What Is the Treasury Payment System DOGE Wants to Control?
The US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service processes billions of payments worth trillions of dollars each year, acting as the central clearinghouse for almost everything the federal government spends money on,
DOGE discovers $4.7 trillion in Treasury payments were missing critical code: ‘Traceability almost impossible’
The transactions were reportedly missing the Treasury Account Symbol (TAS), an identification code which links a Treasury payment to a budget line item.
Treasury watchdog will audit DOGE access to payment systems
The department’s deputy inspector general said the audit will examine access and security controls on Bureau of Fiscal Service systems.
DOGE Raises Alarm Over $4.7 Trillion 'Almost Impossible' to Trace
The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said the Treasury Department did not enforce a tracking code, making it "almost impossible" to trace around $4.7 trillion in federal payments.
DOGE says ID code for $4.7 trillion in federal payments often left blank
Leaving the Treasury Access Symbol blank makes traceability 'almost impossible,' the Department of Government Efficiency said Monday.
DOGE Uncovers Budget Line Item Issue That Made $4.7 Trillion in Government Payments 'Almost Impossible' to Trace
It could be here. It could be there. It could be almost anywhere. So says the Department of Government Efficiency about almost $5 trillion in taxpayer money that has been spent on who-knows-what. “The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process).
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to the US government’s payment system
The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General says it's launching an audit of the security controls for the federal ...
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Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information: AP sources
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of ...
Judge continues to block Musk, DOGE from Treasury data while mulling injunction
A judge says she will continue to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems while she decides ...
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Privacy advocates file lawsuit to stop DOGE from peeking at IRS taxpayer data
A coalition of watchdog groups and unions is seeking to block the DOGE team from accessing taxpayer data at the IRS. A ...
Social Security Administration leader Michelle King resigns over DOGE data access
Concerns about the role of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency prompted the leader of the Woodlawn-based Social ...
Judge extends order blocking Musk’s DOGE team from Treasury payment system
A federal judge in New York on Friday extended a temporary order blocking the Elon Musk-run Department of Government ...
US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data
A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury ...
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The Latest: Judge declines to block Musk and DOGE from accessing federal data or laying off workers
In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an ultimatum to stop using “racial preferences” as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end ...
US judges bar Musk's DOGE from Treasury, allow access to health, labor
A federal judge extended a block on Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team from accessing payment systems at the U.S.
Groups sue to block Musk, DOGE acess to IRS taxpayer info
That same day, a coalition of nonprofits and labor unions led by the Center for Taxpayer Rights field a lawsuit in federal ...