Elon Musk reacts on the day of U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Carl Gibson
March 07, 2025
ALTERNET
he people behind centibillionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are largely unknown to the public. But two journalists recently found a public Google Calendar for one DOGE staffer that sheds light on how the quasi-agency operates.
Business Insider's Jack Newsham and Alice Tecotzky recently discovered that 26 year-old Riley Sennott, who is listed as a "senior advisor" at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had set his Google Calendar to "public" despite deleting his LinkedIn account and setting his X account to private. Newsham and Tecotzky noted that Sennott's affiliation with DOGE has not been previously reported, and the outlet noted that all of Sennott's appointments dating back to 2016 were publicly visible. After Business Insider contacted Sennott for comment, his Google Calendar was reportedly set to private within an hour.
In January, Sennott attended a 15-minute meeting on DOGE recruiting. Less than two weeks later, he attended a meeting instructing "special government employees" (Musk's official designation) about the federal ethics rules that applied to them. In addition to Sennott, other DOGE employees were on that meeting, including Derek Geissler and Brooks Morgan, who are at the General Services Administration and the Department of Education, respectively.
Before he joined DOGE, Sennott may have worked at Tesla, as his X account contains references to it and his calendar showed meetings with various Tesla employees. He also worked for a crypto-related company in 2022 that created blockchain software, and had meetings with various defense contractors and tech companies during a period of 2024 that Business Insider reported was likely part of a job hunt.
The outlet also reported that Sennott was "working with a non-profit team in Ukraine to efficiently deliver aid and support evacuations" in 2023, and may have had an internship at the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton (the same firm that hired Edward Snowden in 2013). In college, he reportedly studied symbolic systems and environmental studies. Newsham and Tecotzky added that while they knew Sennott was at NASA as a part of DOGE, his precise role remains unclear.
The New York Times is keeping tabs on DOGE employees who have been publicly identified and the agencies where they've been placed. There are so far more than 50 people who have been linked to Musk's initiative to carry out mass layoffs of federal workers and slash federal budgets, including many people who worked at Musk-led companies like Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink, among others. DOGE is not yet an official federal agency authorized by Congress.
Click here to read Business Insider's full report (subscription required).
ALTERNET
he people behind centibillionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are largely unknown to the public. But two journalists recently found a public Google Calendar for one DOGE staffer that sheds light on how the quasi-agency operates.
Business Insider's Jack Newsham and Alice Tecotzky recently discovered that 26 year-old Riley Sennott, who is listed as a "senior advisor" at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had set his Google Calendar to "public" despite deleting his LinkedIn account and setting his X account to private. Newsham and Tecotzky noted that Sennott's affiliation with DOGE has not been previously reported, and the outlet noted that all of Sennott's appointments dating back to 2016 were publicly visible. After Business Insider contacted Sennott for comment, his Google Calendar was reportedly set to private within an hour.
In January, Sennott attended a 15-minute meeting on DOGE recruiting. Less than two weeks later, he attended a meeting instructing "special government employees" (Musk's official designation) about the federal ethics rules that applied to them. In addition to Sennott, other DOGE employees were on that meeting, including Derek Geissler and Brooks Morgan, who are at the General Services Administration and the Department of Education, respectively.
Before he joined DOGE, Sennott may have worked at Tesla, as his X account contains references to it and his calendar showed meetings with various Tesla employees. He also worked for a crypto-related company in 2022 that created blockchain software, and had meetings with various defense contractors and tech companies during a period of 2024 that Business Insider reported was likely part of a job hunt.
The outlet also reported that Sennott was "working with a non-profit team in Ukraine to efficiently deliver aid and support evacuations" in 2023, and may have had an internship at the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton (the same firm that hired Edward Snowden in 2013). In college, he reportedly studied symbolic systems and environmental studies. Newsham and Tecotzky added that while they knew Sennott was at NASA as a part of DOGE, his precise role remains unclear.
The New York Times is keeping tabs on DOGE employees who have been publicly identified and the agencies where they've been placed. There are so far more than 50 people who have been linked to Musk's initiative to carry out mass layoffs of federal workers and slash federal budgets, including many people who worked at Musk-led companies like Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink, among others. DOGE is not yet an official federal agency authorized by Congress.
Click here to read Business Insider's full report (subscription required).
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