Leah Feiger, Senior Politics Editor at Wired

So until about two hours ago, the Department of Labor did not respond to our request for comment, which included questions about whether the agreement had actually been signed or enacted. Their email back to us this evening actually just asked for the unsigned agreement and implied it wasn't real. The document is absolutely real.

So until about two hours ago, the Department of Labor did not respond to our request for comment, which included questions about whether the agreement had actually been signed or enacted. Their email back to us this evening actually just asked for the unsigned agreement and implied it wasn't real. The document is absolutely real.

And though it is unsigned, it exists and is certainly present within the Department of Labor's files. We refuse to share it, however, with the department for source protection purposes as at Wired, we protect our sources. That's the most important thing to us.

And though it is unsigned, it exists and is certainly present within the Department of Labor's files. We refuse to share it, however, with the department for source protection purposes as at Wired, we protect our sources. That's the most important thing to us.

So it's not entirely clear exactly who gets paid and how they get paid. We do know the names of the people that will be getting that should theoretically be receiving money for their work at the Department of Labor. And that includes Aram Moghadassi, Miles Collins and Marco Ellis.

So it's not entirely clear exactly who gets paid and how they get paid. We do know the names of the people that will be getting that should theoretically be receiving money for their work at the Department of Labor. And that includes Aram Moghadassi, Miles Collins and Marco Ellis.

Though they're not named in this interagency document, they are named as being in the agency in notes from a confidential meeting that we also obtained that actually detail an audit that the Government Accountability Office is conducting of DOJA's work at a number of federal agencies. And like you mentioned, this agreement provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies.

Though they're not named in this interagency document, they are named as being in the agency in notes from a confidential meeting that we also obtained that actually detail an audit that the Government Accountability Office is conducting of DOJA's work at a number of federal agencies. And like you mentioned, this agreement provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies.

They have an entire scope of work section that details how DOGE will operate within labor. And it's probably the clearest look yet at how DOGE's relationships with government agencies are actually structured.

They have an entire scope of work section that details how DOGE will operate within labor. And it's probably the clearest look yet at how DOGE's relationships with government agencies are actually structured.