NASA interim administrator Janet Petro said, “We have very strict conflict of interest policies,” and the agency’s legal.
Office will check any DOGE employee for conflicts of interest in light of Musk’s participation with DOGE, according to Reuters.
Since then, Musk and his DOGE team have gone on a cost-cutting rampage that has resulted in the department doubling its own budget and firing hundreds of government workers.
According to government documents Fortune was able to get, the plan had already spent $6.75 million by January, and as of February 8, that amount had skyrocketed to $14.4 million.
