Overview

• Edward “Big Balls” Coristine officially resigned from the Department of Government Efficiency on June 24, with his GSA Google Workspace account deactivated and his name removed from internal rosters.
• Coristine’s departure follows the exits of Elon Musk in late May and Musk lieutenant Steve Davis, marking a wider staffing shake-up at the agency.
• At just 19 years old, Coristine was among the first technologists hired under Musk and held a GS-15 senior adviser role within the General Services Administration.
• He attended high-level meetings with the Commerce Department, Treasury Department, military officials and other agencies to drive AI adoption and fraud-detection in federal payment systems.
• Despite these high-profile departures, the White House has affirmed that DOGE will continue its work to trim federal spending and modernize government operations.