Monday, February 03, 2025

DOGE Gains Access to Payment System Doling Out Trillions to Americans

Former Treasury officials said it is unusual for political appointees to be involved in the administration of the payment network, which includes a rigorous protocol to ensure the security and privacy of payment operations. - Brian Schwartz, Richard Rubin
WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department has agreed to give Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to a payment system that distributes trillions of dollars in entitlement benefits, grants and tax refunds to Americans each year...
DOGE representatives intend to review the overall efficiency of the payment system, the person said...
In a social media-post, Musk said his team “discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups.”...
Musk, without providing further details, said on X over the weekend that DOGE’s efforts to streamline government and reduce the size of the federal workforce could reach $4 billion in savings a day by this weekend...

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