Amanda Scales is an American businesswoman who is currently serving as the chief of staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Early life

Scales attended the University of California, Davis.[1] During college, she interned for the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, while also teleworking for an internet startup based in Davis, CA.[2][3] She joined the honors program at the College of Letters and Sciences in 2012.[4]

Career

Scales held talent acquisition positions at tech companies, including Uber, before joining xAI, an Elon Musk company.[5]

In January 2025, Scales was appointed to be chief of staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.[6] She was reportedly installed to carry out U.S. president Donald Trump and Musk's directives to purge large numbers of staff from the federal government; agencies were directed to send lists of potentially fireable employees directly to her.[7] Scales is one of only a few people with the authority to create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies.[8]

References

  1. ^ Anonymous (July 10, 2018). "Amanda Scales | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  2. ^ "Psychology | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  3. ^ Anonymous (July 10, 2018). "Amanda Scales | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  4. ^ Anonymous (December 30, 2022). "Honors, Awards, and Achievements | Psychology". psychology.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  5. ^ Elliott, Vittoria (February 2, 2025). "The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover". Wired. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  6. ^ Alms, Natalie (January 27, 2025). "Musk visits OPM following workforce assignments for DOGE". Nextgov.com. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  7. ^ Rozen, Courtney (January 21, 2015). "Trump HR Office Seeks List of Easy-to-Fire Federal Workers". Bloomberg Law.
  8. ^ Katz, Eric (January 22, 2025). "Broad exemptions to Trump's federal hiring freeze begin to take shape". Government Executive. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
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