fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution think tank, where Warsh held a position before joining the Fed."
Fed Chair Warsh makes first hires at central bank, including 'Project 2025' author
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Dennis Kirk co-wrote a chapter of Project 2025 on managing the civil service.
"Kirk co-wrote a chapter in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 conservative presidential transitional initiative about managing the civil service."
Project 2025 contributor nominated for government watchdog position - Government Executive
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Brendan Carr, who wrote the Project 2025 chapter on the FCC, is Trump's pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission.
"Carr, Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, wrote the Project 2025 chapter outlining a series of reforms to the FCC"
The key Project 2025 authors now staffing the Trump administration
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The Federal Reserve declined to comment on the hires reported in the story.
"The Federal Reserve declined to comment for this story."
Fed Chair Warsh makes first hires at central bank, including 'Project 2025' author
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Adam Candeub, who wrote a Project 2025 chapter on the Federal Trade Commission, was named general counsel for the FCC.
"Candeub, the newly anointed general counsel for the FCC, wrote a Project 2025 chapter scrutinizing the Federal Trade Commission"
The key Project 2025 authors now staffing the Trump administration
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Brian J. Cavanaugh is associate director for homeland security at OMB, and James Baehr is general counsel for the Department of Veterans Affairs, both credited as Project 2025 contributors.
"Border czar Tom Homan gets a credit in the book, as do Brian J. Cavanaugh, the associate director for homeland security at OMB, and James Baehr, general counsel for the Department of Veteran Affairs."
The key Project 2025 authors now staffing the Trump administration
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Paul Atkins, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, and Stephen Billy, an OMB senior adviser, are Project 2025 alumni now on the Trump administration staff.
"Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins and OMB senior adviser Stephen Billy are also among the Project 2025 alums who now staff the Trump administration"
The key Project 2025 authors now staffing the Trump administration
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Donald Trump's transition team has been using the Project 2025 database to begin filling its political appointee ranks, according to a report by NBC News.
"Donald Trump's transition team has been using the Project 2025 database to begin filling the ranks of its political appointees for the next administration, according to a new report Friday."
'We told you so': Trump team scouring Project 2025 database for ...
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Officials overseeing plans for some departments and agencies have been reaching out to potential hires identified in the Project 2025 database.
"That person said officials overseeing plans for some departments and agencies have been reaching out to potential hires who were identified in the Project 2025 database, which officials have described as a conservative LinkedIn to help staff the next Republican administration."
'We told you so': Trump team scouring Project 2025 database for ...
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Officials overseeing plans for some departments and agencies had started reaching out to potential hires whose names and contact information came from the Project 2025 database.
"officials overseeing plans for some departments and agencies have started to reach out to potential hires whose names and contact information were part of that database."
trump team turns project 2025 disavowing effort campaign rcna180689
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A person who worked on Project 2025 said the transition was still sending names, including ones from the database, for the open positions.
""There's a lot of positions to fill and we continue to send names over, including ones from the database as they are conservative, qualified and vetted," the person, who worked on Project 2025, said."
trump team turns project 2025 disavowing effort campaign rcna180689
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The Project 2025 database contained more than 10,000 candidates vetted for their MAGA credentials to build out a Trump administration.
"the group built a database of more than 10,000 candidates vetted for their MAGA credentials who would build out the administration in the event Trump won"
trump team turns project 2025 disavowing effort campaign rcna180689
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Transition official Howard Lutnick said the Trump transition team had not touched the Project 2025 database and had not gone near it.
""The transition team of Donald Trump has not touched it, has not gone near it," he said."
trump team turns project 2025 disavowing effort campaign rcna180689
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The transition rejected a push to make Roger Severino, who wrote the Project 2025 HHS chapter, deputy secretary of Health and Human Services.
"the transition rejected a push for former Trump administration official Roger Severino, who wrote Project 2025's chapter on the Department of Health and Human Services, to serve as deputy secretary of the agency"
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