Christopher Sweet, an affiliate of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has requested college credits for his work at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). According to new documents, Sweet was stationed at HUD in 2025, working on building an AI tool called SweetRex, intended to crawl through HUD’s rules and regulations to flag them for rescission.

The email trail reveals that Sweet was keen to frame his work as an independent study worth three college credits, with courses ranging from 'Advanced AI Prompt Engineering for Legal Reasoning' to 'Legislative & Regulatory Authority in AI-Driven Reform'. The outline for this study was allegedly generated by an AI, raising questions about the future of research and academia.

The documents suggest that Sweet’s work was of graduate-level, multi-disciplinary research, contributing to federal regulatory reform. However, it remains unclear whether these credits contributed to his graduation from the University of Chicago with a degree in economics this June.

Langmack, another DOGE affiliate, currently serves as the executive director of deregulation AI at the Office of Management and Budget. His lack of experience in the federal government before joining HUD adds an interesting layer to the story, prompting questions about the qualifications of government employees.

Despite the controversy, the case raises significant concerns about the capabilities and qualifications of DOGE’s employees handling legal work, rewriting rules and regulations that affect millions of Americans, while simultaneously attempting to count this work towards an undergraduate degree.