National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Positions

Position Person Notes
GSA? NASA
c.3/14
Riley Sennott likely detailed Senior Advisor Buiness Insider
GSA? NASA
3/14
Alexander Simonpour likely detailed Advisor Business Insider

Events

Date Event
2/13
NASA leadership replies to a congressional inquiry to report that DOGE had identified a single individual who would be employed at the agency.
2/14
The NASA administrator emails all staff to report that "DOGE has arrived"
2/19
According to one agency employee, DOGE workers have been granted access access to contracts, partnerships, performance reviews, classified national-security information, and satellite data, among other materials.
March 2025
3/14
ProPublica reports that DOGE detailee at NASA Scott Coulter has "wide access to internal databases at NASA"
3/14
A Business Insider article reports that Alexander Simonpour has shown up at NASA and also has a GSA address (meaning he was likely detailed from the GSA). Riley Sennott and Scott Coulter also are listed
April 2025
4/08
A letter from Democrats on the House Committee of Science, Space, and Technology expresses specific concern about the lack of qualifications of DOGE staff at the agency and explicitly names Scott Coulter, Riley Sennott and Alexander Simonpour.